Does your Center for Independent Living or community-based organization serve Spanish-speaking consumers who have mobility impairments? The Research and Training Center on Independent Living at the University of Kansas has produced a series of informational booklets for these consumers on how to prevent secondary conditions.

The Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities wants to get these booklets to the people they’re meant to assist, so please contact them if you would like free copies.

Topics include:

• Contractures (Contracturas)
       
• Deconditioning and Weight Gain (Desacondicionamiento y Aumento de Peso)
        
• Joint Problems (Problemas de las Coyunturas)
     
• Pressure Sores (Llagas por Presion)
       
• SCI and Aging (Lesion de la Espina Dorsal y el Envejecimiento)
      
• SCI & Depression (LED y Depresion)
        
• Spasticity (Espacidad)
        
• Urinary Tract Infections (Infecciones del Tracto Urinario)

They are also available online in both English and Spanish at http://www.rtcil.org/products/ (see Health Conditions).
 
For more information please contact:

Valerie (Val) Renault
Dissemination/Information Coordinator
Research and Training Center on Independent Living (RTC/IL)
The University of Kansas
4088 Dole Human Development Center
1000 Sunnyside Ave.
Lawrence, KS 66045
Telephone: 785-864-0575
Website: http://www.rtcil.org/