Category Archives: Health

What’s New?

What’s New?
Iowa LEND is Now Recruiting! The Iowa Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities (ILEND) program is now recruiting for the 2026-2027 academic year. LEND is an interdisciplinary training program dedicated to improving the health of people with disabilities across the lifespan. Participation in the yearlong program prepares trainees from diverse healthcare, educational, family, self-advocacy,…
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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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UI Programs Support Students’ Mental Health

UI Programs Support Students’ Mental Health
Three UI Programs Cited Among Nation's Mental Health Initiatives to Support College Students New Resource from Temple University  The Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion does research aimed at supporting individuals with psychiatric disabilities and promoting opportunities for them to participate fully in their communities. An intern at the Collaborative put together “A Selected Compendium…
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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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