Category Archives: Center for Disabilities and Development

What’s New?

What’s New?
New Episode Alert: The Disability Exchange Podcast Get ready for an uplifting and eye-opening conversation! In this episode, Mike and Judy welcome Jackie Nau—Tourette Syndrome advocate and author of the heartfelt children’s book Click, Tic, Jerk, and Hop. Jackie’s book isn’t just a story—it’s a vibrant celebration of neurodiversity and a powerful resource for building empathy…
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Take Charge of Your Health:  Understanding Vaccines

<strong>Take Charge of Your Health:  Understanding Vaccines</strong>
Learn more about vaccines and how they can help protect you and others Take charge of your health by learning more about vaccines and how they can help protect you and other people in your community! It will help you learn: How vaccines work How vaccines protect you and other people Tips for self-advocacy What…
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Health Care Provider Training

Health Care Provider Training
Assuring Access to Quality Health Care for Persons with Disabilities Continuing Medical Education Credit (CME) Available Assuring Access to Quality Health Care for Persons with Disabilities is a free suite of videos to train current and future health care professionals on strategies to communicate effectively with and accommodate patients with a variety of disabilities. Ranging…
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Health Provider Training Videos Now Available Online

Health Provider Training Videos Now Available Online Focus on Accommodating Patients with Disabilities Staff at the University of Iowa Center for disabilities and Development (CDD) have partnered with the University of Iowa College of Public Health to publish a series of six online videos entitled, “Assuring Access to Quality Health Care for Persons with Disabilities.”…
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