The University of Michigan Center for Disability Health and Wellness, in collaboration with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, is offering grants of up to $5,000 to safety net organizations in Michigan that work to improve healthcare access for individuals with disabilities, particularly those from low-income and underserved communities. Eligible projects can include improving healthcare access, creating inclusive wayfinding, or providing staff training to better serve individuals with physical, cognitive, sensory, and developmental disabilities. This initiative is designed to support local efforts to enhance healthcare quality and accessibility, with a focus on creating inclusive communities. Applications are due by March 1, 2025.

The U-M CDHW Research Symposium on October 18, 2024, will unite researchers and community groups to discuss disability research and its impact on quality of life.

Summer can be a wonderful time for rest and relaxation. However, this season can also bring extreme temperatures and dangerous weather. Having a plan for dealing with extreme weather is essential, but where to start? CDHW researchers have some suggestions from very reliable sources.

It’s much easier to lead a healthy lifestyle when your home and your neighborhood are made for healthy living, so analyzing differences in the way neighborhoods are built is important.

People with a spinal cord injury are often marginalized due to their inability to use time like the general population. Their lost time manifests in terms of physical impediments that take up more time to address, but also in terms of lack of equipment, caregivers, transportation, or other resources that could help them be a less-marginalized part of society.

Social activities can be beneficial to adults aging with SCI. A community’s natural and built features can severely limit these activities.