 | "Self Before Sex–Perspectives on Support, Self-Esteem and Sexuality" in Adults with Down Syndrome
This chapter appears in Dr. Sig Pueschel's newest book, Adults with Down Syndrome, to be released spring of 2006. The chapter is written from a parent point-of-view with invited contributions from five adults in Canada and the U.S. who have Down syndrome. |
| A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities
A health handbook for women with disabilities. It is written by, and for people around the world. |
| A Need For More Health Screening for People With Disabilities
This fact sheet provides information on the lower frequency of health screenings for people with disabilities and recommends getting more frequent screenings. Information is given on what screenings should be completed on a regular basis. |
| A Self-Determined Future with Asperger Syndrome: Solution Focused Approaches
This book is about how people with Asperger's syndrome move through their day and have a high quality of life.
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| Abilitations
"Abilitations" is a catalog source for children with special needs offering therapist-selected products intended for children's therapy, special education, and special needs. |
| Access to Medical Care: Adults with Physical Disabilities
This is a training curriculum for healthcare professionals. It includes a DVD and a training manual. |
| Achieving a Beneficial Fitness: A Program and a Philosophy in Mental Retardation
This short book explains why physical fitness is important for people with an intellectual disability. It also suggests a health and fitness program for those who may be starting to work towards their first fitness goals.
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| Adults with Down Syndrome
This book addresses issues that affect adults with Down syndrome. It highlights research and gives practical advice to these adults, as well as their families and friends, to support them in leading healthy and independent lives. |
| Aging and Down Syndrome A Health and Well-being Guidebook
This handbook is about aging with Down Syndrome. |
| Aging, Mental Retardation and Physical Fitness
This is a fact sheet on what physical fitness is and how it relates to older people with developmental disabilities. |
| Alphabet Kids - From ADD to Zellweger Syndrome
The book "Alphabet Kids" is a guide to developmental, neurobiological, and psychological disorders for parents and professionals
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| An Introduction to Pediatric Palliative Care
This article talks about end of life care for children with disabilities. |
| Asperger Syndrome and Alcohol Drinking to Cope?
This book is about people with ASD using alcohol to cope with problems. |
| Autism and Diet What You Need to Know
This book talks about the dietary needs of children with autism. |
| Autism and Loss
A book about how people with Autism experience loss and grieving, and ways that others can provide support. |
| Be Healthy Information Program (B-HIP) brochures
The Be Healthy Information Program (B-HIP) includes 6 colorful FREE brochures to help children and adults with disabilities understand how to live a healthy lifestyle. Each is available in both English and Spanish and can be downloaded for free. |
| Being a Healthy Adult: How to Advocate for Your Health and Health Care
The purpose of this guidebook is to help young adults with disabilities learn how to become effective self-advocates for their own health and health care. |
| Being a Healthy Woman Factsheets
These are easy to read fact sheets about being a healthy woman. |
| Breaking Bread, Nourishing Connections: People with and without Disabilities Together at Mealtime
This is an easy-to-use book with poems, personal stories and photographs from people around the world to show how mealtime can be a chance for people with and without disabilities to spend time getting to know and appreciate each other. |
| Breast Health Care Easy to Read, Easy to Understand
This booklet explains breast exams in an easy-to-read and understand format. |
| Center for Outcome Analysis' Personal Life Quality Protocol
A battery of instruments designed by the Center for Outcome Analysis for studying quality of life issues for people with developmental disabilities. |
| DDS Safety Net
This web site has information for people with disabilities on health and wellness. |
| Definitions of Health and Wellness for Persons with Long-Term Disability
The authors held 19 focus groups to learn how people with disabilities defined "health and wellness." This is a summary of what they learned. |
| Developmental Disabilities and Fitness
An exercise program for persons with developmental disabilities that includes cardiovascular, strength, and flexibility components |
| Diabetes Awareness and Education Project Media Materials
A booklet and DVD that teaches people with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers about the prevention and control of Type 2 diabetes. |
| Disability and Public Health
A book that introduces disability issues to college students. It is written for people interested in public health and related fields. |
| Down Syndrome and Exercise
Exercise programming for persons with down syndrome |
| Enjoying Sport and Exercise (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain ways to exercise and stay fit. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| Enzymes for Autism and other Neurological Conditions Revised 3rd Edition
