According to the US Census Bureau, there are nearly 50 million Americans who have some type of disability (U.S. Census Bureau, 2000). Within this population “persons with disabilities do not receive enough preventive care” and receive little or no health screening for such things as breast cancer, or preventive dental care (U.S. Department of Health and Human […]
Fact Sheets
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Health Screening Recommendations for People With Disabilities
According to the US Census Bureau, there are nearly 50 million Americans who have some type of disability (U.S. Census Bureau, 2000). Within this population “persons with disabilities do not receive enough preventive care” and receive little or no health screening for such things as breast cancer, or preventive dental care (U.S. Department of Health […]
Delaware: Making Health Strides for People With Disabilities
Alisha Raiford-Hall and Tom Kelly of Delaware’s Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (DDDS) have been hard at work. Thanks to a grant from the CDC in 2005, the division has been able to start incorporating the needs of Delawareans with disabilities into its overall Healthy People 2010 programs. As part of that effort, the Healthy Delawareans with […]
Call to Action: IOM Assessment of the Future of Disability
More than 40 million Americans live with a disability today. And unless the United States adopts smarter policies soon, the future will see far more people living with disabilities, many of them facing unnecessary restrictions that could be minimized by acting now. That’s according to a recent report prepared by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) […]
Healthy Delawareans With Disabilities: 2010
Delaware Health and Social Services has received year-one funding from the CDC to implementHealthy Delawareans With Disabilities: 2010. The Division of Developmental Disabilities Services, in formal collaboration with the Division of Public Health (DPH) and in partnership with several of its other sister agencies in Delaware Health and Social Services, will collaborate with the Delaware Developmental Disabilities […]