Supporting Children With Disabilities Get "Fit For The Future"

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A new plan might help increase the lives of children with disabilities-and help them better manage their health.

Sixty-six percent of people with disabilities are not very satisfied with their lives; 78 percent are unemployed; and health concerns have been increased by them, including greater susceptibility to additional health dilemmas.

But, a new DVD will help enhance the future outlook for young ones with disabilities. Named "Fit for the Future," it addresses two of the very most important issues facing individuals with disabilities today: health and employment. The DVD was released by Shriners Hospitals for Children and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

"Fit for the Future" is supposed to become a unique, innovative program that fills a gap in available supplies. The DVD contains three 20- to 30-minute, hopeful, kid-friendly exercise routines-stretching, strengthening and stamina-that can be done seated or standing. The exercise part of the DVD features practitioners and clients from the Tampa Shriners Hospital, as well as FBI employees from Tampa, Fla., Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va.

This program also incorporates informational pieces on the Shriners fraternity, Shriners Hospitals for Children and the FBI.

The DVD includes a second, equally important concept of possible future work. Statistically, individuals with disabilities have the highest unemployment rate (around 70 %). Learning that the FBI particularly desires to retain people with disabilities is actually a huge way to obtain inspiration for kids with disabilities.

While designed primarily for children with orthopaedic disabilities, "Fit for the Future" is an exercise program almost everyone can use. The exercise routines highlighted are common and simple enough to provide a kick off point for a fitness regime.

There is an increasing understanding of the value of providing exercise opportunities if you have disabilities. "We believe that a program offering children with disabilities, as well as the powerful presence of an Agent as both companion and role model, will help encourage children with disabilities to exercise," explained Peter Armstrong, M.D., medical affairs director for Shriners Hospitals for Children.

Credit for the concept belongs to FBI Special Agent James Knights, who is also a Shriner. Knights, of Pittsburgh, Pa., wished to develop a way with disabilities realize that when they worked hard and remained as strong and healthy as you are able to, their future could incorporate a career in the FBI to help kids.

To learn more on Shriners' system of 22 hospitals that provide health care bills and services to young ones with orthopaedic issues, burns up, back injuries, and cleft lip and palate at no charge, produce to Shriners International Headquarters, 2900 Rocky Point Dr., Tampa, FL 33607 or visit www.shrinershq.org. All services are supplied at no charge to young ones under 18, regardless of economic need or regards to a url Shriner.