New YouTube Video - Diveheart http://www.youtube.com/user/NCPAD

Service Dogs and Fitness Centers
http://www.ncpad.org/exercise/fact_sheet.php?sheet=889

Planning Accessible Vacations: I Can Travel
http://www.ncpad.org/fun/fact_sheet.php?sheet=890

Be Active Your Way Blog, Emphasizing Function - Blythe Hiss
As important as it is for health and fitness professionals to know what limitations an individual may have in terms of creating appropriate activities, especially for safety and medical considerations, it's also important to consider what that individual CAN do in context of their environment. According to the social model of disability systemic barriers, negative attitudes and exclusion by society (whether purposely or not) are the main contributing factors in disabling people, not the disability itself.

To read more, go to: http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/blog/post/Emphasizing-Function-ICF.aspx

More news you might have missed this past month:

Access Board Seeks Comment on Access to Shared Use Paths
http://www.access-board.gov/news/sup-notice.htm

Meeting the Needs of People with Autism
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/04/25/meeting-needs-people-autism

Safe-laser System - eye-safe laser pointer and specialized keyboard
http://www.invotek.org/products/safe-laser-system

Wheel Deal - A new innovative storage bag that fastens on the wheel of the wheelchair
http://www.innovate4independence.com/itemDetail.cfm?id=28

Promising Practices from the Job links Employment Transportation Program
http://www.ruraltransportation.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=60460&articleId=18304