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Autism
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NWGEC Partnership
Core Function: Technical Assistance and Outreach Training
The Adults and Elders Program is partnering with the Northwest Geriatric Education Center (NWGEC) to improve understanding of health issues related to aging with a developmental disability. The Adults and Elders Program works to improve health for adults with developmental disabilities across the lifespan. NWGEC conducts health promotion training programs and develops education resources for health care and social service professionals working with older adults. Partnership between our two groups will promote dissemination of information on healthy aging to the developmental disabilities community and provide information on the unique needs of the growing population of adults aging with a developmental disability to health care and social service professionals. There is much that we have in common in regard to aging and this should be a productive partnership for both groups.
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