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Dr. Steven Edelman presents the first in a series of new shows on diabetes. He speaks to three main points; education, motivation and self-advocacy. Dr. Edelman defines types of diabetes, causes and innovative treatments, medications and technologies. Series: "Taking Control of Your Diabetes" [9/2006] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 11927]
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A short film about the self-advocacy civil rights movement, starring people with intellectual disabilities. Part of a series that includes ODSP & ME, also available on YouTube.
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This was one of the first times people with intellectual disabilities at LiveWorkPlay talked publicly about self-advocacy. The occasion was the United Nations International Day of Disabled Persons 2005. A great early effort!
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This is one of several early videos created by LiveWorkPlay written and performed by people with intellectual disabilities. This one is about the challenge of progressing beyond the family home.
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This story was captured with a small digital camera and was not rehearsed or planned. It features a person with an intellectual disability at LiveWorkPlay who did what so many non-disabled people take for granted: staying home alone!
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This was a very productive day for both parents and their teen and adult children with intellectual disabilities. Many of the goals established today were reached!
Captured in a spontaneous moment, and also features a self-advocate from LiveWorkPlay, showing how effectively he manages part of his personal finances.
A short video that highlights two types of freedoms that (sadly) many people with intellectual disabilities don't get the chance to experience: going to an adult party and staying overnight.
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People First (Self Advocacy) director Andrew Lee says the attitude of the media needs to change. "Why do they refuse to report the issues that people with learning difficulties face in an adult way?"
A quick promotional video of the Building Leadership Series of workshops, held each year in the fall for people with disabilities to receive help building their voices and self-advocacy skills.
People First of Denver's officers meeting in May of 2008. If you are or know someone who may be interested in joining or supporting People first, which is a self-advocacy group supported by the national organization ARC, please contact them at peoplefirstofdenver@ gmail.com or advocacy@arcofdenver .org . Special thanks to group advocate Alan Trenary and the officers of People First of Denver.
Nest eggs tied to housing market have crashed with it - Riverside Press Ent... Beverlee Williams had what she thought was a carefully crafted plan for retirement. But she saw that shatter with the Inland housing market. Upon retiring in 2001, Williams, 63 and a former city planner, paid off the mortgage on the modest single ...
Decline in Private-Sector Pensions Prompts Retirement Planning ... - Econo... (CEP News) Ottawa - The number of workers with pensions in Canada is growing but isn't keeping pace with hiring. As the proportion of those with pensions versus those without is shrinking, Canadians are increasingly asking themselves how they can ...
Mark and Matt Martin each shift racing futures - Orlando Sentinel DAYTONA BEACH — Matt Martin's racing career appeared to be on track: He had his own Web site, his own fan club, worked out of a 7,500 square-foot shop, and went to the races in a diesel truck that slept six and pulled a 40-foot trailer to area ...
TV EYE Weblog - Hartford Courant Jim Caviezel, whose most prominent role was Jesus Christ in Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," will reprise Patrick McGoohan's role as Number Six in a "reinterpretation" of the cult classic "The Prisoner" coming to AMC. Ian McKellen, from ...
