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THIS MONTH'S TOPICS

Director's Corner: High Homocysteine Levels Can be the Culprit of Several Health Problems

From the Information Specialist's Desk

NCHPAD Research Abstracts: Effects of Exercise Training on Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

NUDGE Corner: Water skiing at Any Ability Level

NCHPAD Nutrition Corner: Summer Food Safety

Video Review: Gone Fishin' For Fun and Fitness

Book Reviews:

- From There to Here - Stories of Adjustment to Spinal Cord Injury

- Accessible Gardening for People with Physical Disabilities: A Guide to Methods, Tools, and Plants

Events:

- BlazeSports Summer Schedule

- Abilities Expo

- Disabled Sports USA Million Dollar Round Table Foundation SummerFest

Conferences:

- Physical Activity Policy in Action: Scanning the Landscape

- Research to Action for an Aging Society

- Amputee Coalition of America Annual Conference & Exposition

- Brain Injury Association of Texas 22nd Annual State Conference

Awards:

- Paul G. Hearne-AAPD Leadership Awards Program