Information and Resource Newsletter

New Hampshire Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC)

603-271-0476

Editor-Paula Ninivaggi

Date: March 2014

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Important SILC Announcements:

1. New Hampshire Vocational Rehabilitation is looking for feedback and ideas via email, forums, online surveys and more. Please see let your voice be heard by the March deadline.

2. Tip Sheet Survey Please take the survey, your feedback is needed. You can find the tip sheets at

Accessibility

Tips Sheet for Health Care Providers on Being Accessible to People with Disabilities

Alzheimer ’s disease

Coping with Late-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease :

Adapting Activities for People with Alzheimer ’s disease:

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) National Network

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Effective Communication

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) New Technical Assistance Publications

Assistive Technology (AT)/Computers/Apps

iPod and iPad Apps & Android Apps

Digital Learning Resource Roundup

Healthy Web Surfing (in Spanish too)

“What You Need to Know about AT but Didn’t Know Who to Ask”

Autism

Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorder

Benefits/Financial

Tips for Managing the Cards in Your Wallet

Diagnosis Based Possible Scholarship Resources

Brain Injury

Books about Living with Brain Injury

Life after a Brain Injury (video and transcript)

Cancer(March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month)

Facts and Myths about Cancer

“Allowing” an Artist Copes with Cancer

Caregiving

Caring for Aging Parents

Caring for the Alzheimer’s Caregiver

Caregiving as an Opportunity

Self Care for the Caregiver

Children, Families, Youth

Reading Together Tips for Parents of Children with Disabilities

“Parents Helping Parents-Organizational Tips”

Parents of Children with Disabilities-Dealing with Providers

Civility

Civility Guidebook

Deaf/Hard of Hearing/Deaf Blind

Going to an Audiologist (in Audio and Spanish)

Disability Awareness

An NFL player and role model

Going Blind

An Actor with Down Syndrome

Fashion Model who Uses a Wheelchair

Disability Awareness and History: K-3 Lesson Plans

Disability Etiquette
“Guidelines: How to Write and Report About People with Disabilities, 8th Edition”

Poster “Your Words Our Image”

Disaster Preparedness(March 17-21 is Flood Safety Awareness week)

Disaster Preparedness Personal Ability Self Assessment

How To Prepare For and Handle Power Outages for Medical Devices that Require Electricity

Carbon Monoxide Safety Tips

Diversity

National Institute onAging Information in Multiple Languages

Department of Justice: Publications in Spanish and other languages

Education

Education Links (general, scholarships, trainings)

Health Insurance

Parents of Children with Disabilities-Dealing with Health Insurance Plans

Health/Wellness(March is National Nutrition Month)

Healthy Eating Tips

“Healthy Moments” audio and transcripts

“Hip Hop Health”

Making Meals Together

Tips to Achieving Health Living Goals

Center on Integrated Health

Mental Health

Guide to Behavioral Health for Elected Officials (2014)

Mental Health Information and Resources for: adults, agency staff, parents, providers, and more (some in other languages)

Older Adults

Older Adults Suicide Information Sheet

Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis Toolkit

Other

Disability and Rural Communities

Recreation

Adapted Activities

Sled Hockey

Spinal Cord Injury

“Love and Marriage after a Spinal Cord Injury”

Support Groups

Peer Support Groups for People with Disabilities

Transition/Teens/Young Adults

Scholarship Fund

High Expectations: Transforming the American Workforce as the ADA Generation Comesof Age

Universal Design

“The Future of Universal Design”

Veterans/Service Members/Families

New Hampshire Report on Veterans’ access to care forPost Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

“How I knew I had Post Traumatic Stress Disorder”

“If you think you have PTSD” (in Spanish too)

Please see the SILC website at for more information and links.

Contact Information:

Paula Ninivaggi

Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC)

603-271-0476

1-800-852-3405 ext. 0476

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