New YouTube Video Features Athletes with Disabilities Abroad, NCDE
A new online video by the National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange (NCDE) features athletes with disabilities who turned a passion for competition into a life-changing experience abroad. The video focuses on sports-related exchanges for a cross-disability audience. It includes interviews with world-class athletes and high school students with disabilities who participated in sports-related programs abroad and images of people with disabilities participating in a wide range of sports and recreation programs. The 5-minute video is available to view on YouTube.com and on the NCDE website at http://www.miusa.org/ncde.

A press release from MIUSA's National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange (NCDE) is available at http://www.miusa.org/newsitems.

The NCDE works to increase the participation and inclusion of people with disabilities in international exchange programs. For more information, contact Jeff McBride at clearinghouse@miusa.org or 541-343-1284.

ACSM Expands Global Networks: Africa's Tanzania, Central Asia And Uzbekistan

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) is rapidly and comprehensively expanding its contributions and networks around the world. Recently, ACSM held planning conferences with leaders from Africa's Tanzania and Zanzibar as well Central Asia's Uzbekistan. ACSM will work with Tanzania and Zanzibar on educational initiatives in sports medicine. Representatives from Uzbekistan visited ACSM as part of the International Visitor Leadership Program. ACSM members James Rimmer, Ph.D., and Amy Rauworth, M.S., RCEP, from the National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability (NCHPAD) presented on disabilities and sports in the United States. ACSM and NCHPAD co-founded the Inclusive Fitness Coalition. ACSM is strongly committed to improving sports and fitness opportunities for people with disabilities.

The objectives of the meeting included:

• Examining planning, management, and administration of sports programs designed to provide opportunities to people with disabilities.
• Observing and discussing rehabilitation and lifestyle programs.
• Exploring civil rights protections for people with disabilities and special needs.
• Gaining a better understanding of the U.S. federal, state and local infrastructures and their impact on people with disabilities.

For more information, go to www.acsm.org or call ACSM at 317-637-9200.

Winner of Martha Stewart Dreamers into Doers Award Announced
Amy Jaffe Barzach, Chairwoman of the Inclusive Play Workgroup of the Inclusive Fitness Coalition and founder of Boundless Playgrounds, was recently announced as the winner of the 2008 Martha Stewart Dreamers into Doers Award. Amy and a videotaped segment featuring Boundless Playgrounds appeared on "The Martha Stewart Show" on November 12. To learn how Amy started Boundless Playgrounds, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a space where all children -- with and without disabilities -- could play and learn together, or for more information on this inspirational award, go to http://www.incfit.org/node/160 or http://www.marthastewart.com/dreamers.

Joy riders: St. Charles bike- shop owner makes disabled kids and vets big wheels, Chicago Tribune, Luann Grosscup, November 16, 2008

Hal Honeyman doesn't consider himself to be a hero, but circumstances have made him just that to people who have crossed paths with the St. Charles bike shop owner. "To me, he is a great American hero and a patriot," said Sean McEndree, Kempner, Texas. McEndree, wounded in Iraq in 2004, credits Honeyman with aiding his own recovery from injuries he suffered from a makeshift bomb. Honeyman helps people with disabilities regain mobility by outfitting them with bicycles adapted to their needs.

For the full story, go to http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/autocorner/chi-rides-adaptive-bikes-1116nov16,0,4779809.story.

Disability and Health Journal Nominated for New Journal of the Year

The board and staff of AAHD (American Association on Health and Disabilities) are proud to announce that Elsevier Publishing has nominated the Disability and Health Journal for the New Journal of the Year Award with the Professional Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers. The Disability and Health Journal (www.disabilityandhealthjnl.com) is the official publication of the AAHD. A substantial reduction in subscriptions to the Journal is offered to APHA Disability Section Members.

To take advantage of AAHD's discounted rates and Holiday Membership Campaign, please visit http://www.aahd.us/membership.