Center for Disability Health & Wellness
Creating a More Accessible Future
The solution starts with us – clinical researchers and physicians.
The U-M CDHW was developed in response to the passion and commitment of faculty and staff in numerous interdisciplinary collaborations across the University of Michigan, who are working to enhance healthcare access and quality for individuals with disabilities throughout their lifespan.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Social activities can be beneficial to adults aging with SCI. A community’s natural and built features can severely limit these activities.
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MDisability is partnering with the Center for Disability Health & Wellness (CDHW) to expand internship educational opportunities.
Please Save the Date for our 5th Annual Disability Research Symposium.
Presented by the U-M Center for Disability Health and Wellness (CDHW) with funding provided by the IDEAL RRTC and AHEAD-DC RRTC.
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Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108
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Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108
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