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Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Offers Accessibility Webinars for Arts and Cultural Organizations
The Florida Division of Cultural Affairs (DCA) in partnership with the Very Special Arts Florida (VSAFL), an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, presents a series of lunch-hour webinars entitled “Successfully Accessible.” The webinars are … Continue reading
Honrando a los latinos con discapacidades durante el Mes de la Herencia Hispana
Hoy destacamos el artista Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (también conocido como de Goya), quien es considerado el último de los Maestros Viejos y el primero de los Modernos, y el guitarrista José Feliciano, quien ha sido referido como … Continue reading
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Tagged blind, deaf, Hispanic Heritage Month, hispanos con discapacidad, hispanos con discapacidades, Latinos con discapacidad, latinos con discapacidades, mental health, minorities, personas con discapacidades, psychiatric disabilities, Spanish, Spanish-language
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MyVoice: A Prototype American Sign Language (ASL) Translator
Students at the University of Houston designed a device called MyVoice, an ASL translator, which uses a video camera to capture a person’s sign language movements. For people with hearing disabilities sign language can greatly improve communication with the world; … Continue reading
Gallaudet University introduces a new MPA program
Gallaudet University, the only university in the world geared specifically toward the education of Deaf(*) and hard of hearing students, recently introduced a new Masters in Public Administration for Deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing professionals working in the public … Continue reading
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Tagged deaf, education, Gallaudet, hearing loss, public administration
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RIT/NTID Receives $1.2 million Dollar Grant from the U.S. Department of Education
The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) Master of Science Program in Secondary Education (MSSE) has received a $1.2 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Education to assist in recruiting and … Continue reading
Posted in Grant/scholarship opportunity
Tagged deaf, graduate programs, Grants, hard of hearing, NTID, RIT, teachers, training, U.S. Department of Education
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Can You Hear/See Me Now? Making Mobile Devices Accessible
An article in today’s Washington Post discusses bills to make smart phones and other mobile devices accessible to people with sensory disabilities. NIDRR currently funds several projects to investigate technologies to make wireless technology accessible to people with sensory, mobility, … Continue reading
Posted in Project
Tagged blind, cell phones, deaf, sensory disabilities, smart phones, wireless technology
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Occupational Therapy Month: OT and Sensory Disabilities
Many people associate occupational therapy with strokes, brain injuries, and other disabilities that may affect motor control. It can be applied in many other areas, however. Here’s a look at research on OT and sensory disabilities (blindness, deafness, etc,). OT … Continue reading
Digital Archive Project: New (old) Additions
We’re nearing the end of Phase II of our digital archive project. In this phase we’re digitizing and posting final reports from projects funded by NIDRR and its previous incarnations (NIHR, SRS, VRA). We’re deep in the 60s now, with … Continue reading
Posted in digital archive, Project, Publications, Report
Tagged anthropology, blind, cancer, children, deaf, developmental disabilities, digital archive, employment, epilepsy, evaluation tools, halfway house, heart disease, intelligence tests, literature review, low vision, orthotics, psychiatric disabilities, Rehabilitation counseling, severe disabilities
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NARIC’s Digital Archive: New Additions
We’re chugging along through the final reports in our collection. It also gives us the opportunity to add some historical information to the Program Database of projects funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (our funding agency). … Continue reading
NARIC’s Digital Archive Project: Newest Additions
Our digital archive is growing bigger every day! Continue reading
Posted in Article, digital archive, Guide, Publications, Report
Tagged AIDS, brain injury, case management, deaf, digital archive, disability management, driving, employment, HIV, low back pain, participatory action research, private sector rehabilitation, school to work transition, service animals, stress
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