Research and Training Center on Independent Living
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White Trains Peruvians
Our center director and a KU student trained medical professionals in Perú on caring for people with spinal cord injuries. Read more.
Hodgesmith Honored
Welcome to our site about independent living
for people with disabilities!
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Center Highlights
Disability and Air Travel
In our newest video, David Martin of Delta Air Lines discusses a collaboration with RTC Director Glen White to improve the air travel experience for people with disabilities.
Watch the video on YouTube.
Read more about the collaboration.
New Course Focuses on "The Prepared Lifestyle"
This free online course covers public health threats, the characteristics of pandemics and the risk factors of people with disabilities during public health threats. Read more.People with Physical Disabilities Learn to Lose Weight
This video explains how people with physical disabilities in Wichita are losing weight and improving their health by taking part in a research project.
Muriel Saunders and Amanda Reichard are leading the project. Read more.
Storm season is upon us again, with tornadoes already causing loss of life and property. Such disasters remind us how essential it is to be prepared - especially for people with disabilities.
A good place to start: create an Emergency Preparedness Kit. You can also find best practices on our interactive website, disabilityprepared.ku.edu, and publications, classes and webcasts on our Emergency Preparedness training page.
Preventive Care Can Shrink Medicaid Price Tag
Listen to the story, watch our video, and see our fact sheets to learn more.
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