Toolkit: Vanderbilt Kennedy Center: Healthy Bodies for Girls
This toolkit provides resources and tips to help parents talk to their girls about sensitive topics such as good hygiene, appropriate public behaviors, menstrual control.
Toolkit: Vanderbilt Kennedy Center: Healthy Bodies for Boys
This toolkit provides resources and tips to help parents talk to their boys about sensitive topics such as good hygiene, appropriate public behaviors, hormones and mood swings.
Research Article: Food variety as a predictor of nutritional status among children with autism
The frequency of selective eating and nutritional deficiency was studied among 22 children with autism and an age matched typically developing control group.
Guide: Family Voices: Family Matters – Promoting Health and Wellness for Children with Special Health Care Need Family Booklet
This booklet, intended for parents of children with disabilities, offers information about healthy eating, physical activity, and setting limits on TV, computer and video game activities.
HealthMeet® Webinar: Wellness for Every Body
Register for this free webinar to learn more about Wellness for Every Body (WFEB), an online training program for direct service providers developed by Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department.
Website: Disabled World
This website offers disability-relevant news, assistive device reviews, and articles on various topics such as health, travel, sports, fitness and nutrition.
Cooking and Gaining Independence
I am looking to have more independence as I get older. Cooking helps me with that.
Guide: CDC: How Many Fruits and Vegetables Do You Need?
This guide, provided by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, encourages a fruit and vegetable-rich diet.
Guide: Autism NOW Health Promotion
This guide from the Peer to Peer HealthMessages Program focuses on people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, and caregivers/support persons of individuals with disabilities.
