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Disability and Health Program
Mission
The Disability and Health Program promotes health, wellness, and emergency preparedness for people with disabilities through surveillance, professional development opportunities and community initiatives. The program maintains a Special Needs Emergency Registry for people with special needs, chronic conditions and disabilities in the event of an emergency. The Program also maintains a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Registry and linkage program.
2010 Accomplishments and Milestones
- Presented Traumatic Brain Injury data and program fact sheets to over 500 Rhode Islanders.
- Invited to present poster series at 2011 Joint Annual Meeting of the Safe States Alliance, the Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR), & CDC Core I & II State Injury Grantees Conference.
What We Do
- Promote health and wellness for people with disabilities.
- Conduct disability surveillance.
- Monitor effective transition of healthcare from adolescence to adulthood.
- Support community programs that prevent secondary conditions resulting from disabilities and chronic health issues.
- Provide professional development for practitioners working with people with disabilities.
- Provide practitioners with greater access to assistive technology.