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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