Summer 2010
Welcome to Health and Disability News! This quarterly e-mail newsletter is published by the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD). The mission of AAHD is to advance health and wellness initiatives for people with disabilities, as well as to identify effective intervention strategies to reduce the incidence of secondary conditions and health disparities between people with disabilities and the general population. AAHD accomplishes its mission through research, education and advocacy. Please send comments and suggestions to the editor, Nancy Campbell, at documentor@verizon.net.
News from AAHD
AAHD Receives Grant from Google
Under a grant from Google AdWords, AAHD will create and run ads on Google and the Google advertising network.
AAHD Summer Membership Campaign in Honor of ADA’s 20th Anniversary
AAHD is embarking on a Summer Membership Campaign in honor of the 20th ann3iversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. New and renewing AAHD members will receive the discount price of $100.00, which includes a subscription to the peer-reviewed Disability and Health Journal.
AAHD Accepting Applications for 2010-2011 AAHD Scholarship
The AAHD Scholarship Program supports undergraduate and graduate students with a disability who are pursuing study in public health, health promotion, disabilities studies, disability policy and disability research.
Become a “fan” of AAHD on Facebook
If you have a Facebook account, please become a fan of AAHD. After you register, you’ll receive policy, program and research updates from AAHD on a regular basis.
Health Care Reform
Health Care Reform and People With Disabilities: What’s Ahead?
Nearly three months after the arrival of long-awaited health care reform, many people are not sure how things will change. In May 2010, 44 percent of Americans reported being confused about it, and more than a third of the public do not understand how the new law will affect them and their families.
www.healthcare.gov
At www.healthcare.gov, the government provides helpful information about health care reform. The site offers help finding insurance options, guidelines on prevention, a web tool for comparing hospitals, and an explanation of health care reform.
In the News
Taking it to the Streets: Mammovan makes breast cancer screenings easier for Metro Washington, DC, area residents
To make early detection of breast cancer accessible to all women in the Washington, D.C., Metro area, the George Washington/Medical Faculty Associates launched the GW Mammovan in 1996.
Be Prepared: Marcie Roth Leads FEMA’s Office of Disability Integration and Coordination
On the morning of August 29, 2005, Marcie Roth received a call she has never forgotten. A friend and colleague asked Roth to help Benilda Caixeta, her sister-in-law. Caixeta, who was a quadriplegic and used a wheelchair, had been trying to evacuate from her Upper 9th Ward New Orleans apartment for three days.
Federal Interagency Conference on TBI Planned for June 2011
The third Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury will be held June 13-15, 2011, at the Washington D.C. Hilton. Sponsored by a consortium of federal agencies and advocacy groups, the conference brings together clinicians, researchers, consumers, and policymakers to share cutting-edge advances in TBI research and clinical care.
Research Corner
Disability and Health Journal: July 2010
AAHD members will receive their Disability and Health Journal in the mail within the next few weeks and may also access all articles electronically. Non-members can access the abstracts electronically. The Journal is indexed on Scopus, Excerpta Medica, EMBASE, Current Abstracts and TOC Premiere, and will be evaluated in October for Index Medicus, Medline and ThomsonReuter.
AAHD and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Partner to Increase Accessibility for Women with Disabilities at Mammogram Facilities
Please take our on-line confidential survey so we may learn more about barriers women with disabilities encounter when getting mammograms.
State Initiatives
New York Builds Disability and Minority Interests into RFP Process
As of January 2009, all Requests for Proposals/Applications (RFP/A) issued from New York’s Center for Community Health (CCH) must reflect the needs of people with disabilities and minorities, regardless of where the funding is coming from — the state or the private sector. Since January 2010, the initiative has applied to all public health programs in New York.
ADA at Work
20th Anniversary of ADA to Be Celebrated Around the Country
For many who were there, it’s hard to believe the Americans with Disabilities Act turns 20 on July 26. While much work remains to be done, the ADA’s accomplishments have been legion. It has raised the bar on accessibility in workplaces, homes, movie theaters, parking lots, restaurants, government buildings — the list goes on and on. And the ADA has reached far deeper than physical accommodations. The principles tha
DOT Extends Disability Protections to Passenger Ships and Boats
provide ADA protections to people with disabilities who travel on boats and ships, including cruise ships. So these vessels cannot charge extra for accessibility-related services to passengers, cannot require passengers to furnish their own attendants, and cannot deny access to passengers based on disability.
Book Review
Disability and Public Health
In Disability and Public Health, Charles Drum, MPA, JD, PhD; Gloria Krahn, PhD, MPH, and Hank Bersani, Jr., PhD, explore the changing public health perspective on and responses to disability. Although public health is an ever-evolving field, the academic discipline has been slow to incorporate disabilities into the public health practice, research, and curriculum. A central tenet of this book is that the current fragmentation of knowledge about disability must be rectified by providing a thorough introduction to disability issues to students of public health and related disciplines.
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