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The following link(s) will open in one new tab or window. Should you have any questions regarding this article, please follow the specific contact information provided. Access To Medical Care For Individuals With Mobility Disabilities: Technical Assistance Guide (May 2010) Access to Medical Care for Individuals with Mobility Disabilities Accessibility of doctors’ offices, clinics, and other health care providers is essential in providing medical care to people with disabilities. Due to barriers, individuals with disabilities are less likely to get routine preventative medical care than people without disabilities. Accessibility is not only legally required, it is important medically so that minor problems can be detected and treated before turning into major and possibly life-threatening problems. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in everyday activities, including medical services. The ADA requires that medical care providers make their services available in an accessible manner. This technical assistance publication provides guidance for medical care providers on the requirements of the ADA in medical settings with respect to people with mobility disabilities, which include, for example, those who use wheelchairs, scooters, walkers, crutches, or no mobility devices at all. For more information go to: www.ada.gov/medcare_mobility_ta/medcare_ta.htm New Information Tool Gives Consumers More Control Over Their Own Health Care The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced a new website called HealthCare.gov. This new tool lets consumers take control of their health care by connecting them to information about quality, affordable health care coverage. HealthCare.gov is the first central database of health coverage options--from Medicare to the new Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan, with information from more than 1,000 private insurance plans. HealthCare.gov answers questions that relate to people with disabilities and health care, and also has information about insurance plans and community services in every state. Take a video tour of this new website.
For more information visit this link: www.disability.gov/health/news_%26_events.
The Affordable Care Act's New Patient's Bill of Rights Fact sheet on the new Patient's Bill of Rights under the Affordable Care Act, which will help children (and eventually all Americans) with pre-existing conditions gain health care coverage and keep it, protect all Americans' choice of doctors and end lifetime limits on the care consumers may receive. For more information go to: www.disability.gov/health/news_%26_events To view this Fact Sheet go to: healthreform.gov/newsroom/new_patients_bill_of_rights.html NICHCY Research-Based Resources on Specific Disabilities Updated NICHCY (National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities) has updated their list of resources on medical research into disabilities and the findings of research on the use of academic and other interventions with children who have special needs. The final section covers research associated with the specific disabilities of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism, emotional disabilities, intellectual disabilities, and learning disabilities.
To view the Research-Based Resources on Specific Disabilities go to:
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September 2010 Contact Us
Phone: 1-800-395-3372 Upcoming DDPC Meetings September 2010: 9/23/10 - Executive Committee Meeting *Notice* Open Government and the New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council (DDPC). All DDPC meetings are held in Albany, NY unless otherwise noted. Under law, the New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council (DDPC) meetings and DDPC Standing Committee meetings are open meetings. If the public wants to attend, they can attend as observers. Participants may be asked to leave during breaks in the deliberations and when the meeting goes into executive session. If more information, please contact the DDPC directly.
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