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Happy Halloween! We had some great costumes here at the IDRPP. We hope you have a spooky weekend!Comment your favorite c...
10/30/2026

Happy Halloween! We had some great costumes here at the IDRPP. We hope you have a spooky weekend!

Comment your favorite costume below.

10/30/2026
We are excited to share that Janel Preston has been renewed as the Utah's Act Early Ambassador for another year! The Act...
10/29/2026

We are excited to share that Janel Preston has been renewed as the Utah's Act Early Ambassador for another year! The Act Early Ambassador's role is to help connect Utah families and professionals with the CDC's learn the Signs Act Early resources.

Learn more about Learn the Signs. Act Early. and access the free milestone checklists, Milestone Tracker app, booklets, and other resources through the CDC on the CDC's website, including information specific to Utah. Links in comments.

You can also follow Learn the Signs. Act Early. Utah on Facebook!

Today's guest blog from Kirsten Barraclough is all about movement! From the blog: "I have always been fascinated with ho...
10/28/2026

Today's guest blog from Kirsten Barraclough is all about movement!
From the blog: "I have always been fascinated with how the human body can move in all kinds of different ways and do so many things. I wonder if my mobility limitations due to my cerebral palsy give me an extra sense of awe and appreciation."

Read all about Kirsten's experience with exercise through the link in the comments or on our website.

Coming up on November 7th is the Frame Running Clinic put on by the Utah Frame Running Project (UFPR) which is apart of ...
10/27/2026

Coming up on November 7th is the Frame Running Clinic put on by the Utah Frame Running Project (UFPR) which is apart of the IDRPP. UFPR is collaborating with the Intensive Physical Therapy Institute, LLC on this event.

The event will be at the Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City from 12 to 3 PM. 5662 Cougar lane (4800 W) Salt Lake City, UT.

To secure your slot for the day, please register at the link in the comments or comment "Move" to receive a link in your messages.

That's a wrap on Birdability week! This week showed again that birding can happen in many places, at many paces, and in ...
10/26/2026

That's a wrap on Birdability week! This week showed again that birding can happen in many places, at many paces, and in so very many ways.

The winners of the Birdability Photo Contest in 2026 have been announced! See the winning photos on Birdability's blog. Link in comments.

Our very own Training and Development Specialist, Taylor Walters, was on Good Things Utah earlier this week. The reason ...
10/23/2026

Our very own Training and Development Specialist, Taylor Walters, was on Good Things Utah earlier this week. The reason he was on the show was because Taylor is going to be the keynote speaker at Autcon later this month in Salt Lake City! We are super excited for him and grateful to Good Things Utah for bringing him on the show!

You can watch Taylor's full segment on the ABC4 Utah News website. Link in comments.

10/23/2026

It’s during Birdability Week, and this week the “trail” is actually a map with 210 different ways to bird during Birdability Week and Bird(ability) Your Way Weekend!

What I love about this map is how many different ideas and ways people are creating birding events and options this year.

A bird sit at Biosphere 2. A stationary outing at a rehab hospital. Bird Bingo with a student group for people with chronic illnesses. A Neurodiverse Birder Walk. A program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. ASL-interpreted walks. Birding by sound. Quiet spaces. Tactile materials. A pontoon boat. A birdy fashion show. A Halloween Little Sit. Thai Sign Language at a bird outing in Phetchaburi.

There are events built around paved trails and benches. Others are designed so people do not have to travel far at all (or at all!). Some are focused on sensory access, communication access, rest, adaptive equipment, or creating a space where a particular community can bird together and be in community.

That is what makes this map so fun to explore.

You can use it to find an outing near you, but you can also use it to see what other people are trying, borrow ideas, and think differently about what an accessible birding event can be.

And with Bird(ability) Your Way Weekend coming up, there is no requirement that your birding look like anyone else’s.

Find something on the map that works for you, join an event if you want to, or make your own plan and bird where you are. Bird(ability) YOUR way! And read more about all of the fantastic events at our blog https://www.birdability.org/blog/210-ways-to-rethink-a-birding-event.



Image description: Square Birdability Week 2026 graphic with white text across the top and right reading, “Find an Outing on the Birdability Week Events Map!” Below is a screenshot of the Birdability Week 2026 Google map showing blue location pins across the United States and Canada; the map panel indicates 210 events and 3089 views. A black-and-white QR code appears in the lower-left corner.

The Center for Mental Health Promotion (CMHP) at the Institute for Disability Research, Policy and Practice (IDRPP), inv...
10/22/2026

The Center for Mental Health Promotion (CMHP) at the Institute for Disability Research, Policy and Practice (IDRPP), invites you to participate in the Mental Health Awareness for Action 3-part training series! This course covers how to recognize signs of mental health, finding helpful resources and how to support others experiencing mental health concerns in three one-hour sessions.

We are providing two sessions that you can choose from:

Session A: 10/26, 11/2, and 11/9 from 12 -1 pm
Session B: 10/28, 11/4, and 11/11 from 8-9 am

Links to the session can be found in the comments.

10/22/2026

Ryan is one of the fall interns here at the Employability Clinic at the IDRPP. Ryan talks about his experience working at Utah Public Radio
Our social media intern Jhovana Maleni Sotelo interviewed him.
The Employability Clinic is focused on assisting individuals to prepare for and obtain meaningful employment. Learn more about the Employability Clinic on our website. Find our website in our bio!

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