welcome to 4 our health this is a website for persons with learning differences it is also for families and caregivers and healthcare teams

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WELCOME to 4ourhealth.org

Two partners worked to build this site:

Special Olympics Indiana and
Indiana University School of Medicine

We built it to HELP YOU:

Make better health habits,
Work better with your healthcare team and
Take better care of any health problems.

We made it so that you can pick your own path to learn.

Answer quizzes

Read and look at pictures

Watch videos

Play games

Print handouts

You might try all the choices!

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Intro to the 4ourhealth Website

This video tells you more about the website.

Hear about why we made it. Learn tips on how to find what you need.

Do you know how to use Text to Speech? Use it to help you read websites.

Your phone, tablet or computer can read words out loud.
Pick one guide below to learn how.
If you have questions, ask for help from someone you trust.

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This guide will help you use an iPhone or iPad from Apple.

This guide will help you use Microsoft Edge on a computer.

This guide will help you use an Android phone.

Explore the website: Each box shows one page of the website. Click on the button below each box to go to that page.

Tap to flip the cards.

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Fitness and Healthy Habits

Do you feel like you take good care of your health every day?

Do you have good habits for sleep, eating, exercise?

If you want help, go to Fitness and Healthy Habits.

Fitness and Healthy Habits

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Health Care Visits

Do you know how to get what you need from your doctor?

Learn more at Health Care Visits.

Health Care Visits

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Common Illnesses

Can you set goals to take care of your health problems?

Check out Common Illnesses.

Common Illnesses

Tap to flip the cards.

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Living Your Best Life

Are you good at planning for your future?

If you want ideas, go to Living Your Best Life.

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Medical Home

Do you know what you need when you see your regular doctor?

See what you can learn at Medical Home.

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Be a Self Advocate

Watch this video from the Oregon Self Advocacy Coalition.

Check out the Taking Charge of My Health Care toolkit.

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Practice speaking for yourself.

Learn to tell others your strengths, what you need and who you want to help you.

Click on the blue button for a helpful handout on how to be a self advocate.

Be a Self Advocate

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In our own words: Dignity and respect

Advice from Special Olympics Indiana athletes and caregivers

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Learn your rights.

The ADA is the American with Disabilities Act.

It says that EVERYONE has the same rights.

We all deserve RESPECT and DIGNITY.

The ADA law was passed in 1990 but change is slow. Learn about groups who work on the rights of people with disabilities.

The Governor's Council https://www.in.gov/gcpd/

Self-Advocates of Indiana https://saind.org/

Find ways to be a person who helps.

Self-Advocate's Guide to the ADA

Here is a Self-Advocate's Guide to the ADA from the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network

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THANK YOU

There are so many advocates who create tools and support for persons with IDD.

We searched high and low to find good info for you.

See the big list of thank yous in the blue banner below.