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Tag Archives: augmentative and alternative communication
Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for March 2021 on Down syndrome
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: I am a new mother and my baby was diagnosed with Down syndrome. What resources and research are available … Continue reading
Posted in Publications, Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged #AnsweredQuestions, #DownSyndrome, AAC, assistive technology, augmentative and alternative communication, children, consumer-friendly resources, COVID-19, down syndrome, education, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, parents, physical activity, raise awareness, sedentary behavior, supports
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for September 2020 on Rehabilitation Engineering
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: I am a new rehabilitation services provider and would like to learn more about how rehabilitation engineering research helps … Continue reading
Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged AAC, augmentative and alternative communication, built environment, communication, education, employment, exercise, NIDILRR, NIDILRR funded projects, NIDILRR Research, recreation, rehabilitation engineering, rehabilitation engineering research, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers, RERCs, Survey of User Needs (SUN), technology, universal design, wireless inclusive technologies
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for May 2019
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: My dad was recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). I would like more information and resources to help … Continue reading
Posted in Answer Queue, Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged #ALSAwarenessMonth, AAC, ALS, ALS Awareness Month, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Answered Questions, assistive technology, augmentative and alternative communication, brain computer interface, community involvement, Disabilities, independence, mobility devices, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, people with disabilities, physical therapy, quality of life, social media, socioeconomic impact, stem cell therapy
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for March 2018
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
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community – June 2017
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
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, August 31 – Friday, September 4
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
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Disability News Weekly Roundup — Monday, Feb 24 – Friday, Feb 28
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
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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
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Webcast: Knowledge Translation in Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Randomized Controlled Study
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
New Publication: RehabWire – Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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
Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center 