HealthBridges Building Culturally Accessible Peer Support Services in your Community Sue Martone Assistant Director Office of Behavioral Health Allegheny County Department of Human Services Dr. Kim Mathos Assistant Professor of Psychiatry UPMC Certified Peer Specialists (CPS) are people with lived experience in the behavioral health system (mental health or addiction) who use their experiences to assist … Read more
A project started by Jennifer Macioce and Jessica Kalmar at a Community Mental Health Center and now moved to an internet site called Our Voice in Photos. The goal is to raise awareness and break down stigmas around mental illness, problem gambling, addictions, grief, people who are Deaf, Deafblind, or hard of hearing, developmental disorders … Read more
“If gambling was actually a drug, I would have overdosed and died by now.” Thisis what was told to me by one of my clients who really struggles with an addictionto gambling. Most people don’t realize how addictive gambling can become. The National Council on Problem Gambling recognizes March as problemgambling awareness month. Every story … Read more
Accessible Pharmacy is a Philadelphia based pharmacy that originally focused their efforts on meeting the needs of the Blind and low vision communities. They recognized that many other populations had barriers to medication access and health education. This pharmacy now offers health information and webinars about Diabetes. This year the webinars will be given in … Read more
Watching a loved one struggle with an addiction can be frightening. It is common to hear the parent say they are afraid their loved one will die. But unfortunately in their efforts to help, the parent inadvertently enables the addict to stay in their disease and prolong them getting help. The family gets sicker-physically and … Read more
on NPR’s Science program. Ira Flatow (host) will look at Deaf patients’ barriers to the American healthcare system. He will then focus on a Utah program trying to change by listening to the Deaf Community! Through their process the Utah medical program are seeing improvements to access (personal bias – they should have also looked at … Read more
Hearing Dogs are Trained to alert to sounds like door bells, smoke alarms and their handlers name. Learn more about the skills of hearing dogs and how the training process happens in the article Here is a link to a website about hearing dogs specifically. https://www.hearingdog.org/what-ihdi-does/hearing-dog-program/hearing-dog-training.html
Service Animal or Emotional Support Animal: What’s the Difference? https://adata.org/service-animal-resource-hub/differences And I’m attaching a chart from the American Vet Association. https://www.avma.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/assistance-animals-in-clinic-poster-v2-2021.pdf Here is a link to our website about hearing dogs specifically. Our waitlist is closed, just to note – https://www.hearingdog.org/what-ihdi-does/hearing-dog-program/hearing-dog-training.html
This video shows how the police are trained to interact with Deaf and Hard of Hearing. This work came out of a collaboration between the Deaf community and Police officers. Captions are available in this video.
Do you have 45-60 minutes to complete an online survey? We are conducting a study to better understand romantic relationships within Deaf, Hard of Hearing,and DeafBlind communities. Participants must: Participants will be compensated with a $10 donation to a Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or DeafBlindorganization for your time. Start survey here: https://bit.ly/ebphdresearch If you have … Read more