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

Healthy recreation is an important, but often ignored, aspect of a good quality of life. Activity, exercise and recreation frequently lose out as we spend more time at work or school and less time at play. For individuals with disabilities, the idea of devoting time and energy to recreation and physical activity is too often not even on the radar, due both to other priorities that fill up the day as well as the barriers involved in negotiating the environment. This guide provides resources on accessible recreation opportunities in Viriginia.

The Florida Office on Disability and Health (FODH) states that entities other than UF are authorized to freely use and distribute the images on this website in any format with no expiration. Images have been obtained with the written or verbal consent of those photographed. We do ask that The Florida Office on Disability and Health be cited when photographs are included in re-printed materials. We also require that the organization who donated the images also be cited, for example NCPAD (The National Center for Physical Activity and Disability) , Full Radius Dance Company, the Colorado Medical Home Initiative, and Mike Coonan Photography have donated images which are in separate folders under this post, if these images are used please cite the organization as well as FODH. Lastly, we ask that the FODH Project Manager is contacted by email when any images are used, as we are trying to track the usage of these images for our files

If you saw a person in a wheelchair unable to get up the stairs into a building, would you say "There is a handicapped person unable to find a ramp?" Or would you say "There is a person with a disability who is handicapped by an inaccessible building?" What is the proper way to speak to or about someone who has a disability?

This document provides suggestions on how to use Person First Language to communicate with and about people with disabilities.

On May 21st the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Homeland Security Standards Panel (HSSP) published a workshop report providing strategies to address the barriers associated with emergency preparedness for those with physical and sensory disabilities.

This toolkit is designed to help state and local public health departments develop emergency preparedness plans that address individuals with special needs living in communities.

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) presents this primer as the third in the Routes to Effective Evacuation Planning primer series. This installment focuses on evacuating people who need assistance in leaving an area, particularly people with disabilities, aging populations, people living in congregate or residential care facilities, and those with household pets. This primer is developed to assist transportation agencies, emergency managers, first responders, and special needs service organizations understand applicable legislation-including new legislation passed after the Hurricane Katrina response-and develop and implement evacuations of special needs populations

This brochure provides information for people with disabilities and their caregivers on how to quite tobacco.

In 2007, Florida was awarded a disability and health grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This grant allowed for the creation of the Florida Office on Disability and Health, housed within the College of Public Health & Health Professions at the University of Florida.

Good Nutrition Ideas is your source for innovative nutrition products and services, developed by nutrition scientists at The University of Montana's Rural Institute for use by adults and kids -- including those with disabilities or special health care needs. The website includes Products and Services, including MENU-AIDDs, the Wise Choices Food Pyramid, Standards of Care for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities, and Food On Film, a tool for measuring dietary intake.

The purpose of this document is to provide planning guidance that can be incorporated into existing shelter plans to State emergency managers and shelter planners to meet access and functional needs in general population shelters. This document provides guidance to assist emergency managers and shelter planners in understanding the requirements related to sheltering children and adults with functional support needs in general population shelters. Functional Needs Support Services (FNSS) and the guidance provided are designed to assist in the planning and resourcing of sheltering operations whether government, NGO, faith- or private-based to meet the access and functional needs of children and adults. These guidelines identify methods of achieving a lawful and equitable program through the delivery of FNSS for children and adults.