Welcome to the Center on Aging and Community
As one of seven centers at Indiana University's Institute on Disability and Community, we do research and provide training, assistance and information to individuals, families, professionals and communities. We work in partnership with adults who are aging with disabilities to promote their well-being, community-participation, self-determination and leadership.
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“The only box is the rhythm”
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Seeking Participants
The Building Leadership Series project just completed year two of a five-year project. Seventeen participants with cognitive disabilities from around Indiana were selected to attend the series this past year, making the two-year total 35 participants. The series consisted of three two-day workshops attended over a course of three months. Recruitment has begun to identify 20 additional individuals to participate in the fall 2008 series. Selected participants will receive a $60.00/workshop attendance stipend, meals and overnight lodging. Support staff, where needed, also receives compensation, meals and lodging. For more information, visit our Building Leadership Series pages.
Emergency & Disaster Planning Publication
I am Citizen Prepared is a publication for people with disabilities and the people who support them. Emergency preparedness is a topic that is on the minds of many Americans these days in light of the 9-11 tragedy and subsequent terrorist attacks all over the world. There is much written about the subject, but not in a format that is accessible to people with intellectual/developmental disabilities.
I am Citizen Prepared is designed to provide information that does not focus on the scary aspect of disasters and emergencies. It offers the reader suggestions on how to prepare oneself in the event that an emergency does arise. The reader is encouraged to think of emergency preparedness as a project rather than a reaction to an unexpected and frightening event.
I am Citizen Prepared is 49 pages on 8.5 x 11 paper and opens with Adobe Acrobat - Download
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