Health & Wellness
Living a healthy lifestyle is important to everyone, including people with disabilities.
We hope these resources will provide people with disabilities, their families and caregivers the information they need be healthy and well at every stage of their lives.
Special Olympics Indiana Healthy Athletes
The Special Olympics Indiana Healthy Athletes initiative is designed to help Special Olympics athletes improve their health and fitness. Developed in 1996, the mission of Healthy Athletes is to improve each athlete’s ability to train and compete in Special Olympics as well as life.
Center for Disability Information, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community
Materials can be ordered from the Center for Disability Information, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community’s library of over 8,000 disability-related books, videos, and kits. Search online for materials related to Health and Health Care.
Fact Sheets
Choose My Plate
Relationships & Sexual Health
Elevatus Training provides several educational resources on relationships and sexual health for people with disabilities
Abused and Betrayed is a series from NPR highlighting the sexual assault epidemic among individuals with disabilities
The Association for Successful Parenting (TASP) is a leading nonprofit committed to successfully supporting families when parents have intellectual disability.
Preparing for Parenthood: Two Things People with Disabilities Need to Do is an article written by Ashley Taylor of DisabledParents.org
The Arc of The United States-Talk about Sexual Violence Toolkit –
Talk About Sexual Violence provides practical tools to address this silent epidemic through a supported decision-making lens that supports victim-centered approaches. This webpage provides easy-to-use access tools that include:
- Short training videos for health care professionals
- Charts and other tools for guided conversation
- Focus group findings: video and reports
- Annual project reports