Enzyme therapy is one of the fastest emerging successful alternatives for people on the autism spectrum as well as other neurological conditions. Comprehensive book on enzyme therapy for people with autism. |
| Facts for Healthy Aging: Exercise to Feel Fit
Four fact sheets for people with disabilities about how they can be healthy as they get older. |
| Falling in Love (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain what it is like to be in an intimate relationship. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| Family Information Notebook (FIN)
A notebook for parents who have a child with a disability. It has information and forms to help coordinate aspects of the child's care and health. |
| Food ... Fun, Healthy and Safe (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain what it means to eat a healthy diet. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| George Gets Smart (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain why it is important to stay clean. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| Going to Out-Patients (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain what it is like to have different medical tests done. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| Going to the Doctor (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain what to expect when visiting the Doctor’s office. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| Hallmarks of Good Mental Health DVD
This DVD is about mental health. It is meant for adolescents but has good ideas for everyone. |
| Health Advocacy Program
This book and DVD set teaches self-advocates how to live a healthy lifestyle. |
| Health Inequalities & People with Learning Disabilities in the UK: 2010
This report is about the differences in health status between people with and without intellectual disabilities living in the United Kingdom. |
| Health Matters for People with Developmental Disabilities: Creating a Sustainable Health Promotion Program
A book for providers of direct service to people with intellectual disabilities. It is about how to increase supports for health education, exercise and nutrition. |
| Health Matters The Exercise and Nutrition Health Education Curriculum for People with Developmental Disabilities
This book explains healthy living. Most of the book is a curriculum useful in teaching people with disabilities about nutrition and exercise. |
| Health of Victorian adults with an Intellectual Disability Compared to Other Victorian Adults
This fact sheet is written for self-advocates. |
| Health of Women with Intellectual Disabilities
This book is about the health issues of women with intellectual disabilities. |
| Health Promotion for People With Developmental Disabilities
A two-page fact sheet with tips on staying healthy. |
| Health Promotion for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: The State of Scientific Evidence
This key report summarizes current research about the health and well being of persons with intellectual disabilities grouped by major topic. It also suggests solutions to eliminate health disparities among this population. |
| Health Screening and Risk-Reduction for Breast, Prostate and Colon Cancer
Booklets to teach individuals with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers about screening and risk-reduction of breast, prostate and colon cancer. |
| Healthy Choices For Healthy Lives
This booklet shows people how and why they should make healthy choices. |
| Home Cooking Color-Coded Picture Cookbook
This is a picture and color coded cookbook. |
| How to Teach Life Skills to Kids With Autism or Asperger’s
This book lists skills especially important for kids with autism or aspergers syndrome. It also explains teaching techniques and is written by a woman who has autism. |
| Hug Me, Touch Me (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain when it is, and is not OK to hug or touch other people. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| I Can Get Through It (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain what it is like to be the victim of abuse. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| Impact: Feature Issue on Enhancing Quality and Coordination of Health Care for Persons with Chronic Illness and/or Disabilities
This issue of the Impact newsletter is about programs that help people with disabilities receive all the health care they need. |
| Keeping Healthy 'Down Below' (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to help women better understand a pap smear exam. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| Let's Cook! Healthy Meals for Independent Living
This cookbook is easy to use. It has pictures of the food used in each recipe, step-by-step instructions, and a lot of information about healthy eating. |
| Life skills curriculum
This is a series of six units to help people with disabilities learn to live independently. Each comes with an instructor's guide and most have flash cards to help people remember the skills they are learning. |
| Living Well with a Disability, 4th edition
This workbook shares a ten-week course. The class sessions teach people with disabilities ways to live a healthy life. |
| Living Well With CMS Funding: A Study of Mortality in Wyoming
A report on health and welfare of Wyoming citizens on Medicaid.
