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Welcome to the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) website. Our mission is to support health promotion and wellness initiatives for children and adults with disabilities. Please visit the AAHD Health Promotion Resource Center, a free on-line clearinghouse. Learn more about the peer-reviewed Disability and Health Journal on the AAHD website. We hope you enjoy your visit to the AAHD site. PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING AAHD BY JOINING AT www.aahd.us/membership . If you would like additional information about AAHD, please email contact@aahd.us.

Disability In The News

U. S. Department of Justice recently published Access to Medical Care for Person with Mobility Disabilities To read or download, visit www.ada.gov

Administration Announces Regulations Requiring New Health Insurance Plans to provide free preventive care. Visit www.healthcare.gov www.healthcare.gov

Visit the White House Blog and watch Prevention is a Priority - Now It's a Reality video (July 14, 2010) Visit www.whitehouse.gov/blog

Visit the new HHS Health Care website. This website allows visitors with disabilities to learn more about the Affordable Care Act and the available options to secure the health care coverage. www.healthcare.gov

What's New

AAHD Summer 2010 Newsletter: Disability and Health on line now. Click here.

AAHD partners with Furniture for Good. Visit www.furnitureforgood.com

AAHD selected to participate in Google Grants Program!! AAHD selected by Google Grants to be the recipient of free Google / AdWords accounts for non-profits. Watch for AAHD appearing as a Sponsored Link when you do a Google search on topics related to disability and health.

July, 2010 Disability and Health Journal is now available at www.aahd.us/disabilityandhealthjnl/page.php?pname=health/initiatives/journal .

Join AAHD-AAHD 2010 Membership Campaign. Visit www.aahd.us/membership to read about amazing savings.

AAHD joins FACEBOOK

Please visit the AAHD Health Promotion Resource Center. New Abstracts and Best Practices added July, 2010.

AAHD accepting applications for 2010 Scholarship Program. Please visit Scholarship Program.

Learn about AAHD “Project Accessibility: Removing Barriers for Women with Disabilities”. Click here for more information.

Read about health screening recommendations for people with disabilities. Click here.

Visit www.disabilityand healthjnl.com to read abstracts from 2008, 2009, and 2010 Disability and Health Journal issues, Journal Overview, Editorial Board and submission policy.