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  1. Building Independence through Agriculture for People with Developmental Disabilities

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/events/building-independence-through-agriculture-people-developmental-disabilities

    Please come an join us at this one-day workshop! “People with intellectual and developmental ... settings • Learn about existing agricultural models that employ people with developmental disabilities ... knowledge and understanding of employment for people with developmental disabilities in agricultural ...

  2. Universal Design and Assistive Technology

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/january-2016/injury-prevention/universal-design-and-assistive-technology

    on our doors, it may be time to start getting ready for spring field work. When working on equipment ... people. Most people have Universal Design concepts in their homes, but don’t realize it. For example, ... a toggle switch. Think about changing some of those sliding doors to overhead doors or put in an electric ...

  3. Building Independence Through Agriculture

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/winter-2019/announcements/building-independence-through-agriculture

    Join us for a one-day workshop to focus on agriculture and horticulture as viable work options for ... overcome barriers for both the agricultural employer and their workers. To learn more about the workshop, ...

  4. Don’t let arthritis or chronic pain stop you from gardening: Raised, vertical and elevated beds and container gardens

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/september-2017/ohio-agrability/don%E2%80%99t-let-arthritis-or-chronic-pain-stop

    well for people who cannot bend or stoop, as well as people who may not have very much space for ... baskets for watering and tending the plants; the pulley systems have very mixed reviews about their ease ... University. For information about useful products, see the Gardening with Arthritis: Adaptive equipment and ...

  5. Welcoming Everyone to your Farm or Business

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/december-2016/ohio-agrability/welcoming-everyone-your-farm-or-business

    have information about how people could request accommodations listed on your brochures, website and ... to the public? Is your farm or business welcoming to people with disabilities? The American’s with ... Disabilities Act is a federal law that requires businesses to be accessible to people with disabilities, and it ...

  6. National Farm Safety and Health Week

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/september-2015/announcements/national-farm-safety-and-health-week

    to like us on Facebook. Our social media site will post daily safety and health messages each day of ... agriculture is one of the most dangerous industries in the U.S.  This industry, which includes farming, ... forestry and fishing, accounts for 500 fatalities each year (U.S. Department of Labor, 2013). Since 1944, ...

  7. Ohio AgrAbility in Action: Universal Design in the Garden

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/july-2018/ohio-agrability/ohio-agrability-action-universal-design-garden

    is the creation of products and environments meant to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent ... Ohio AgrAbility Fact sheets about Universal Design, gardening with a physical limitation, farming with ...

  8. Two New OSU Ag Safety and Health Program Staff!

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/two-new-osu-ag-safety-and-health-program-staff

    Educational Coordinator, joining Kent McGuire on our team. Andy comes to us with a farm background and 29 ... please click on the 'About Us'  link on the left. ... the Program Manager for these areas. Dave comes to us from the city of Urbana OH, where he has been ...

  9. Educational Resources

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/resources

    OhioLine.osu.edu OSU Ag Safety Videos- Check out a variety of short videos about programming offered through the ...

  10. “Shift Farm Safety Into High Gear.”

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/september-2019/%E2%80%9Cshift-farm-safety-high-gear%E2%80%9D

    https://extension.osu.edu/about/resources/opioid-epidemic-ohio-–-extension-action Mental Health First Aid – https://cfaes.osu.edu/mental-health Rural and Farm Stress-- ... https://extension.osu.edu/about/resources/extension-task-forces/rural-and-farm-stress Should I Continue Farming?-- https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-71 Prosper Ohio-- ... https://www.usda.gov/our-agency/initiatives/women-agriculture Ohio Women In Agriculture-- http://u.osu.edu/ohwomeninag/     ...

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