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| Look 'n Cook Package
This cookbook with DVDs teaches people how to cook. There are 62 different recipes shown. |
| Looking After My Balls (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain steps men need to take to avoid cancer. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| Looking After My Breasts (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain what it is like to have a breast exam at the Doctor's office. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| Looking After My Heart (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book explains what it is like to have a heart attack, and how to take care of your heart. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| Look'n Cook Microwave Cookbook [Spiral-Bound]
This cookbook is easy to use. The recipes are in pictures. |
| Managed Health Care Curriculum
A training curriculum for staff, people with disabilities, and their families on managed health care. |
| Massachusetts Department of Developmental Disabilities “Health Promotion and Coordination Initiative”
Formulates clear standards and provides tools for establishing effective and consistent health, clinical and behavioral supports for persons with intellectual disabilities. |
| Michelle Finds a Voice (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain the how hard it is to be unable to speak clearly, and what helps. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| Mouth Matters: Oral Health for People with Disabilities
A small pamphlet on the importance of oral health for people with disabilities. It can be downloaded as a PDF file. |
| Moving Ahead with Food: Matching Oral Motor Skills and food Textures
This tool guides parents in introducing new foods. |
| My Food Record Dry Erase Board
This provides an easy way to keep track of foods you eat each day. One time it can be helpful is when you are working to lose weight. |
| My Health Booklets
These eight booklets are easy to read and talk about different aspects of health. They are also available online with narration. |
| New Dimensions In Women's Health (5th Editon)
This book is a holistic view of women's health issues. |
| Obesity and Disability
This fact sheet talks about the link between disability and being overweight. |
| Partners in Healthcare
This booklet is about making sure people with disabilities get the healthcare they need. It explains the proper roles of both doctor and patient. |
| People with Disabilities as a Health Disparities Population: The Case of Sexual and Reproductive Health Disparities.
This article is about the barriers that prevent people with disabilities from receiving the healthcare they need. It also suggests steps to eliminate each. |
| Promoting Health Care Transitions for Adolescents with Special Health Care Needs and Disabilities
This book is about the healthcare needs of youth who have disabilities. |
| Puberty Information for Parents
These are two page fact sheets that give parents of adolescents with disabilities information and advice about puberty. There are separate sheets for parents of boys and of girls. |
| Quality in Practice: Health
A resource guide that provides suggestions on how service organizations can support good health to the greatest extent possible. |
| Ron's Feeling Blue (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain what it is like to experience depression. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| Smoking Cessation for Persons with Developmental Disabilities
This is a curriculum on stoping smoking. It is for persons with developmental disabilities. |
| Sonia's Feeling Sad (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain what depression feels like, and what helps. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| Susan's Growing Up (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain what it is like for a young woman to have her first period. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| Taking Charge of Your Health
A book about common healthcare problems and how to avoid them. It is written mostly for people with physical disabilities and can be downloaded from the web. |
| The Down Syndrome Nutrition Handbook: A Guide to Promoting Healthy Lifestyles
This handbook has nutrition information for people with Down syndrome. |
| The Guide to Good Health for Teens & Adults with Down Syndrome
This book promotes a healthy lifestyle and the prevention of health problems among people with Down Syndrome. |
| The Guide to Healthy Living
A guide to help people with disabilities have a healthy life. It shows ways to eat healthy, to exercise and to feel good about oneself. You can download it for free as a PDF file. |
| The Managed Health Care Curriculum: Supporting People with Disabilities to Utilize Managed Health Care
An active training curriculum for direct support staff, people with disabilities, and families relating to a person's health. |
