The National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability is the premier center dedicated to advancing inclusion by promoting the health and wellness of people with mobility limitations through evidence-based programs, resources, campaigns and strategic initiatives. The Wellness, Health & Everything Else podcast will highlight stories of individuals with mobility limitations, cover informative topics in health and wellness, promote adaptive resources, and so much more. Music: Spark of ...
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Episode 4: LOOKING. DIFFERENT. Art Event Preview with Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
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18:37In this episode, we talk with Rosemarie Garland-Thomson about the upcoming LOOKING. DIFFERENT. event for NCHPAD and the UAB Center for Engagement in Disability Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (CEDHARS). Rosemarie is the subject of Riva Lehrer's Portrait of Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, the featured painting at the LOOKING. DIFFERENT. event on May 8…
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Episode 3: LOOKING. DIFFERENT. Art Event Preview with Riva Lehrer
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26:20In this episode, we're talking about the upcoming LOOKING. DIFFERENT. event for NCHPAD and the UAB Center for Engagement in Disability Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (CEDHARS) with Riva Lehrer. Riva is an artist, writer, and curator who focuses on the socially challenged body. The event will feature the artwork Portrait of Rosemarie Garland-Tho…
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Episode 2: Service Dogs with Meghan Mills, PhD, NCHPAD Operations Director
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33:03In this episode, we're talking about service dogs with Dr. Meghan Mills, NCHPAD Operations Director. She earned her doctorate at the University of New Hampshire in medical sociology, with expertise in the social model of disability and the unequal social distribution of health outcomes. Dr. Mills is also a person with a disability who relies on her…
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Episode 1 with Bob Lujano, NCHPAD Expert Inclusion Specialist (EIS) and 2004 Paralympian for Team USA
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39:08In this episode, we talk with Bob Lujano, NCHPAD Expert Inclusion Specialist (EIS) and 2004 Paralympian for Team USA's wheelchair rugby team. To celebrate 20 years since his athletic achievement, Bob reflects on training and competing for Team USA, his time in Athens, Greece, the life lessons he's learned and more. A full episode transcript is avai…
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