This March, NCHPAD is pleased to announce not one, but two new factsheets that highlight advances in the field of physical activity and fitness for people with disabilities in the following newsletter section (http://www.ncpad.org/newsletter/736/3910/March~2009). The new 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services include a section specific to adults with disabilities and also incorporate children and adolescents with disabilities into the chapter on Active Children and Adolescents. Go to our new factsheet to see a summary of the adult guidelines and access links to resources from the Department. In addition, we now have a detailed factsheet describing the recently created specialty certification from the American College of Sports Medicine and NCHPAD called the Certified Inclusive Fitness Trainer (CIFT). A CIFT is a fitness professional involved in developing and implementing an individualized exercise program for a person who may have a physical, sensory, or cognitive disability.

Stay tuned in April for more new NCHPAD resources - we don't plan on going "out like a lamb!"

Monthly Observances:

Intellectual Disability Awareness Month
MRC of Missouri, Inc.
(573) 334-1166 x 126
info@rcomo.org
www.rcomo.org

Related NCHPAD Resources:

• Achieving A Beneficial Fitness for Persons with Developmental Disabilities
  
  • http://www.ncpad.org/104/795/Developmental~Disability~and~Fitness
• Lifelong Fitness and Motor Skills Training for People with Intellectual Disability
  
  • http://www.nchpad.org/200/1379/2002-12~Issue~~Lifelong~Fitness~and~Motor~Skills~Training~for~People~with~Intellectual~Disability
• Intellectual Disabilities and Fitness
  
  • http://www.ncpad.org/120/931/Intellectual~Disabilities~~~Fitness

National Brain Injury Awareness Month
Brain Injury Association of America
(703) 761-0750
jtoth@biausa.org
www.biausa.org

Related NCHPAD Resources:

• Supporting Individuals with Acquired Brain Injury in Developing a Fitness Program
  
  • http://www.ncpad.org/98/723/Acquired~Brain~Injury
• Decreasing Secondary Conditions in People with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Using Exercise
  
  • http://www.ncpad.org/455/2330/Focus~on~Secondary~Condition~Prevention~~Decreasing~
    Secondary~Conditions~in~People~with~Traumatic~Brain~
    Injury~~TBI~~Using~Exercise

National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
(800) 225-6495
annette@msfocus.org
www.msfocus.org

Related NCHPAD Resources:

• Multiple Sclerosis and Nutrition
  
  • http://www.ncpad.org/99/733/Multiple~Sclerosis~and~Nutrition
• Multiple Sclerosis
  
  • http://www.ncpad.org/70/520/Multiple~Sclerosis
• Multiple Sclerosis: Designing an Exercise Program
  
  • http://www.ncpad.org/156/1192/Multiple~Sclerosis~~~Designing~an~Exercise~Program
• Multiple Sclerosis and Exercise
  
  • http://www.ncpad.org/155/1175/Multiple~Sclerosis~and~Exercise

National Nutrition Month®
American Dietetic Association
(800) 877-1600 x4771
(312) 899-0040
nnm@eatright.org
www.eatright.org

Related NCHPAD Resources:

• Factsheets on nutrition as related to various disabilities and health conditions
  
  • http://www.ncpad.org/content/12/Health~Promotion~Nutrition

American Diabetes Alert Day
American Diabetes Association
(800) DIABETES (342-2383)
(703) 549-1500
askada@diabetes.org
www.diabetes.org/communityprograms-and-localevents/americandiabetesalert.jsp

Related NCHPAD Resources:

• Diabetes
  
  • http://www.ncpad.org/88/661/Diabetes
• Type II Diabetes: How to Lower Your Risk
  
  • http://www.ncpad.org/593/2540/Type~2~Diabetes~~How~to~Lower~Your~Risk
• Eating Well for Diabetes
  
  • http://www.ncpad.org/288/1803/Eating~Well~for~Diabetes