Public Health is for Everyone An inclusive planning toolkit for public health professionals

This report includes recommendations for the Health Surveillance of People with Intellectual Disabilities in the United Stated. Recommendations include:

1. Identify adults with ID using ICD and other codes in medical service claims
2. Link multiple existing data sources for health surveillance
3. Include valid and reliable questions in existing surveys to identify people with ID
4. Incorporate promising methods to include representative sample of adults with ID
5. Incorporate question and response options in existing surveys to facilitate participation of adults with ID and their proxies

This guide provides steps that every emergency manager or first responder should consider in ensuring that the needs and situations of people with disabilities are taken into account in all four phases of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

The Tips for First Responders resource includes information and instruction on how to develop Emergency Preparedness programs for people with disabilities. Tips are provided for mobility impairments, cognitive disabilities, mental illness, Autism, deaf or hard of hearing, blindness or visual impairments, service animals, seniors, childbearing and newborns, chemical sensitivities, general tips.

Tips for planning for the evacuation needs of people with disabilities in the community.

There are currently at least 30 million Americans using wheelchairs and those numbers continue to increase as a large population of people with age related challenges look for ways to live independently in their homes.Bathroom safety is one of the number one concerns in making a home accessible because more than 2/3 of emergency room visits are due to bathroom falls.

Women with disabilities are as likely and sometimes more likely to get breast cancer as the general population due to having more risk factors than women in general. Because there's no sure way to prevent breast cancer, it's important to take care of yourself by having regular screenings to find breast cancer early, when breast cancers often respond well to treatment and the chance for survival is high. These tip cards stress the importance of early screening and give recommendations for you to follow. Also covered are the diagnosis, treatment issues, and insurance coverage.

Take charge of your breast health and be a self-advocate. Getting early breast cancer screening can save your life!

Communities (state, regional, local and neighborhood) provide a vital role in implementing steps to help combat obesity among people with disabilities and assist them in achieving a healthy weight and an improved quality of life. This factsheet contains information on healthy weight and considerations for addressing obesity and disability in the community.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Health Departments along with community partners can implement strategies that make healthy choices available, affordable, and easy for people with disabilities. This resource provides considerations for increased physical activity and improved diet for people with disabilities and updates from emerging practices from CDC's funded state based programs.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

Disability and obesity are complex public health challenges, but addressing these challenges offer major dividends to our country if effective strategies are successfully applied to include the workplace. This resource provides information on healthy weight and considerations to ensure that worksite nutrition and physical activity programs are accessible to people with disabilities.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

These guidelines from the U.S. Access Board serve as the basis for standards for new construction and alterations of recreation facilities covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).