Resources on Health and Wellness

The following list of resources is provided to supplement the trainings, publications and other resources on Health and Wellness contained on this website.

Staff/Consumer Wellness

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Disability and Health Promotion page. 
• Disability Stories Project interviews about healthcare with disability advocates.
• Hospital to Home (H2H) Resource Page. 
• The Collaborative on Health Reform and Independent Living (CHRIL).
• Veteran-Directed Care Program at the Independence Center. 
• World Health Organization Disability Report.
• 8 Ways Managers can Support Employees Mental Health. Leaders are likely to see employees struggle with anxiety, depression, burnout, trauma, and PTSD. Those mental health experiences will differ according to race, economic opportunity, citizenship status, job type, parenting and caregiving responsibilities, and many other variables. The role of a manager remains the same: to support your team members. That includes supporting their mental health. The good news is that many of the tools you need to do so are the same ones that make you an effective manager.
• Emotional Wellness Toolkit. This NIH toolkit provides six different areas with detailed suggestions and checklists to improve overall emotional and physical health.
• Social Wellness Toolkit. Building social connections and relationships, self-care and staying active are the topics of this NIH toolkit with detailed suggestions and checklists.
• I'm So Stressed Out! Factsheet. This fact sheet discusses stress, anxiety, coping strategies, ways to recognize if more help is needed, and resources.

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

• Access Board's Meeting Policy to Promote Fragrance-Free Environments. This policy the Board believes will provide a more comfortable environment and, in the larger scheme of things, help promote greater awareness of multiple chemical sensitivities.
• Accommodation and Compliance Series: Employees with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) and Environmental Illness (EI). The Website of the Job Accommodation Network (JAN).
• Achieving Optimal Health in a Complex Environment — Website of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine. The mission of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine is to promote optimal health through prevention, and safe and effective treatment of the causes of illness by supporting physicians and other professionals in serving the public through education about the interaction between humans and their environment.
• Creating an Accessible Indoor Environment (pdf)
• Human Ecology Action League (HEAL) Website.  HEAL is one of the oldest organizations in the world concerned about the health effects of environmental exposures. HEAL is your source for information about your environment and health.
• Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, A Survival Guide. This book offers comprehensive help for individuals coping with chemical hypersensitivity, chemical injury and environmental illness.
• The Chemical Sensitivity Foundation. The primary goal of the Chemical Sensitivity Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, is to raise public awareness about multiple chemical sensitivity.
• The Quick Environmental Exposure and Sensitivity Inventory (QEESI). The most widely used screening instrument for multiple chemical intolerance. Coupled with a comprehensive exposure history, it is useful in diagnosing TILT. Researchers and clinicians use the QEESI to document symptoms and intolerances in exposed indivudals and groups in whom TILT is suspected. Individuals find the QEESI helpful for self-assessment and screening.