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American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia
1) Don't miss the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA, December 10-14, 2005. For more information on the new meeting location, go to http://www.apha.org/meetings. Become a member of the Disability Special Primary Interest Group (DisAbility SPIG) at the APHA Annual Meeting and learn more about the exciting topics related to public health and disability. For more information about this year's Disability and Health program, as well as the business meeting and social, go to http://apha.confex.com/apha/133am/techprogram/program_473.htm.
Sarah Reinertsen Completes the Ironman
2) In August 2005, the NCHPAD Newsletter featured Sarah Reinertsen as an athlete with an amputation preparing for the Kona, Hawaii Ironman (http://www.ncpad.org/newsletter/693/3197/August~2005). She has successfully finished what she started in 2004. Read more at http://www.iamsarah.org/ or http://spaces.msn.com/members/ironmanprofile4/?GT1=7221.
Emmanuel's Gift
3) "Emmanuel's Gift" is a film about a young Ghanaian man who lost his right leg and who begins a 600-kilometer bicycle ride across Ghana spreading his vision of grit and resolve with each turn of the bike's pedals. The film is opening minds, hearts, and doors --- and effecting social and political change throughout his country. While Emmanuel's message is essentially one that says that people with disabilities are important members of any society, the use of a bicycle journey over several hundred miles of difficult terrain is a great way to get his message across to viewers who do not have much knowledge of disability. Go to http://www.emmanuelsgift.com/ for more information.
In Motion Features
4) Read the latest issue of In Motion magazine (September/October, Volume 15, Issue 5, 2005) (http://www.amputee-coalition.org/inmotion_about.html) to learn more about seated and standing balance exercises for preventing falls and changing lifestyle habits through diet and exercise for persons with limb loss. For related information on balance and flexibility exercises, go to http://www.ncpad.org/121/938/First~Steps~to~Active~Health~~Balance~and~Flexibility~
Exercises~for~Older~Adults for information on nutrition for people with disabilities, go to http://www.ncpad.org/content/12/Health~Promotion~Nutrition and for information on exercise for people with disabilities, go to http://www.ncpad.org/content/9/Exercise~and~Fitness.