Check out NCPAD's new post on "Be Active Your Way," a blog brought to you by the Department of Health and Human Services. This month's topic is "Healthy Communities," so read what NCHPAD says about making communities healthy for ALL at http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/blog/post/Healthy-Communities-Means-Healthy-Opportunities.aspx.
This month, new documents have been released on our site. Check 'em out!
Yoga in the Classroom: A New Kind of Education
http://www.ncpad.org/programming/fact_sheet.php?sheet=841
Physical Activity for Anxiety and Depression
http://www.ncpad.org/disability/fact_sheet.php?sheet=837
More news you might have missed this past month:
Scuba Therapy for Soldiers
Wounded vets gain strength, confidence scuba diving on the island of St. John.
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=7639889
Esther Vergeer's Dominance Transcends Her Wheelchair
http://tennis.fanhouse.com/2010/09/12/esther-vergeers-dominance-transcends-her-wheelchair/?icid=main|main|dl9|sec1_lnk3|170292
PenAgain ergonomic writing instrument for people with disabilities
http://www.penagain.com
FYI - User's First Alliance
http://www.usersfirst.org
Unlikely new comic book superhero on the way - a Muslim boy in a wheelchair
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=11729771
HUD Charges New York Landlord with Discriminating Against a Tenant with Disabilities
http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2010/HUDNo.10-215
HUD Provides Rental Assistance to 4,300 Persons with Disabilities
http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2010/HUDNo.10-214