Let NCHPAD help you celebrate National Public Health Week (April 6-12) with its theme of "Building the Foundation for a Healthy America." Exercise is for Everybody! Do you get enough? is an awareness campaign from NCHPAD that helps organizations promote more active lifestyles among people with disabilities. Upon request, each organization will receive a free poster, handouts with the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for individuals with disabilities and a free gift from the NCHPAD webshop. Having a disability does not mean that those individuals cannot be healthy. Help people with disabilities get active today by contacting NCHPAD at 800-900-8086 or emailing email@ncpad.org.
For more information about National Public Health Week, contact the American Public Health Association at 202-777-2509; 202-777-2500 TTY; or bithiah.lafontant@apha.org, or go to http://www.nphw.org/nphw09/default.htm.
Monthly Observances:
National Autism Awareness Month
Autism Society of America
800-3-AUTISM (328-8476)
info@autism-society.org
http://www.autism-society.org
Related NCHPAD Resources:
- Autism and Considerations in Recreation and Physical Activity Settings
- Focus on Secondary Condition Prevention: Walking Program to Reduce Secondary Conditions in Adolescents with Autism
- Autism and Nutrition
National Healthy Kids Day
YMCA of Greater Hartford
860-522-4183 x 2333
860-522-1314
linda.garcia@ghymca.org
http://www.ymca.net/about_the_ymca/ymca_healthy_kids_day.html
NCHPAD Resources related to kids with disabilities:
- Community Voice: Program Spotlight: RIC Caring for Kids
- Thera-Band® Exercise Ball Program for Kids
- Thera-Band® Elastic Band Program For Kids
- Adapted Yoga for Children and Youth with Cerebral Palsy
- Program Considerations for Integrating Children with Disabilities into Community Sports and Recreation Programs
World Tai Chi & Qigong Day
913-648-2256
billdouglass@worldtaichiday.org
http://www.worldtaichiday.org
Related NCHPAD Resources: