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Active Living in Community
Check out the Activities Calendar sponsored by the Department of Disability Services
a wonderful listing of activites for all in Washington, D.C. area
Bill Thomas, founder of the Eden Alternative, developed 10 principles for community-based long term care. Although this is not designed specifically for people with developmental disabilities, these principles have great relevance for group homes for developmentally disabled.
Advocacy
Credo for Support
Consumer
health education
The Arc of the United States. Health Promotion Articles
Activities
throughout Washington, DC: Includes access information
for people with disabilities
AAMR
Health Bytes: Information for Consumers, Family, and Health Care Providers
Data and Research
There is an online database for research in assistive technology and cognitive disability hosted by the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities at the University of Colorado. It allows users to search over 600 citations of research pertaining to technologies used by persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities by keyword, author name, journal, category of assistive technology, and other fields. Visit the Coleman Institute or click here to go directly to the database.
Disability
AAMR
F.Y.I. is a free, online monthly newsletter that keeps you
informed about recent developments in the developmental disabilities
community and the latest AAMR initiatives.
DisabilityInfo.gov website provides quick and easy access to comprehensive information about disability programs, services, laws and benefits.
Online Disabilities Dictionary
Brookes Publishing has an online “Disabilities Dictionary” where you can search more than 3,500 disability-related terms. You can enter a word to search for its definition or you can enter a word or phrase that is part of a definition to search for the related terms.
Health
Finder: A Service of the National Health Information Center,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Kennedy Institute's web site on bioethics and people with intellectual disabilities
Oregon Institute
on Disability and Development
The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
District of Columbia Coalition for Community Services Member Directory
Health
DDHealthInfo: Information for Healthcare Providers
Pressure
ulcers: Who is at risk? Prevention strategies
My Family Health Portrait is a Web-based tool designed to help families gather and share their health information. The tool helps organize information into an easy print copy that can be used in partnership with a health provider. It can be used to look at risk for some common problems that may run in families. Available in both English and Spanish.
Health & Wellness
Family
Food and Fitness: A Guide to Healthy Eating and Exercise offers
information about two important steps in being healthy: (1)
eat good foods and (2) exercise. Together these steps help
us to be healthy and fit!
Health,
Wellness and Disability: Perspectives of Persons with Disability
Kids Enjoy Exercise Now (KEEN) is a nonprofit, volunteer organization that provides free one-to-one recreational opportunities for children and young adults with mental and physical disabilities.
www.keengreaterdc.org
National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCPAD) has numerous resources, including a free monthly electronic newsletter. Recent articles from the newsletter include:
The Department of Disability Services (DDS)
For DDS's website, click here.
Nursing
Education
Nursing
Center: Your portal to
more than 50 leading nursing journals from
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Nutrition
Family
Food and Fitness: A Guide to Healthy Eating and Exercise offers
information about two important steps in being healthy: (1)
eat good foods and (2) exercise. Together these steps help
us to be healthy and fit!
Nutrition
for Persons with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
Heart-Healthy
Home Cooking African American Style: Great recipes, but
watch your serving
size!
Policy
Closing
the Gap: A National Blueprint for Improving the Health of Individuals
with
Mental Retardation
Sexuality (these resources are available in bookstores or through the library)
- BaIaderian,
N.J. (1991) The Sexual Assault Survivor's Handbook:
For People with Developmental
Disabilities
and Their Advocates. Saratoga:
R & E Publishers
- Brown,
G.T., Carney, P., Cortis,
J.M., Metz, L.L.,
Petrie, A.M.
(1994) Human
Sexuality Handbook:
Guiding
People Toward
Positive Expressions
of Sexuality. Springfield:
The Association for Community
Living
- Caprio-Orsini,
C. (in press) Visual
Reality: People with
Developmental Disabilities
Healing
from Trauma
through Art. Eastman:
Diverse City Press
- Hingsburger,
D. (1990) I
Contact: Sexuality
and People with Developmintal
Disabilities. Mountville:
Vida Publishing.
- Hingsburger,
D. (1990) i
to I: Self Concept
and People with
Developmental
Disabilities. Mountville:
Vida Publishing
- Hingsburger,
D. (1993) I
Openers: Parents
Ask Questions
about Sexuality
and their
Children with
Developmental
Disabilities. Vancouver,
Family Support
Insititute Press
- Sobsey,
Dick. (1994) Violence
and Abuse in
the Lives of
People with
Disabilities:
The End
of Silent
Acceptance? Baltimore:
Paul
H. Brookes.
- Sobsey,
D., Gray,
S., Wellis,
D., Pyper,
D. and Reimer-Heck
B. (1991) Disabiilty.
Sexuality.
and Abuse:
An Annotated
Bibliography. Baltimore:
Paul H. Brookes
- Ticoll,
M. (]992) No
More Victims:
A manuaI
to Guide
Families
and Friends
in
Preventing
the Sexual
Abuse
of People
with a
Mental
Handicap. Toronto:
The Roeher
Institute
- Ticoll,
M. (1992) No
More
Victims:
A Manual
to Guide
Police
in addressing
the
Sexual
Abuse
of Peopie
with
a Mental
Handicap. Toronto:
The Roeher
Institute
- Ticoll,
M.
(1992) No
More
Victims:
A manual
to
Guide Counsellors
and
Social
Workedrs
in
Addressing
the
Sexual Abuse
of
PeopIe with
a Mental
Handicap. Toronto:
The
Roeher
Institute
- Valenti-Hein,
D.
(1990) The
Sexual
Abuse
Interview
for
the
Developmentally
Disabled. Sacamento:
James
StanfIeId
Publications
Violence Prevention
Accessing Safety a new web site from the Office on Violence Against Women, which includes information on disability.
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