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Thank you for visiting the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities (RRTCADD): Lifespan Health and Function. We hope this website will give you useful information on aging with developmental disabilities, age friendly environments, health promotion, and family support.News and Recent Events
New Publication
Research to Practice Self Determination Series: Self-Determination and Aging - Edited by Tamar Heller & Alan Factor
It is part of a series produced by the National Gateway to Self-Determination. This publication provides examples highlighting the importance of hearing the voices of adults aging with developmental disabilities and providing them adequate supports and opportunities for them to age well and to live self-determined lives.
Research to Practice Self Determination Series: Self-Determination and Aging - Edited by Tamar Heller & Alan Factor
It is part of a series produced by the National Gateway to Self-Determination. This publication provides examples highlighting the importance of hearing the voices of adults aging with developmental disabilities and providing them adequate supports and opportunities for them to age well and to live self-determined lives.
The National Task Group on Intellectual Disability and Dementia Practices adopted best practice guidelines for family and staff carers who support individuals with ID affected by dementia. These guidelines were drawn from research, clinical experiences, and demonstrated best practices and are presented for the three progressive stages of dementia. They contain recommendations for assessment and environmental modifications and also address dementia-related issues including abuse, care costs, supporting choice, medications, and nutrition. These guidelines are also in the March 2013 issue of the Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities.
The article can be read and downloaded at no cost, click here OR PDF version.
Association on Aging With Developmental Disabilities Annual Conference
When: May 20th & May 21st, 2013
Where: St. Louis, MO
Registration Materials will be available after March 1st. For more information about the conference, click here.
When: May 20th & May 21st, 2013
Where: St. Louis, MO
Registration Materials will be available after March 1st. For more information about the conference, click here.
Bridging between Aging and Intellectual Disabilities
When: September 19-20th 2013
Where: Boston, MA
For more information, click here.
Program Evaluation Report: The Special Olympics Community-Based Health Promotion Programs
Special Olympics Collaborating Research Center, Institute on Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago. To view the report, click here to get PDF.
View the December 5 Workshop on Aging, Dementia, and Intellectual Disabilities powerpoint presentations:
- Overview of Basic issues in Aging and Dementia
- Normal Aging in the General and Intellectual Disabilities Populations
- Adverse Drug Reactions in Adults with Down Syndrome
- Social Care issue and Strategies, and Program Options
UIC - HealthMatters Community Academic Partnership Empowers People with Developmental Disabilities
HealthMatters (CAP) Community Academic Partnership is a collaboration between community-based organizations and an academic institution supporting people with developmental disabilities (DD). Visit HealthMattersProgram.org for more information.
HealthMatters (CAP) Community Academic Partnership is a collaboration between community-based organizations and an academic institution supporting people with developmental disabilities (DD). Visit HealthMattersProgram.org for more information.
The RRTC has partnered with the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry to support the National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Practices.
New!
Getting Involved in Research and Training: A Guide for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (2012) by Tamar Heller, Tia Nelis, Sheila Collins and Esther Lee Pederson. This guide explains to people with disabilities how they can participate in research and training projects, describes what research and training is, and what a participant can do. It also provides examples of projects and of ways to address problems others have had when working on research and training. It was developed by the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities and the National Gateway to Self-Determination. It is also on the National Gateway to Self-Determination website http://www.aucd.org/ngsd/template/index.cfm
Getting Involved in Research and Training: A Guide for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (2012) by Tamar Heller, Tia Nelis, Sheila Collins and Esther Lee Pederson. This guide explains to people with disabilities how they can participate in research and training projects, describes what research and training is, and what a participant can do. It also provides examples of projects and of ways to address problems others have had when working on research and training. It was developed by the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities and the National Gateway to Self-Determination. It is also on the National Gateway to Self-Determination website http://www.aucd.org/ngsd/template/index.cfm
New!
Disability Through the Life Course by Tamar Heller and Sarah Parker Harris explores topics central to the lives of people with disabilities across the life course. In this book, the life course approach assumes that, beginning prenatally, events occurring early in life affect later periods in one's life. Read more HERE.
Department of Disability and Human Development (DHD)
College of Applied Health Sciences (CAHS)
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
1640 West Roosevelt Road, M/C 626
Chicago, Illinois 60608-6904
Phone: 1-312-413-1520
Fax: 1-312-996-6942
TTY: 1-312-413-0453
College of Applied Health Sciences (CAHS)
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
1640 West Roosevelt Road, M/C 626
Chicago, Illinois 60608-6904
Phone: 1-312-413-1520
Fax: 1-312-996-6942
TTY: 1-312-413-0453
Funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
(Grant # H133B080009)