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Tag Archives: athletics
Web Session on Athletic Opportunities for Students with Disabilities
The Great Plains ADA Center, in collaboration with the Inclusive Fitness Coalition, will hold an ADA Audio Conference Series session in response to The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights guidance measure that addressed the rights of children with … Continue reading
Posted in Event, webcasts, webinar
Tagged adapted programs, athletics, audio conference, children, curriculum design, Department of Education, education, elementary school, great plains ada center, high school, inclusive fitness coalition, primary school, school athletics, students with disabilities
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Second Impact Syndrome
Amid the recent growing concern over concussions in youth, collegiate, and professional contact sports is a lesser known yet serious head injury: second impact syndrome or SIS occurs when an athlete suffers a blow to the head too soon after … Continue reading
Posted in Report, Uncategorized
Tagged athletes, athletics, brain, brain injury, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, concussion, cuncussions, education, head injury, injury, MLB, NBA, nfl, NHL, owusu, prevention, second impact syndrome, sis, sports, teddowusu, teddy, treatment
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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 assistive technology, athletics, cerebral palsy, independent living, living with disabilities, nike, owusu, research, research design, run, running, shoes, sports, teddowusu, teddy, walk, walking
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New Tools from the American Academy of Neurology to Teach High School Coaches and Athletes how to Spot a Sports Concussion Released
On August 31st, 2011 the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) released several new tools as part of their educational campaign on sports-related concussions. The AAN website now offers two free online safety courses created by the University of Michigan Neurosport … Continue reading
Meet the Presidential Delegation to the Special Olympics in Athens
On June 22, President Barack Obama announced his delegation to the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece. The Honorable Dr. Jill Biden will lead the delegation which includes: The Honorable Daniel B. Smith, US Ambassador to the Hellenic … Continue reading
Disability in the News: Organization Puts New Twist on Athletics for Disabled
May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month and here at NARIC we have been on the look-out for all things related to athletes, sports, and exercise related to people with disabilities. Recently, Fox News online featured a story in … Continue reading
Posted in Organization, Website
Tagged athletes, athletics, exercise, people with disabilities, physical education, sports
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