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Tag Archives: disability
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness
Congress declared June 27th as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day in 2010 (S. Res. 455). Since then, the National Center for PTSD has declared June PTSD Awareness Month, promoting PTSD awareness and effective treatment. Many different people can be … Continue reading
Software explains how people who are color blind see the world
At the University of Alicante (UA) in Spain, scientists have designed software that helps analyze the vision of people who are color blind and it simulates how people with colorblindness really see. The software helps to redesign images or objects … Continue reading
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Tagged assistive technology, colorblindness, Disabilities, disability, employment, people with disabilities, software, Spain, technology
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Seeing the child before the disability – UNICEF’s annual State of the World’s Children report.
On May 30th, 2013, in Da Nang, Viet Nam, UNICEF released their annual report: State of the World’s Children 2013: Children with Disabilities, which discussed how children with disabilities and their communities benefit when society at large focuses on what … Continue reading
Parenting an adult child with disabilities while aging with disabilities
Over the years, we have offered a list of Librarian’s Picks of resources for children with special needs. These are some of the best resources to help parents support their children through grade school, college, and into the workforce. However, … Continue reading
May is Neuropathy Awareness Month
May continues to be a busy month for observances, including Neuropathy Awareness Month. What is neuropathy? Neuropathy, also known as peripheral neuropathy, is a result of nerve damage that can cause numbness and pain in your hands and feet. According … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Disabilities, disability, nerves, Neuromuscular Diseases, neuropathy, NIDRR research, people with disabilities
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National Stuttering Awareness Week
May 13th – 19th, 2013 marks this year’s National Stuttering Awareness Week (NSAW) which was established in 1988 by an act of Congress. NSAW is a time to educate and raise awareness about stuttering. What is stuttering? Stuttering affects a … Continue reading
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Tagged adults, children, Disabilities, disability, families, NIDRR, NIDRR research, speech, stuttering, teenagers
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May is Healthy Vision Month
In May 2003, the National Eye Institute (NEI), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), established “May is Healthy Vision Month (VHM)” as a national eye health observance. The Vision Health Initiative (VHI) of the Centers for Disease … Continue reading
May is Allergy and Asthma Awareness Month
May is a peak time for people dealing with allergies and asthma and a perfect time to raise awareness about these diseases. What are allergies? Allergies are an overreaction of the immune system to allergens that usually do not cause … Continue reading
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Tagged allergies, asthma, awareness month, children, Disabilities, disability, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, people with disabilities
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Health Disparities Research Meets Race, Ethnicity, and Disability at a National Conference
On April 25th and 26th, 2013, Health Disparities Research at the Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, and Disability: A National Conference took place in Washington, DC. Conference organizers included the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois … Continue reading
What happens during cardiac rehabilitation?
Cardiac rehabilitation (rehab) is a program that is supervised by medical personnel and is designed to improve the health and well-being of people who have heart problems. Such programs include exercise training, education on maintaining a healthy heart, stress management … Continue reading
