Blog Archives - The Center for Independence of Individuals with Disabilities

San Jose CHAMP Conference on Health and Aging

4/24/2015

This year’s conference, co-sponsored by SJSU and the City of San Jose Department of Parks, Recreation, & Neighborhood Services, was an exciting multidisciplinary event (Anthropology, Engineering, Gerontology, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Psychology, and Social Work) involving several CSU’s in Northern California.

The research presentations addressed Working with Diverse Ethnic Populations; LGBT issues; Training Future Professionals in Aging; Skeletal & Joint Health; Mental Health of Older Veterans; and University/ Community partnerships to promote healthy aging in senior living communities. Poster presentation topics included cognitive functioning; physical activity; senior peer coaching; assistive devices; and alternative therapies (music, art, dance, and animal assisted therapies).

KRON 4 Article: Nation’s most inclusive park to celebrate grand opening Saturday in Palo Alto

4/22/2015

By Mario Sevilla Published: April 14, 2015, 8:41 pm
Updated: April 16, 2015, 9:06 am

http://kron4.com/2015/04/14/nations-most-inclusive-park-to-celebrate-grand-opening-saturday-in-palo-alto/

Daily Journal Article on Bay Area Developed Wearable Tech

4/20/2015

http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2015-04-20/students-design-device-for-visually-impaired/1776425141934.html

Students design device for visually impaired April 20, 2015, 05:00 AM By Austin Walsh Daily Journal

Check Out Our Spring 2015 Newsletter!

4/15/2015

See Below or Click HERE to Download

Housing Affordability and Accessibility Survey

4/13/2015

A gap in understanding still exists around housing for individuals with disabilities. The purpose of the study is to determine what the challenges are in obtaining and maintaining affordable and accessible housing among the community of individuals with disabilities in San Mateo County. More importantly, the information collected from this survey will enable the Center of Independence for Individuals with Disabilities to take necessary action in better serving its clients. Thank you for taking the time to take the survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14nm-tYJ-0sRwTp7_dhUSDLAuC8aoOj8k5xovZ_uaB-U/viewform

Our Friend - MCIL's Executive Director, Eli Gelardin - is a Guest Blogger at Disability Blog

4/9/2015

https://usodep.blogs.govdelivery.com/2015/04/08/start-the-conversation-why-we-need-affordable-personal-care-options/

Online survey for mothers with a physical or mobility disability

4/9/2015

UMass Medical School is conducting an online survey to learn about the health care experiences of mothers with physical or mobility disabilities before, during, and after pregnancy. This survey is part of a research study.

To participate, you must:

 Have a physical or mobility disability

 Have given birth to a baby within the last ten (10) years

 Be able to complete the survey in either English or Spanish

Your participation involves:

 About 20 minutes of your time

 Access to a computer and internet

 Answering questions about your health care experiences during your most recent pregnancy

 Privacy; the survey is anonymous, we will not ask you to provide any contact information

Interested?

Visit the survey website and answer a few brief screening questions to make sure you are eligible.

Http://survey.umassmed.edu/moms_disabilities
If you prefer to complete the survey over the phone, please call to speak to the research staff:

1-888-368-7157

A Busy Week For Outreach and Tabling!

4/2/2015

CID was proud to have taken part of the Second Harvest Partner Conference and the Daily Journal Health and Wellness Fair for the second year in a row!

Here are a couple of pics from those events:

Picture of the Conference

Second Harvest Partner Conference

Picture of Daily Journal event

Daily Journal Health and Wellness Fair

Powerful Video of Homeless People Reading Mean Tweets About Themselves To End Stereotypes

4/2/2015

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/31/homeless-mean-tweets_n_6976920.html

Free eye glasses, eye exams, and eye surgery for needy and/or uninsured

4/2/2015

Below US poverty line. Free eyeglasses (also see attached voucher application):

http://www.new-eyes.org/us-voucher-program/

Free eye exams and low cost glasses: California Vision Project

The California Vision Project is a non-profit, optometric charity designed to provide low-income, uninsured families throughout the state of California with free comprehensive eye exams and low cost glasses. CVF successfully matches and assigns over 3,000 eligible individuals to volunteer optometrists each year.

http://www.coavision.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3350

Free cataract surgery:

Mission Cataract USA offers free cataract surgery to people of all ages who have no means to pay.

http://missioncataractusa.org/

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