How to trigger a slider change event?

How to trigger a slider change event?

So I have a slider widget that I set some values on and now I want to trigger it's change event so it can process as per normal the "slide" process of the control. So my current process looks like:

var value = getSomeValue();
$("#slider-vertical").slider("enable").slider("value", Number(value));

// now I want to trigger the change event on $("#slider-vertical").slider
// I've tried a number of things but nothing seems to work.. e.g., $("#slider-vertical").slider("change") (syntax error)... $("#slider-vertical").slider().change() (hahaha!)  not sure what else to try.

My slider definition looks like:
  2. $("#slider-vertical").slider({
  3.             orientation: "vertical",
  4.             range: "min",
  5.             min: 0,
  6.             max: 100,
  7.             value: 0,
  8.             step: 5,
  9.             disabled: true,
  10.             slide: function (event, ui) {
  11.                 $("#amount").val(ui.value + '%');
  12.                 if (ui.value === 100) {
  13.                     $('#words_type_new').val("");
  14.                     $('#words_type_match').val($('#words_total').val());
  15.                 } else {
  16.                     if (ui.value > 0) {
  17.                         var newPercent = (100 - ui.value) / 100;
  18.                         var matchPercent = (ui.value) / 100;
  19.                         $('#words_type_new').val(Math.round($('#words_total').val() * newPercent));
  20.                         $('#words_type_match').val(Math.round($('#words_total').val() * matchPercent));
  21.                     } else {
  22.                         $('#words_type_new').val($('#words_total').val());
  23.                         $('#words_type_match').val("");
  24.                     }
  25.                 }
  26.             }