| The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities
This report asks all Americans to help people with disabilities enjoy an improved quality of life because of having better health care and understanding. |
| Waisman Center Transition to Adult Health Care Resources
These guides help youth with disabilities learn how to manage their health care needs when they become adults. There are also guides for parents, all can be downloaded for free. |
| When Mum Died, 3rd Edition (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain what it is like to have a parent die. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper |
| When You're 18 You Are in Charge of Your Health
This book prepares young people with disabilities to take care of their health care needs. |
| Women Be Healthy: A curriculum for women with intellectual and developmental disabilities
This curriculum teaches women how to avoid breast and cervical cancer. It is available online. |
| You Can Cook
This is a picture cookbook for people with disabilities. It also has information and lesson plans for teaching cooking skills. |
| A Boy's Guide to Growing Up (DVD set)
This DVD helps boys who have intellectual disabilities learn about puberty. |
| A Health Care Transition Guide for Young Adults
A website with online training about how healthly living help with being independent and having a good job. The training does not require a lot of reading and works well for people who have learning challenges. |
| A Need For More Health Screening for People With Disabilities
This fact sheet provides information on the lower frequency of health screenings for people with disabilities and recommends getting more frequent screenings. Information is given on what screenings should be completed on a regular basis. |
| Abilitations
"Abilitations" is a catalog source for children with special needs offering therapist-selected products intended for children's therapy, special education, and special needs. |
| AbilityPath.org
A website that has a lot of information for supporting the healthy development of children with disabilities. |
| Access to Medical Care: Adults with Physical Disabilities
This is a training curriculum for healthcare professionals. It includes a DVD and a training manual. |
| All I Need To Be: Keys to Presenting Mental Health in Persons With Developmental Disabilities
This CD is about mental wellness and people with disabilities. It focuses on the needs of people who have both intellectual and mental health disabilities. |
| Breast Cancer and Women with Disabilities
A webpage about breast cancer and women with disabilities. |
| Complex Child E-Magazine
This is an online magazine with articles written by parents. It has articles on many medical topics, and there is a new issue every month. |
| DDS Safety Net
This web site has information for people with disabilities on health and wellness. |
| DDS SafetyNet
This is a website where people with disabilities can learn about living a healthy life. Visitors can either read or listen to the information. There are also sections for families and service providers. |
| Definitions of Health and Wellness for Persons with Long-Term Disability
The authors held 19 focus groups to learn how people with disabilities defined "health and wellness." This is a summary of what they learned. |
| Diabetes Awareness and Education Project Media Materials
A booklet and DVD that teaches people with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers about the prevention and control of Type 2 diabetes. |
| Disability and Health Information for Health Care Providers
This web site has information about providing health care to people with disabiliities. |
| Ease into fitness
Ease into Fitness is a video on exercise for the entire body developed by disability development specialists for general use. |
| Exercise DVDs
This DVDs help people begin an exercise program. One DVD explains how to get started, another reviews armchair exercises, while the third explains wellness. |
| Exercise Program for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injuries: Paraplegia
This is an exercise video made for people who are paraplegic. |
| Finding a Balance: Obesity and Overweight Among Special Needs Children
This report reviews why children with disabilities sometimes have trouble controlling their weight. There is also an easy to use toolkit for parents and families. |
| Fruit Rainbow
A DVD video for people with developmental disabilities about the importance of eating fruit. |
| Fruit Rainbow DVD
This DVD shows why eating healthy foods is important. |
| Go For It - Poetic Short
This short poem is written and performed by a person with an intellectual disability. It is about exercising and can be watched online. |
| Hallmarks of Good Mental Health DVD
This DVD is about mental health. It is meant for adolescents but has good ideas for everyone. |
| Hannah
