Tag Archives: augmentative and alternative communication

Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for March 2018

Posted on March 22, 2018 by mpgarcia

Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: How does rehabilitation engineering affect the lives of people with disabilities? This edition of Answered Questions includes items that … Continue reading →

Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas | Tagged Answered Questions, augmentative and alternative communication, cerebral palsy, children, mobility disabilities, older addults, physical access, prosthetics, rehabilitation engineering, rehabilitation engineering research, rehabilitation robotic devices, RERC TechSAge, social media, stroke rehabilitation, televideo technology, The RERC on AAC, transportation, wireless inclusive technologies | Leave a comment

Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community – June 2017

Posted on June 22, 2017 by mpgarcia

Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: What research is being done in employment, education, and technology to improve the lives of people who are Deaf … Continue reading →

Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas | Tagged AAC, ABLEDATA, accessibility, American Sign Language, Answered Questions, ASL, assessment tools, AT, auditory disabilities, augmentative and alternative communication, deaf, deaf-blind, education, employment, hard of hearing, hearing loss, Latino families, mental health, NIDILRR, NIDILRR community, NIDILRR Research, RERC, sensory disabilities, technology, tele-practice, utility | Leave a comment

Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community

Posted on December 22, 2016 by mpgarcia

Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. Each month, we look through the searches on our blog and through the information requests made by our patrons who speak Spanish and … Continue reading →

Posted in Publications, Respuestas a las Preguntas | Tagged AAC, ABLEDATA, access, accessibility barriers, aging at home, assistive technology, assistive technology for older adults, augmentative and alternative communication, autoimmune disease, cerebral palsy, CP, development pneumatic power wheelchair, digital literacy, e-inclusion, education, elderly, employment, health care settings, inclusion, Inclusive Education, intellectual disabilities, JAN, Job Accommodation Network, job accommodations, online education, PneuPaw, R&D&i, RERC TechSAge, RERC-ACT, The Pass It On Center, young adults | Leave a comment

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, August 31 – Friday, September 4

Posted on September 4, 2015 by bchaiken2014

Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Education: For students with learning disabilities, real life often is more satisfying than high school, study suggests (Seattle Times) For some students with learning disabilities, finding their niche in the real world is … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged AAC device, adaptive sports, ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, ALS research funding, assistive robot for blind travelers, augmentative and alternative communication, Baxter robot, blood test for suicide ideation, dementia, Hooked on Music, Learning Disabilities, memory games and dementia, National Center for Learning Disabilities, noninvasive spinal stimulation for paralysis, robotic exoskeleton, severe disabilities, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby | Leave a comment

Disability News Weekly Roundup — Monday, Feb 24 – Friday, Feb 28

Posted on February 28, 2014 by bchaiken2014

Human Interest: H Street NE Bars and Restaurants Reach Out to Their Deaf Neighbors (Washington City Paper) Several bars and restaurants along H Street NE in Washington’s Capitol Hill District have hired staff that knows sign language in an effort … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ALS, Alzheimer's Disease, app for hard-of-hearing pedestrians, augmentative and alternative communication, augmented reality, autism, autism diagnosis, crimes against people with disabilities, disability legislation, hard of hearing, legislation, Lou Gehrig's disease, medicaid, phantom limb pain, phantom limb therapy, robotic exoskeleton, sign language, tax-free savings accounts, traumatic brain injury, voice banking | Leave a comment

Webcast: Knowledge Translation in Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Randomized Controlled Study

Posted on September 6, 2011 by naricspotlight

Join the Center for Knowledge Translation for Technology Transfer for a 60-minute webcast on September 22. This webcast will present methods and results of a randomized controlled study that evaluated a knowledge translation (KT) strategy designed to communicate effectively new … Continue reading →

Posted in Project, Publications, webcasts | Tagged AAC, assistive technology, augmentative and alternative communication, communication, knowlege translation, technology transfer | Leave a comment

New Publication: RehabWire – Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Posted on May 22, 2009 by naricspotlight

We just posted the latest issue of our RehabWire newsletter. The May issue focuses on projects and publications about augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). AAC is used by people with communication disabilities to meet some or all of their communication … Continue reading →

Posted in Publications | Tagged assistive technology, augmentative and alternative communication, communication disorders, RehabWire | Leave a comment