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Staying active while living with disabilities is important for your health. Physical activity can help you strengthen your heart, muscles, and bones and improve coordination. It also can help you feel better about yourself. Explore adaptive sports and recreation programs.

Provides reimbursement vouchers to Virginia caregivers for the cost of temporary, short-term respite care provided to individuals of any age, with a documentated disability or medical condition. 

Remember to dispose of unused or unneeded prescription medications during the DEA National Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27 from 10am to 2pm. Learn more about where you can go to dispose of your medications.

There are people with disabilities of all ages, races, genders or national origin—and disabilities can be both visible and invisible. For people with disabilities and their families, it is important to consider individual circumstances and needs to effectively prepare for emergencies and disasters. 

No matter how much information you find on the Internet, sooner or later you’ll have to pick up a telephone to verify the information, find answers to your very specific questions or arrange for the services you need. These tips and techniques can help you get the most out of these telephone conversations, 

The Arc's Center for Future Planning has created free decision-making resources for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). 

CommonHelp is a quick and easy resource for people who live in Virginia to check the status of their benefits, report changes to their status, and determine eligibility for services. 

Meditation and other mindfulness training could help people stick to a healthy eating plan. This type of mindfulness training might help people make healthy changes that can reduce hypertension and cardiovascular risks.