Our society is confronting many serious, chronic medical issues, including AIDS, diabetes, obesity, cancer, Alzheimer's, MS, heart disease, and autism. What do all those conditions have in common? Every one is something you live with for a long period of time; in some cases all your life. Furthermore, every one has one or more strong advocacy organizations who speak for people affected by the condition.
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Understanding Behavioral Changes in Adults with IDD and Dementia - Webinar - Dec. 11, 2013 - 0 views
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This webinar will dive into the behavioral aspects of dementia in persons with IDD. Dr. Kathie Bishop and Ms. Kathleen Pears will team up to go into detail regarding symptoms and behaviors associated with dementia in this population, and how sensory challenges can often be misinterpreted and associated with dementia. Environmental factors that can contribute to certain behaviors will be introduced as well as changes that you can make in an individual's environment that will help to reduce specific attributes as well.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Mountian
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No cost
The "cure" for autism, and the fight over it. | Psychology Today - 0 views
Project lifesaver helps caregivers locate lost relatives who have dementia, autism | sc... - 0 views
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Project Lifesaver helps to locate adults and children who wander off due to autism, Alzheimer’s, Down syndrome, stroke, dementia and other related short-term memory issues, thereby reducing their risk for serious injury and death when they are alone.
Cognitive Support Technologies: A New Comprehensive Resource - Webinar - March 15, 2011 - 0 views
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This webinar provides resources for keeping up to date with new cognitive support technologies and provides examples of products and vendors. Cognitive Support Technologies are a class of AT designed to help with memory, attention, concentration, perception, executive functioning and so on. Depending on individual need and preference, individuals with dementia, or traumatic and acquired brain injury or who were born with intellectual disability, can potentially benefit from: Personal Assistance Strategies Everyday Technologies (e.g. Apple iPhone) Specialized Technologies (e.g. Jitterbug phone) Which one, or combination, is most appropriate for an individual requires an early and comprehensive assessment.The presentation will outline the process for selecting, integrating and utilizing assistive technology for persons with cognitive disability. Each stage of the process will be examined in depth, as will the parameters requiring consideration at each stage. When:
March 15, 2012
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Mountain Time
NCDAE - Cognitive Disabilities and the Web - 0 views
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For many, web accessibility begins and ends with making a site accessible to a screen reader user. Most of the work in accessibility has been done in the area of visual disabilities/blindness (27; 23; 8). However, according to the US Census Bureau, 14.3 million Americans age 15 and over have a mental disability. This includes 1.9 million who have Alzheimer's disease, senility or dementia, and 3.5 million with a learning disability (35). Making the web accessible to this population has, for the most part, been overlooked. According to Hudson, Weakley & Firminger (9) (2005),"those with cognitive disabilities and learning difficulties, appear to have slipped through the cracks to a large extent when it comes to website accessibility."
Transmitter bracelets help cops locate at-risk people - Daily Inter Lake: Local/Montana - 0 views
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A technology originally developed to locate stolen vehicles will now help Flathead County law enforcement agencies locate missing Alzheimer’s and dementia patients as well as children with autism and Down syndrome. In a press conference Friday at the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office, Search and Rescue Coordinator Brian Heino unveiled the local introduction of Project Lifesaver. The project, established in 1999 by the 43rd Search and Rescue Company of the Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office, uses radio transmitter bracelets manufactured by LoJack to locate those at-risk individuals who have wandered off from families or caregivers.
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Dr. Ronald Lucchino, Ph.D. President of the Board for the Southwest Florida Area Agency on Aging, joins us to give a comprehensive overview of dementia. In this webinar he will describe behaviors and symptoms of dementia, the different types and risk factors to miss-diagnosing an adult with an intellectual disability with dementia. Examples will be given to show the difference between Alzheimer's and dementia in adults with IDD as opposed to the general population.
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Mountian
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No cost