A short film that follows Hannah a young dancer and athlete who has Down syndrome. |
| Health Advocacy Program
This book and DVD set teaches self-advocates how to live a healthy lifestyle. |
| Health Care Access & People with Disabilities
This website is about improving the health care access and wellness of people with disabilities. |
| Health Care Transition
Health Care Transition is a resource and training website to help people with disabilities transition successfully from pediatric to adult healthcare. |
| Health Disparities between Women with Physical Disabilities* and Women in the General Population
This part of a web site from the Center for Research on Women with Disabilities, Baylor University. This part of the site talks about the difference between the health status of women with and without disabilities. |
| Health Matters: The Exercise and Nutrition Health Education Curriculum for People with Developmental Disabilities
This is a teaching curriculum on a CD-ROM. It has 59 one-hour sessions that help people with disabilities make the best choices about health, exercise, and nutrition. |
| Health Promotion for People with Disabilities: Michigan's Strategic Plan 2008-11
This report explains Michigan’s plan to improve the health of people with disabilities. |
| Healthy Eating
These two DVD's help people learn about good nutritution. |
| How to Create Effective Health Messages for People with Disabilities
This webpage has ideas about sharing information in ways that will be easy to access for most people with disabilities. |
| Hug Me, Touch Me (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain when it is, and is not OK to hug or touch other people. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. |
| Illnesses and Disabilities (womenshealth.gov)
This is part of a larger web site about women's health. This part has a lot of information on how to stay healthy as a person with a disability. |
| Impact: Feature Issue on Enhancing Quality and Coordination of Health Care for Persons with Chronic Illness and/or Disabilities
This issue of the Impact newsletter is about programs that help people with disabilities receive all the health care they need. |
| Inclusive Fitness Coalition
This website is a coalition of agencies. The agencies are committed to good health and self advocacy in the lives of people with disabilities. |
| Kiss My Wheels
Kiss My Wheels follows the Zia Hot Shots. The Hot Shots are a nationally ranked junior wheelchair basketball team. This video shows a season of training and tournament competition. |
| Look 'n Cook Package
This cookbook with DVDs teaches people how to cook. There are 62 different recipes shown. |
| Mary on the Move DVD Series
Using the example of Mary, these DVDs teach people with intellectual disabilities about how to live independently |
| Massachusetts Department of Developmental Disabilities “Health Promotion and Coordination Initiative”
Formulates clear standards and provides tools for establishing effective and consistent health, clinical and behavioral supports for persons with intellectual disabilities. |
| Moving Ahead with Food: Matching Oral Motor Skills and food Textures
This tool guides parents in introducing new foods. |
| My Health Booklets
These eight booklets are easy to read and talk about different aspects of health. They are also available online with narration. |
| My Tasting Journal: Keeping Track of the Foods I Try
This is an e-book. It is for DSPs and family members who want to help people try new foods. |
| Obesity and Disability
This fact sheet talks about the link between disability and being overweight. |
| Orchid Magazine
Orchid is a magazine written for women with disabilities. Health is a major focus, but it also covers many other topics. |
| Pandemic Awareness at Flu.gov
A website that provides information on pandemic influenza and avian influenza as well as tools and resources to help people and organizations plan for flu pandemics. |
| People with Disabilities Can Lead Long, Healthy Lives
This web page shows people with disabilities some of the things they can do to live longer, healthier lives. |
| Puberty Information for Parents
These are two page fact sheets that give parents of adolescents with disabilities information and advice about puberty. There are separate sheets for parents of boys and of girls. |
| Reproductive Health Care for Women with Disabilities
This is a PowerPoint presentation with information on providing healthcare for women with disabilities. |
| Secondary Conditions of Spinal Cord Injury: Health Education Video Series
A video series on health issues for people with spinal cord injury. |
| Take Charge Training: Exercise and Nutrition for People with Mental Illness
This DVD training discusses the importance of good nutritional habits and proper exercise. Also discussed are the challenges faced in various settings including the mental health center, the home and the community.
