Video Contest from the National Center on Physical Activity and Disability

Attention, filmmakers! The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability is sponsoring a video contest entitled, "How do you get enough?" NCPAD is a nonprofit organization focused on physical activity and health promotion for people with disabilities.

Being physically active is good for everybody. This is especially true for people with disabilities who tend to participate in less physical activity, carry excess weight, and have higher rates of chronic heart disease and other health conditions. The intention of this video contest is to illustrate to society that people with disabilities do live healthy active lifestyles as well as share various ways to get physical activity for individuals with disabilities and activity limitations.

Whether it's indoor or outdoor, recreational or competitive, solo or team, easy or intensive, show us (and the rest of the world) how you (successfully or unsuccessfully) get enough activity in a 1- to 10-minute video clip! See the video contest rules and entry form at http://www.ncpad.org/newsletter/newsletter.php?letter=123&section=1593. For a sample video, please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AGgD9rFdsA.

Many Ways to Learn

Many Ways to Learn: A Kid's Guide to LD is an easy-to-use book, providing tips, information, and strategies for kids. It includes information on how to involve counselors and parents as a supportive "climbing team" to help kids reach their learning goals. Specific tips for each kind of learning disability is also included.

Interested? Send us an email at cedir@indiana.edu to check out this title. Or try worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Dolphin Human Therapy

Looking for a warm, tropical area to interact with dolphins in a therapeutic environment? One such program is a new one which began in July last year. The Dolphin Human Therapy program is located in the Cayman Islands on Grand Cayman. The program consists of behavioral, speech, occupational, and physical therapies, and interaction with the dolphins is used as motivation and reward. For more information, see http://www.dhtgc.com/