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Tag Archives: independent living
Everyday Technologies for Alzheimer Care Grant Program
Everyday Technologies for Alzheimer Care, a cooperative research initiative between The Alzheimer’s Association and Intel Corporation, seeks proposals having to do with personalized diagnostics, preventative tools, and/or interventions for adults coping with the spectrum of cognitive aging and neurodegenerative disease, … Continue reading
Posted in Grant/scholarship opportunity
Tagged Alzheimer's Disease, development, Grants, independent living, technology
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Evidence-based Alzheimer Interventions – Conference Call
Join the Alliance for Aging Research, in partnership with the Administration on Aging and with the support of MetLife, for the release of Translating Innovation to Impact, a new white paper outlining research into evidence-based interventions to help people with … Continue reading
Posted in Event
Tagged aging, Alzheimer's Disease, caregiving, conference call, dementia, evidence-based research, independent living
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The #NikeLetter
According to the Oregonian, a 17-year-old high schooler who was born weighing 2 pounds, 6 ounces with cerebral palsy may have just created a huge shift in the way a $67 billion company does business. The Portland based newspaper reports … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged independent living, assistive technology, cerebral palsy, research design, research, sports, athletics, teddy, owusu, teddowusu, nike, shoes, living with disabilities, walking, running, walk, run
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The US Senate is voting today on the UN Disability Treaty
In July of this year, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Today, the Senate is finally scheduled to vote on CRPD. Through the adoption of the Convention, the … Continue reading
Posted in Legislation
Tagged accessibility, community inclusion, CRPD, Disabilities, disability, disability rights, education, families, health, independent living, legislation, mobility, people with disabilities, public transportation, recreation, United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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HUD and Other Housing Support
Research from the World Health Organization shows that about half of the American population will acquire some type of disability at some point during their lifetime. It can be difficult to find the right housing accommodations for persons with disabilities and … Continue reading
June’s White House Disability Call from Greece
Para el blog en español, por favor, desplácese hacia abajo. Está por debajo de la versión en inglés. June’s White House Disability Call comes to us from the Special Olympics, to be held in Athens, Greece. The moderator for the call was Mr. Kareem Dale, … Continue reading
12 Years after the Olmstead Decision, Olmstead Champion Lois Curtis Meets the President
On Monday, June 20th Olmstead champion Lois Curtis visited with President Obama in the Oval Office marking the 12th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court discussion in the Olmstead v. L.C. case in 1999. The Olmstead decision helped to … Continue reading
Disability in Rural Communities: Designing Research for Impact (Part I: Rural Rehabilitation and Employment)
On Wednesday, June 22nd the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities discussed how they build evidence-based interventions supporting the purposes of the Rehabilitation Act and NIDRR’s Long Range Plan in their presentation “Disability in Rural Communities: … Continue reading
Posted in Organization, Project
Tagged employment, evidence-based research, health outcomes, health promotion, independent living, living well, long range planning, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, presentations, Rehabilitation Act, RRTC, rural, self-employment, self-management, telerehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation, working well
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Show Initiative: Help the UPenn Collaborative Identify Asset Building Initiatives
The UPenn Collaborative and the National Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Psychiatric Disabilities at the University of Illinois are searching for new and innovative programs that help individuals with psychiatric disabilities to become financially independent: The University of Pennsylvania … Continue reading
Posted in Project, Survey
Tagged asset building, financial capacity, independent living, psychiatric disabilities
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New NARIC Publication: RehabWire for June 2009
We just posted the June 2009 issue of our RehabWire newsletter. This issue features the Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers focused on participation and community living. These nine centers were funded by NIDRR under its Participation and Community Living research … Continue reading
