Agency Brain & Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission Street Address 2 Peachtree Street NW, Suite 26-426 Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone (404) 651-5112 URL http://www.nashia.org/programs/states/ga.html Agency Georgia Council on Aging Street Address 2 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 32-270 Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone (404) 657-5343 URL http://www.gcoa.org/ Agency Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities […]
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 […]
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’ […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
Recommended disability data resources for health researchers and advocates: Annual Disability Statistics Collection The Annual Disability Statistics Compendium, Annual Report on People With Disabilities, the Build Your Own Statistics tool, and infographics gather disability statistics published by many federal agencies into one place. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) BRFSS is the nation’s premier system […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]