Coming up this March…

These interactive classes will teach people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) how to understand and manage exercise and nutrition in their day-to-day lives!  Classes will begin this March at a Denver area day program.  For questions or to enroll in a class please contact Alexandra Andrews at
aandrews@advocacydenver.org or 303-831-7733.

Are you interested in providing healthy opportunities to people with I/DD?  Please join our newly formed Wellness Committee!  We will be discussing and problem-solving ways to integrate healthy choices into people’s lives! Please contact Alexandra Andrews to RSVP.

Alexandra Andrews, Health Care Advocacy Program Coordinator, will be providing a portion of her Staying Healthy presentation, which teaches people with I/DD proper hygiene and ways to boost their immune systems.  Join and learn more about the Health Care Advocacy Program’s series of Health Education Curriculum.

Join The Arc in celebrating Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month!

“Year round, The Arc works to promote and protect the rights of people with I/DD to live, learn, work and play as valued and contributing members of their communities. We fight for legislation to remove barriers to full participation and inclusion and have been successful on many fronts. But sometimes the barrier has nothing to do with the width of a doorway or an employer’s hiring practices. Sometimes the barrier is as subtle as a nervous glance from an uninformed person in line with you at the market.

This March 29, let’s all go out and start breaking down those social barriers.. This is your chance to personally help raise awareness about people with I/DD just by being yourself and participating in the things you enjoy alongside others in your community without disabilities. If you are a person with I/DD, make plans to hit the movies, the park, your local shopping center or restaurant for a day out and maybe spark some conversation in the process. Or, if you are a friend or family member of a person with I/DD, make plans to enjoy a fun activity together in public.

Visit
The Arc’s website and find out more about this campaign and things you can do join in. “

“The demand for long-term care services will explode as the population ages and more people live longer with chronic conditions. Who will pay for these services and how will they be delivered?”

Understanding Health and Health Promotion for People with ID

The HealthMeet Project of the Arc

‘Unfettered nursing’ requires for Coloradans desperate for care

“When Karen Zink opened Southwest Women’s Health Associates for primary care and women’s health in Durango in 1989, it was one of the first nurse practitioner owned and operated practices in the U.S. But it’s only been since 2010 that Zink has been able to practice without a doctor’s supervision…”