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HDI Sensory Garden Blooms
Nancy Savage had been walking by a mostly empty planter box in front of the Mineral Industries Building a while when she had an idea. “It was begging for, more plants to be put in,” Savage said. “I used to work at UK in the Department of Horticulture before I worked for HDI, so I…
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HDI partners with UK Healthcare to promote health in Kentucky communities
HDI and UK HealthCare have long had a fruitful partnership leading to a lot of great work – and their latest initiatives will be no exception. The two are collaborating on a pair of new projects focused on supporting community health through universal design, and the people spearheading them are excited about where they could…
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Dr. Meredith named Development Director at GSF
Before Dr. Stephanie Meredith was speaking at conferences and creating training materials for doctors, she was an advocate for her son, Andy. In the years since, that drive led her to HDI, and after 12 years of work with the organization, is leading her in a new direction. Though Meredith is mostly moving on from…
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HDI receives WITH Foundation Grant to support work in Graphic Medicine
Thanks to a grant from the WITH Foundation, HDI will have the opportunity to create new resources in the emerging field of graphic medicine. “Graphic medicine is a field which explores the intersection between comics and illustration or graphic formats with the field of healthcare, health, and medicine,” said Erin Fitzgerald, who brings her expertise…
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American Heart Association Resource From Wellness4ky
Healthy for Life® The Healthy for Life (HFL) community nutrition program was created by Aramark and the American Heart Association to help individuals discover, choose and prepare healthy food using science-based resources. The purpose of the Healthy for Life community nutrition engagement program is to provide food discovery experiences and nutrition education to community members.…
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Fowler named Rehabilitation Technologist of the Year
Josiah Fowler, a Rehabilitation Technologist for the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, thinks of his job like a puzzle. Luckily, he’s good at puzzles. Though the title of Rehabilitation Technologist might suggest cutting edge advancements, sometimes his ultimate solution is no more advanced than a simple color alteration. In one case, which the OVR specifically cited…
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Medical outreach in action!
Stephanie Meredith is going to be busy soon. Meredith, HDI’s Medical Outreach Director, has been invited to be a part of several medical conferences in the US and Canada starting this month and continuing until April. In February, she travelled to and presented at the Down Syndrome Affiliates in Action Conference in Dallas, Texas, and…
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HDI Staff Spotlight on Adam Potter
For much of his college career, Adam Potter struggled to find the right path. Despite being an avid musician, he didn’t feel like his initial music performance major was a good fit. After changing his major several times, something clicked when he found Broadcasting and Electronic Media. “I don’t like things with one answer. I’m…
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HDI Celebrates National Mentoring Month
January is National Mentoring Month, and that makes it a great time to highlight HDI’s Disability Mentoring Program. The program pairs people with disabilities with students who want to learn more about their experiences. “The thing that makes it work is that people that are actually in the program, get that firsthand experience with disability.…