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| The Continuum of Care Health Website and Medical Manual
A website that provides healthcare information, consultation services, training and interactive medical resources for adults with developmental disabilities, professionals and families who support them. |
| The Family Life & Disability Series: Answers for people with disabilities & their families
This website has ideas, and information about help available to people with disabilities at each stage in life. It is written to help Native American families. |
| The North Carolina Office on Disability and Health (NCODH)
This program helps community health programs include people with disabilities, and teaches people with disabilities about staying healthy. It is located in North Carolina. |
| The Safety Net
DDS Safety Net is a compendium of tools and articles on risk and risk management. It is designed for consumers with developmental disabilities and their families, and for staff and providers. |
| Waisman Center Transition to Adult Health Care Resources
These guides help youth with disabilities learn how to manage their health care needs when they become adults. There are also guides for parents, all can be downloaded for free. |
| Walk Your Way to Fitness
This program and set of DVD's and CD-ROM is about how to help persons with intellectual disabilities start their own walking and fitness program. |
| When You're 18 You Are in Charge of Your Health
This book prepares young people with disabilities to take care of their health care needs. |
| Without Pity: A film about abilities
This HBO documentary, narrated by Christopher Reeve, celebrates the efforts of people with disabilities to live full, productive lives. |
| Work Out DVDs
These DVDs are about staying healthy through exercise. |
| Work Out with Sonny & Pedro: Walk, Dance and Stretch Your Way to Fitness
A DVD that includes 9 different workout routines for people with intellectual disabilities. |
| Work Out with Sonny and Pedro DVD
This is a fitness DVD for people with disabilities. |
| AAIDD's Environmental Health Initiative
An AAIDD initiative designed to promote good heath and reduce disability. |
| American Association on Health and Disability
This organization promotes health and wellness for persons with disabilities of all ages. It has a website with a lot of information. |
| Arkansas Disability and Health Program
The state of Arkansas is working to approve the health of people with disabilities |
| BHAWD (Breast Health Access for Women with Disabilities)
A program in San Francisco that helps women with disabilities get breast exams, and become aware of monitoring breast health. |
| Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions
A center at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California. Its purpose is to enhance the education of health professionals. Also to improve access for people with disabilities to health, health education and health care services. |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people. |
| Denver Adult Down Syndrome Clinic
This clinic is for people who have Down syndrome and live in Colorado. It provides medical care, as well as social and wellness support. |
| Disability and Health Information for Health Care Providers
This web site has information about providing health care to people with disabiliities. |
| Family Voices
Clearinghouse for information concerning the health care of children with special health needs. |
| Global Down Syndrome Foundation
An organization that seeks to improve the lives of people with Down syndrome through research, medical care, education and advocacy. |
| Health Care Access & People with Disabilities
This website is about improving the health care access and wellness of people with disabilities. |
| Health Care Transition
Health Care Transition is a resource and training website to help people with disabilities transition successfully from pediatric to adult healthcare. |
| Health Disparities between Women with Physical Disabilities* and Women in the General Population
This part of a web site from the Center for Research on Women with Disabilities, Baylor University. This part of the site talks about the difference between the health status of women with and without disabilities. |
| Health Promotion for People with Disabilities: Michigan's Strategic Plan 2008-11
This report explains Michigan’s plan to improve the health of people with disabilities. |
| Healthy Lifestyles for People with Disabilities
A program to help people with disabilities learn how to lead a healthy lifestyle. It is located in Oregon. |
| Healthy People.gov -- Healthy People 2020
Healthy People is a science-based ten year national objective to improve the health of all Americans. |
| Inclusive Fitness Coalition
This website is a coalition of agencies. The agencies are committed to good health and self advocacy in the lives of people with disabilities. |
| Living Well with a Disability, 4th edition
This workbook shares a ten-week course. The class sessions teach people with disabilities ways to live a healthy life. |
| Magee-Women's Hospital of UPMC (University Pennsylvania Medical Center
This hospital has a center that serves women with physical disabilities. They have made modifications to make exams and tests easier. |
| Mind, Disrupted Biomonitoring Project
This program is working to make everyone aware of the toxins present in the places where we live, work and play. Many toxins are known to cause disabilities, especially for babies and young children. |
| My Health Booklets
These eight booklets are easy to read and talk about different aspects of health. They are also available online with narration. |
| Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities (OMHD) -- Disability
The purpose of this portion of the web site is to promote the health of people with disabilities. |
| Pandemic Awareness at Flu.gov
A website that provides information on pandemic influenza and avian influenza as well as tools and resources to help people and organizations plan for flu pandemics. |
| State Disability and Health Programs
This program helps states do a better job meeting the health needs of people with disabilities. It is offered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
| The Buddy Bike
This bike can be ridden by two people. One person can provide support to the other. |
| The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability
A national clearinghouse on physical activity for persons with disabilities |
| The North Carolina Office on Disability and Health (NCODH)
This program helps community health programs include people with disabilities, and teaches people with disabilities about staying healthy. It is located in North Carolina. |
