Health

CIDE has partnered with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Office of Disability, Accessibility and Inclusion to support faculty in their efforts to accommodate student’s access to their curriculum; and students in their needs for accessibility,

Accessing one’s home for some residents who have problems with balance or who use a wheelchair, scooter, or walker is a major issue in Wyoming. Many homes in Wyoming are not equipped with ramps or zero-degree thresholds at their entrances.

The collaborative project outlined for this report involves education and development of best practices for public education through video production and dissemination.

VATS staff meet monthly with Virginia No Wrong Door (NWD) to coordinate awareness of and access to assistive technology (AT) devices and services in Virginia’s NWD system.

The COVID-19 pandemic shut down visits to the physical offices of Utah's AAA, senior centers, and other facilities. As a result, shifting to online services was more complicated than it had been for other organizations.

Texas Partners for Inclusive Access is spearheaded by Disability Rights Texas and The Texas Council for Developmental Disabilties. It began during COVID-19 as a support for information and vaccine/testing access for people with disabilties.

NMTAP has partnered with the Developmental Disabilities Services Division (DDSD) of the NM Department of Health in a beta project to improve access and use of AT for participants.

We partnered with Rutgers School of Health, Community Living Education Project to develop and deliver 45-minute lunch and learn on a variety of topics called “Byte Size Lunch Series”.

NCATP received additional funding under the Cares Act as part of an MOU with the Division of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS).  The initial funding in 2020 under the ADRC grant allowing NCATP to identify needs within the state and across the senior populati