This section features the monthly columns written by NCHPAD director, James H. Rimmer, PhD. This column features a wide variety of topics and is inspired by personal and professional experiences as well as current news and research related to physical activity and disability.
- Russia's concern about lack of exercise
- Paralympic Athletes Have a Role to Play when the Games End
- Fitness Industry Needs to Present a More Inclusive Image
- Physicians Need to Refer Their Patients to NCHPAD
- Physical Activity Gets Top Billing on the White House Lawn
- Exercise Can be a Real Pain
- Connecting People with Disabilities to Physical Activity Programs in Their Communities
- Finding Accurate Information on Nutrition and Disability Can Be a Real Challenge
- Lifelong Fitness and Motor Skills Training for People with Intellectual Disability
- Absence of People with Disabilities Using Local Parks
- New Study Finds Low Accessibility of Physical Activity Facilities
- Government Should Consider Subsidizing Fitness Memberships for People with Disabilities
- Closing the Gap Between Rehabilitation and Lifetime Physical Activity
- Sheltered Workshops and Residential Facilities Must Encourage Physical Activity
- Personal Trainers Must Select Their Words Wisely When Training Clients with Disabilities
- President's Proposed Drug Relief Plan Must Include Relief from America's Worst Ailment: Physical Inactivity
- Battling Loneliness and Social Isolation
- Koreans Use 1988 Olympic Park to Get Their Daily Dose of Exercise - But Where are the People with Disabilities?
- Segways Are A Bad Idea for College Campuses
- Follow the Five M's to Good Health
- Arthritis Can Erode Quality of Life: Exercise and Assistive Aids Can Help
- Here We Go Again: Another New Year's Resolution to Shed Those Dreadful Pounds!
- A Universal Health Promotion Plan for All Americans: My Chat with the President
- Children with Disabilities Missing on America's Playgrounds
- Making Playgrounds and Sports Programs More Inclusive for Children with Disabilities
- Prescribing Physical Activity for People with Disabilities Requires More than General Guidelines
- High Homocysteine Levels Can be the Culprit of Several Health Problems
- What the Late Marlon Brando Can Teach Us About Health Promotion
- NCHPAD Receives National Award - Makes a Difference
- Olympics Not Over Just Yet: Let the Paralympics Begin!
- The Tipping Point
- Environmental Disability
- Some Holiday Gifts to Burn Up Those Unwanted Calories
- The Confluence of Aging and Disability: A Personal Experience
- Gyms Need a Higher Level of Technology To Reach People with Disabilities
- Young Athletes with Disabilities Grow Into Healthy Adults
- Transportation Hardship for People with Disabilities Keeps Health Promotion Activities At A Distance
- New Food Pyramid Misses Mark for People with Disabilities
- Environmental Disability
- Cholesterol Levels Back in the News
- Strong Headwind on the Road to Accessible Fitness and Recreation
- The Disabled Poor* Need a Healthier Community to Return to in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
- Newspaper Misses Mark in Health Club Feature
- Rising Gas Prices Make It A Good Time to Build Friendlier Physical Activity Communities
- Evidence-Based Practice in Disability and Public Health
- Setting Goals and Sticking with Them
- Obesity Swells Into a Mega-Epidemic
- Do As I Say Not as I Do: Not the Right Attitude for a Rehab Conference
- Physical Activity is a Great Occupier of Time for Loved Ones with Alzheimer's
- The Shots Heard Round the World – Young Man with Autism Scores 20
- Defying Gravity: Young Children with Cerebral Palsy Have a Chance to Dance
- A Neat Way to Get Around Town: PoleWheeling
- Special Olympics Makes Its Mark in Ames, Iowa
- Sedentary Lifestyle is Dangerous to Your Health
- A New Use for "Down Time": How Fitness Professionals Can (and Should!) Reach Out to People with Disabilities
- Obesity Is a Major Secondary Condition Among People with Mental Illness
- Paying It Forward: Helping Others Become Physically Active
- Kids with ADHD Need to Be On the Move
- Inclusive Fitness Coalition Will Open Doors for People with Disabilities
- Inclusive Fitness Means More Than Accessible Bathrooms and Entranceways
- Exercising your Brain
- Emphasis on Winning Banishes Many Youth, With and Without Disabilities, from Playing Fields
- People with Disabilities in the Development of New U.S. Physical Activity Guidelines
- Inaccessibility of the Built Environment Hits Home
- Reporters Often Miss the Bigger Picture
- Obesity is a Major Concern for Youth and Adults with Disabilities
- Low Muscle Strength and Obesity May Lead to Troublesome Health Concerns in Later Life in Adults with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
- This New Year, Set Your Goals and Stick with Them
- Breaking Open the Black Box to Behavior Change
- Without Health Promotion, the Health Care System Will Remain Broken for People with Disabilities
- The Importance of Fitness for People with Disabilities
- A Great Day at the Oscar(s)
- Mother...Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night
- Growth of Paralympics Helps Change the World's View of Disability
- Coming of Age: First Inclusive Fitness Conference at Club Industry Achieves an Important Milestone
- A Mother's Untold Story: Need for Better Physical Education for Children with Disabilities
- Congratulations Mr. President!
- Safe Routes to School: A Great Way to Get Youth with and without Disabilities More Active
- Make Your New Year's Exercise Resolution Stick This Year!
- Don't Die of a Broken Heart This Valentine's Day
- Obesity Rates in Youth with Disabilities
- Golf and Alzheimer's Disease
- A Personal Story on How Obesity Affects One Person with a Disability
- Obesity and Mental Illness
- Rise in Scooters and Power Wheelchairs Could Increase Risk of Obesity
- Response to Last Month's Column on Use of Power Mobility Devices
- Exercise Tips for Power Mobility Device Users
- The Social Dimension of Fitness Centers
- A Holiday Physical Activity Gift for Children with Disabilities
- The Next Frontier of the ADA: Fitness Facilities
- Music and Dance Can Pave the Road to Higher Levels of Physical Activity Among Youth with Disabilities
- People with Disabilities Need to Start Out with Higher Levels of Fitness
- A Paradigm Shift in Youth Sports and Recreation Is Needed to Include More Youths with Disabilities and Health Conditions Including Obesity into the Mainstream of Sports and Recreation in America
- New Physical Education Bill Must Ensure that Youths with Disabilities Are Not Left Out
- Russian Paralympians Outperform Their Olympic Counterparts and Draw Attention to Disability Issues
- Race, Poverty, and Disability: Three Pillars of Need in Health Promotion
- NCHPAD with an “H” for Health and a New Home!
- The Best Sporting Event I’ve Attended
- The Road that Needs to be Built - Connecting Rehab to Physical Activity
- A Lost Generation: Children with Disabilities Excluded from Physical Activity Research
- Cholesterol Counts: Knowing Your Numbers
- Commit to Inclusion is a Right, Not a Privilege
- Creating Inclusive Physical Activity Communities for Children with Disabilities
- Determinants of Childhood Obesity May Take a Different Path for Children with Disabilities
- Exercise and Secondary Health Conditions in People with Disabilities
- Got this Weight Thing Figured Out
- Let's Move: Creating More Opportunities For Children With Disabilities To Be Physically Active
- Moving Around Can Improve Your Health
- Preventing Obesity in Youth with Disabilities - The Time is Now for an Inclusive Agenda
- Rehab and Community Physical Activity - When and Where Shall the Two Meet?
- The Winds of Change in Disability and Health