2003-08-01 Committee on People with Disabilities Minutes

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1. The summer fun program has just ended. She visited 12 park sites, helped children with disabilities in the program, and supported families with referrals to community resources. 2. Created curriculum and lead activities for Summer Fun ability aw approximately 400 kids. The children designed accessible playground parks, which are displayed in three community exhibits. 3. Researching past practices for access to recreation programs which includes policy changes. 4. Collaborating with different community agencies that are providing participants with skills trainers and personal assistants. 5. Tracking requests for new program ideas. There has been heavy d after school program for kids with disabilities, daily between 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. 6. Requests for adult programs include ceramics, drop in programs for games and crafts, yoga, camping, horseback riding, easy exercise, oral history, and teen mentoring programs. Inclusion is the goal. 7. Community input for the lending library is complete. She will forward it to the Assistive Technology Resource Center for a grant for a lending library of recreation equipment. 8. Bids are being received for all-terrain wheelchairs. 9. In the fall, she will offer awareness training and review the transition plan with other Recreation Divisions. 10. Next month she will share her goals and objectives for 2004 base transition plan for access to recreation programs. E. Mason stated that she would like the division and staff training done in both East and West Hawaii. A. Mitchener responded that she would keep it in m summer fun training. NEW BUSINESS A. PROJECT IMPACT S. Golden reported that her original thought came from the National Organization on Disability that every location needs a committee to look at emergency procedures. In addition, people with disabilities need to be involved in the committee and report to the Mayor. She suggested creating a committee to look at our emergency procedures which shall include people with disabilities in emergency planning. 4