The Connecting Point Volume 2 Issue 6
Date August 31, 2004

In This ISSUE:    

1) New Guidebook on Transition
2) Health Information for Teens With Chronic Health Conditions
3) New Health History Summary
4) New "ADA Game" Builds Accessible Online Communities

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1) New Guidebook on Transition -  "Transition, the Passage Between Youth and Adulthood" is available from the Advocacy Center in Florida.  A guide to the services and information that can make transition a success for young people with disabilities.  The guide is available in both Spanish and English.  The guides can be found at http://www.advocacycenter.org/documents/Transition2003/Transition-AdvocacyCenter.pdf   (English version)
http://www.advocacycenter.org/documents/Transition2003/TransitionSpanish.pdf (Spanish version)

2) Health Information for Teens With Chronic Health Conditions - The American Academy of Family Physicians has developed a web site designed to provide health information to the whole family, including teens. The teens section includes information about a number of childhood chronic health conditions including information about "what doctors do" and "what teens can do" to cope with the condition and to be healthier. To access the website, go to http://www.familydoctor.org/teens.xml   and select "Most Common Conditions".

3) New Health History Summary - The Adolescent Health Transition Project (AHTP) announces two new documents posted on the AHTP Website: Health History Summary and How to Use the Health History Summary. These documents when filled out will help the adolescent and his family to accumulate the information that medical professionals will need to provide appropriate health care.   Both documents may be found at http://www.depts.washington.edu/healthtr/healthhistory/default.html

4) New "ADA Game" Builds Accessible Online Communities - On July 26, 2004, the 14th anniversary of the passage of the ADA, the new online "ADA Game" had its public unveiling. The "ADA Game" is available online at http://www.adagame.org .
The "ADA Game" is a new training, leadership, and community-building resource for anyone interested in the ADA and the rights of people with disabilities.  The "ADA Game" challenges players with multiple-choice questions about the law and how it is applied to real-life situations. Players who answer questions correctly can earn points. These points can be applied to individual or group advocacy efforts. Players can use their points to make one of eight virtual "cities" in the Southeast Region more accessible for people with disabilities. Players can also discuss advocacy strategies or other ADA issues on the discussion boards.
The "ADA Game" is fully accessible and easy to play. It is a powerful training and advocacy tool for anyone interested in disability policy, personal advocacy, or community enrichment. Players work together to improve accessibility in their virtual "cities" in the areas of program access, public accommodations, transportation, employment and communication. Players can also build their individual leadership scores in the areas of collaboration, ADA knowledge, problem solving, persistence and charisma. Players can only "win" the "ADA Game" by working together to build partnerships for accessibility in their virtual communities.
The "ADA Game" was designed to be fully accessible for all players, including people with disabilities. The "ADA Game" website meets the federal Section 508 standards and is AAA-compliant with the industry-based World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) guidelines. Because the "ADA Game" is available online, players can access the game 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The lead sponsor of the "ADA Game" is the Southeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC).  The Southeast DBTAC is hosted at the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access at the College of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information about the "ADA Game", visit the website at http://www.adagame.org or send an email to the Southeast DBTAC at sedbtacproject@catea.org

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