Activities

Selected Past Activities

• Review of Delaware State Registries on People with Disabilities
• Development of Adult and Childhood Surveys on Health, Wellness, and Life Style of People with Disabilities
• Development and Implementation of an Advisory Council on Health, Wellness, and Prevention of Secondary Health Conditions
• Data Collection for Adult Survey
• Retrospective Analysis of Data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Health Risks of Adults with Disabilities in the State of Delaware: A Retrospective Analysis of Data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
• Healthy Delawareans with Disabilities 2010 Project Health Risks Survey Analysis (Technical Report) Healthy Delawareans with Disabilities 2010 Project Health Risks Survey Analysis

Year I:

• Developmental Disabilities Council Annual Disability Awareness Picnic
• Statewide Governor's Advisory Council on Exceptional Citizens
• Center for Independent Living
• Delaware HealthCare Commission (Chair: Lt. Governor)
• Downtown Wilmington Health Promotion Fair
• Kent General Hospital Support Group for Individuals with Hearing Impairment
• Governor's Commission for Community-Based Alternatives for Individuals with Disabilities, Health Care Subcommittee
• Division of Developmental Disabilities Services' Adult Special Populations Parent Support Group
• Stockley Center Parents Auxiliary
• Coordinating Council for Children with Disabilities
• Division of Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities' Governors Advisory Council for the Stark School (School for Individuals with Hearing Impairments)
• Division of Vocational Rehabilitation's Annual Stakeholders Conference
• LIFE Conference: Largest Statewide Disability Conference (both years)
• Delaware Special Olympics: Statewide Games Weekend
• Delmarva Rural Ministries, Inc.: Dover Office (Community-based Health Clinic since 1972)
• Easter Seals of Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore
• Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative
• Practice without Pressure Fundraiser (Parent-founded Organization dedicated to helping Individuals with Developmental Disabilities cope with Challenges posed by frequent Medical Tests and Health Care Procedures)
• Division of Developmental Disabilities Services Senior Management Team
• Regional Conference of the American Heart Association

Year II:

• Office of Emergency Preparedness
• Office of Minority Health (DPH)
• Partners in Policy Making: Conference/ Symposia for Advocates to Learn the Skills of Self-Advocacy
• Office of Special Education Instructors, Department of Education
• Child Development Watch (Early Intervention)
• Lower Delaware Autism Foundation
• Early Comprehensive Childhood Care Advisory Council
• Statewide Injury Prevention Advisory Council (DPH)
• Office of Chronic Disease and Health Promotion (DPH)
• Statewide Annual Caregiver Conference

Selected Current Activities

• Data Collection for Family/Childhood Survey on Health, Wellness, and Lifestyle (link to Health Surveys button)
• Writing of Delaware Health Status Report for People with Disabilities
• "Yes You Can™" Fitness Program for People who use a Wheelchair (Wheelchair Yoga; Sit and Be Fit)
• First Signs Program
• Smoking Cessation for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Partnership with the REAL program
• Various Outreach Activities (make this a link and have the activities show up on the next page) (It would be great if we provided a link to the organizations mentioned below)

Four Health Modules

HDWD is currently implementing four health modules for people with disabilities in Delaware. These health modules are:
a) a physical activity program for Delawareans who use a wheelchair,
b) a smoking cessation program for people with intellectual disabilities,
c) an amputee support group for adults who have lost a limb, and
d) a training program for health professionals on detecting early signs of autism in children

Click the link to the PowerPoint presentation describing the programs in more detail.
HDWD Health Modules Overview