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Tag Archives: amputation
Quick Looks: Research and Development to Support People with Limb Loss/Limb Difference
April is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month. According to the Amputee Coalition, more than 2 million Americans are living with limb loss or limb difference, and about 28 million are at risk for amputation surgeries in any year … Continue reading
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Tagged amputation, limb loss, pressure injuries, prosthetics, robotics
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for April 2018
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: What topics are being researched in prosthetics and orthotics? This edition of Answered Questions includes items that discuss patient-specific … Continue reading
Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, April 4 to Friday, April 8
Media: Ad campaign targets Hollywood disability references (Disability Scoop) With a new advertising campaign, Family Member, a disability advocacy group, is putting Hollywood on notice that it is not acceptable to mock people with disabilities. A quarter-page advertisement running in … Continue reading
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Tagged alt text, amputation, Arthritis, autism, balance disorders, blind and low vision app, capuchin monkey, cryoablation therapy, disability portrayed in movies, down syndrome, Facebook accessibility, glasses for people with Down Syndrome, hippotherapy, limited physical mobility, phantom limb pain, robotic horse, specially adapted homes for veterans, Specs4Us, spoken descriptions of photographs, therapy animals, US Department of Veterans Affairs
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, April 28 – Friday, May 2
Human Interest: Soldier who lost leg in Afghanistan vowed ‘I will return.’ This is what it took to get back. (The Washington Post) Following a leg injury sustained by a roadside bomb that resulted in amputation, a US Army soldier … Continue reading
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Tagged accessible housing, amputation, assisted living, behavior modification device, caregivers, cochlear implant, crowdfunding, disability employment, fda, Food and Drug Administration, group home, hearing impairment, homelessness, injured veterans, knee arthritis, laughter, leg amputation, leg prosthesis, medicaid, Medicaid funding, memory improvement activity, National Park Service, osteoarthritis, prosthetic, service animals, service dogs, shock devices, supported living, TBI, traumatic brain injury, unemployment, universal design, walker, walking disability, walking impairment
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Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center 