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Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Resources for abilities awareness

Like to expand your "abilities awareness?" Here are some resources
at the University of Iowa:

Council on Disability Awareness
www.uiowa.edu/~cda

Creating accessible websites
www.medicine.uiowa/edu/uhs/Access/tipindex.cfm

Law, Healthy Policy and Disability Center
www.its.uiowa.edu/law

Center for Disabilities and Development
www.medicine.uiowa.edu/uhs/index.cfm

Know of other resources? Just click the link at the end of this column and add yours

posted by Tom Gilsenan @ 11:01 AM  

9 Comments:

  • At 8:20 PM, February 08, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    This afternoon I spent well over an hour on www.thearc.org. The site is very well laid out and easy to navigate. The website breaks down several different categories and them into subcategories. I found that the site had lots of great information. The website offers different ways that everyone can get involved in abilities awareness. I found that one of the categories offer information how a bill is passed, tips on writing senators, and even offers advice on how to compose a letter to the editor in your local paper. The also offer educational material that anyone can download and use. I think that is website well done and offers a host of information that anyone can use.

     

  • At 2:10 PM, February 20, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    The website that I chose to review was the Disabilities Honor Museum. The website I found was interesting. I was a little disappointed, though, that some of the site was under construction and I was not able to see the whole thing. Some of the different parts of the Disabilities Honor Museum are: Museum, Library, Education, About Us, and the Site Map. The Museum and Education parts of the site were the ones that were closed. The most interesting part of the site, I thought, was finding out about the Honor Museum.
    While looking at this site I found out many great things. Their mission is to give an understanding of the history of the disabled through telling their stories. Most of all though, they want to get information to people that do not know much about people with disabilities. They let people know that anyone can develop a disability no matter what age, race, or gender. One of the other things that they want people to know is that opportunities for the disabled have grown so much in the last 25 years. By providing documents and images of private and public collections they are able to get their information out to the people.

     

  • At 5:00 PM, February 24, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I checked out the website on South Dakota Resources. I was not aware of all the resources that one could contact. These services are great to have for emergencies and to help people with certain disabilities. I noticed that their are a large number of services provided by Pierre and Sious Falls areas. I found that the medical services would benefit me. The center for disabilities in Sioux Falls caught my eye. The financial assistance program has helped me greatly especially when attending school. I would really enjoy working with clients who have autism. I was not aware of autism society of America. This located in midland, South Dakota. We also have one in Rapid City which is called Black Hills Chapter. I also looked into some of the centers for Independent Living. I did not realize how many resource centers we have in South Dakota regarding Independent Living Services. I have actually been in Aberdeen's center which is called Opportunities for Independent Living. I was looking into some services for myself. They where unable to help me, because I has Health insurance. I was asking already for assistacne with my medcial bills. I have a large amount of medical debt that keeps on coming.

     

  • At 5:10 PM, February 24, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    The resources for people with disabilities range from helping people cope with their disabilities. I found one resource very interesting. I have Cystic Fibrosis and the resources in South Dakota does not assist me in medical bills or actually in fact South Dakota does not think that Cystic Fibrosis is a disability. In the state of Minnesota I would be considered disabled and would be able to apply for several programs which I would quality for in Minnesota. I plan on moving to Minnesota, because they have great health benefits for people who have disabilities. I have enjoyed this website on South Dakota's Resources. I feel that I am edcated on the sources that SD has to offer. This will help me find services for my clients at Safe Harbor.

     

  • At 8:36 PM, February 24, 2006, Blogger Tom Gilsenan said…

    Perhaps you would be willing to take us on a tour of the SD Resources website for our next class. I'll bring a laptop computer.

     

  • At 11:00 AM, March 01, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I looked up the Braille. This website was cute. I enjoyed going to the different websites. I changed the colors and type my name in braille. This was a fun website. Thank you! Angela for sharing this with us. I also learned alot of information about the young man who invented braille. His name is Louis Braille. He is a 15 year old who invented the code. Louis reached the age of 15, he was than published for the first time ever for braille. He also added math and music. Louis taught after he graduated braille was not taught until his death. Braille started to spread worldwide in 1868. Louis was an amazing man.

     

  • At 11:07 AM, March 01, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    The website I checked out was healthcare center for disabities and development. The disability resource library was very informative site. The disability resource library (DRL) is a resource for people of all ages with disabilities. DRL collections focus on information about people with disabilities. I looked up some information on this website. It was neat. I was unable to find law, health, policy and disability center. This website was under construction.

     

  • At 11:16 AM, March 01, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I also looked up www.ulowa.edu/~cda/Kerry-nl.htm This website was about a student who wrote a letter thanking Mr. Swanson and other colleagues for making accomodations with people who have disabilities. Kerry is a legally blind graduate student who enjoys attending programs at Hancher Auditorium, a member of University's council on Disability Awareness. Kerry comments about some changes that should be changed for blind people. It was informative. It was a great formatted letter.

     

  • At 12:30 PM, March 14, 2006, Blogger Tom Gilsenan said…

    The website you found about Kerry at U of Iowa sounds very interesting. Would that be something you could show us at our next class?

     

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