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NIDRR Seeks Reviewers to Participate in Peer-Reviews
This summer, NIDRR will conduct multiple competitions, and seeks expert peer reviewers for those competitions below. NIDRR uses teleconferences to conduct all review meetings, so reviewers do not have to travel to participate. For the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Project … Continue reading
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Webcast: Secondary Conditions after SCI in a Population-based Cohort
The NIDRR-funded Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Secondary Conditions in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury will present “Secondary Conditions after SCI in a Population-based Cohort” Thursday, May 30th at 2pm EDT. Lee Saunders, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, MUSC College of … Continue reading
NIDRR Seeks Peer Reviewers for Field-Initiated Grant Competitions
This summer, NIDRR will conduct multiple field-initiated grant competitions in its DRRP and RRTC programs, and is seeking reviewers to participate in the peer-review process for these competitions. If you would like to be considered for service as a reviewer … Continue reading
NIDRR Presents – Parenting with a Psychiatric Disability
NIDRR hosts Katy Kaplan, Associate Director of the Temple University RRTC on Community Participation of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities, for a presentation, Parenting with a Psychiatric Disability, on April 15th, 12-1pm EST, at Potomac Center Plaza, 550 12th St SW, … Continue reading
How do you use social media?
A new toolkit was recently developed by the Federal Social Media Community of Practice working group on accessible social media. The toolkit includes guidelines and instructions for making Facebook posts, Twitter messages, and YouTube videos accessible for followers with disabilities. … Continue reading
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Free Webcast TOMORROW – Achieving Meaningful Employment for Youth with ASD: High School Transition the Project SEARCH Way
You still have time to sign up for tomorrow’s webcast from SEDL: SEDL’s VR Autism Project is offering free upcoming webcasts featuring vocational programs that work! VR Autism identifies effective programs that assist people with ASD in finding competitive, long-term … Continue reading
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Free Webinar: The Role of Peer Specialists in Promoting Competitive Employment for the People they Serve – March 14
Coming up this week! Registration is still open: Please join us for the third in a series of free webinars discussing the roles of Peer Specialists in today’s mental health systems. March’s webinar – sponsored by the Temple University Collaborative … Continue reading
See you at CSUN!
This week is the 2013 International Conference on Technology and Disability, brought to you by the California State University at Northridge Center on Disabilities. We’ll be exhibiting (booth 113) and attending some of the exciting presentations, including Dept of Labor … Continue reading
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Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Special Issue Focuses on Knowledge Translation
The January supplemental issue of the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation focuses on Promoting Research Relevance—Strategies and Tactics for Enhancing Knowledge Translation and Use. The issue was edited by Deborah Backus, PhD, and Michael Jones, PhD, co-director of the … Continue reading
Webinar: Employment as a Health Determinant for Medicaid Participants with Disabilities
Employment as a Health Determinant for Medicaid Participants with Disabilities Who: Dr. Jean P. Hall of the University of Kansas Institute on Health & Disability Policy Studies When: Thursday, February 28th, 1:00-2:00 pm EST Description: Working age people with disabilities … Continue reading
