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Consultation on the Primary Health Care Experience of Persons with Disabilities

admin — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:42:18 +0000

The Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities is doing a research project to understand the experiences of people with disabilities have in receiving primary health care services – that is, health care from family doctors, general practitioners, or nurse practitioners.

We are conducting a consultation in your area and we would appreciate it if you could attend. The consultation is open to men and women with disabilities or chronic health problems, and those who provide care to them.

There are 2 consultations in Winnipeg:

Session 1	Session 2
Date: Wed., Sept. 5, 2012	Date: Tues., Sept. 25, 2012
Time: 4 – 6 p.m.	Time: 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Place: 640 Main St.	Place: 640 Main St.

ASL, Large Print and Attendant services will be available.

Please register by phoning: 204-943-6099, or by emailing mlpdhealthproject@gmail.com.

For more information please check out their poster here.

Volunteers Needed for Archival Website Research Study

admin — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:08:04 +0000

Lisa Snider is doing a study to look at archival websites, inform archivists about the possible barriers on their websites, and educate them on how to make their websites more accessible and usable for all viewers. She is particularly interested in increasing awareness about website accessibility in archival environments.

If you are an adult (18+) who self identifies as having a disability please consider participating in this study.

For more information please visit Lisa Snider’s website here.

Is Autism an “Epidemic” or are we Just Noticing More People Who Have It?

admin — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:59:51 +0000

Please take a look at this July 11, 2012 article from Discover Magazine by Emily Willingham titled “Is Autism an “Epidemic” or are we Just Noticing More People Who Have It?”

Research Report from Child and Adolescent Skills Group

admin — Tue, 29 May 2012 16:05:47 +0000

Asperger Manitoba Inc. supported two spark* groups that were held in conjunction Dr. Janine Montgomery at the University of Manitoba Department of Psychology and Dr. Heather MacKenzie, Wired Fox Publications. From this research the Doctors presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), May 17-19, 2012. The research is promising and we looking forward to the continued efforts of these two Doctors and their students.

To see the poster from their research presentation please click here.

If you are interested in having your child attend a social skills group please click here.