Connecticut: Emergency Preparedness Resources

Agency                      Connecticut Board of Education and Services for the Blind Street Address       184 Windsor Avenue Windsor, CT 06095 Phone                        (860) 602-4000 URL                            http://www.ct.gov/besb/site/default.asp   Agency                      Connecticut Commission of the Deaf and Hearing Impaired Street Address       67 Prospect Avenue, 3rd Floor P.O. Box 330730 West Hartford, CT 06133 Phone                        (860) 231-8756  (800) 708-6796 URL                            http://www.cdhi.ct.gov/cdhi/site/default.asp   Agency                      Connecticut […]

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Colorado: Emergency Preparedness Resources

Agency                      Colorado Department of Education Street Address       201 East Colfax Avenue Denver, CO 80203 Phone                        (303) 866-6600                    URL                            http://www.cde.state.co.us/   Agency                      Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (the administrator of Colorado Medicaid) Street Address       1570 Grant Street Denver, CO 80203       Phone                        (303) 866-2993        URL                            http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/HCPF/HCPF/1197969485591   Agency                      Colorado Department of Human Services’ […]

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Arkansas: Emergency Preparedness Resources

Agency                      Arkansas Department of Career Education Street Address       Luther Hardin Building Three Capitol Mall Little Rock, AR   72201 Phone                        (501) 682-1500 URL                            http://ace.arkansas.gov/index.html   Agency                      Arkansas Department of Career Education’s Division of Rehabilitation Services Street Address       525 West Capitol Avenue Little Rock, AR 72201 Phone                        (501) 296-1600 Toll-free (800) 330-0632 URL                            http://www.arsinfo.org/   Agency            […]

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Arizona: Emergency Preparedness Resources

Agency                     Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing                                Street Address       1400 West Washington, Room 126 Phoenix, AZ 85007 Phone                        (602).542-3323 URL                            http://acdhh.org/   Agency                      Arizona Department of Economic Security, Division of Aging and Adult Services        Street Address       1789 West Jefferson Street (Site Code 950A) Phoenix, AZ 85007     Phone                        (602) […]

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Alaska: Emergency Preparedness Resources

Agency                     Alaska Deaf Council Street Address       P.O. Box 90129 Anchorage, AK 99509 Phone                        not available URL                            http://www.alaskadeafcouncil.org/index.html   Agency                      Alaska Department of Education and Early Development Street Address       801 West 10th Street, Suite 200 P.O. Box 110500 Juneau, AK 99811 Phone                        (907) 465-2800 URL                            http://www.eed.state.ak.us/   Agency                      Alaska Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Street Address […]

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Disability Etiquette

Disability etiquette refers to guidelines on how to interact with people with disabilities. Because one in five Americans has a disability, the chance is great that you do or will in the future interact with someone with a disability. As with all people, it is important to treat people with disabilities how you would want […]

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Community Integration Research: Stroke Survivors

The relationship of physical function to social integration after stroke. Baseman S, Fisher K, Ward L, Bhattacharya A. Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, USA. Baseman-susan@cooperhealth.edu  J Neurosci Nurs. 2010 Oct;42(5):237-44. Stroke is a leading cause of death and a serious long-term disability in this country. Much of the research on stroke rehabilitation has focused on […]

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Community Integration Research: Spinal Cord Injury

Environmental factors and their role in community integration after spinal cord injury. Lysack C, Komanecky M, Kabel A, Cross K, Neufeld S.  Occupational Therapy and Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA c.lysack@wayne.edu  Can J Occup Ther. 2007; 74 Spec No.:243-54. BACKGROUND: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) model presents an […]

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Social Participation in a Nationally Representative Sample of Older Youth and Young Adults With Autism.

OBJECTIVE: To describe social participation and identify factors that affect it in a nationally representative sample of adolescents and young adults with autism. METHODS: Longitudinal cohort study using data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2. The World Health Organization International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health model was used with participation as the dependent category. […]

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Conceptual framework of the Controlling Asthma in American Cities Project.

The Controlling Asthma in American Cities Project (CAACP) was designed to improve the control of asthma in inner-city populations of children with a disparate burden of symptoms and adverse outcomes. As with many chronic diseases, asthma is the manifestation of multiple biologic, environmental, and social determinants. In addition to appropriate medical management, individuals with asthma […]

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