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

Posted on December 20, 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: What are physical barriers? This edition of Answered Questions includes items that define physical barriers; describe the research and … Continue reading →

Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas | Tagged accessibility, accessibility in schools, accessible parking, architecture, ASD, autism, autism spectrum disorders, barriers, Disabilities, disability, education, employment, exercise, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Research, occupational therapy, parking, people with disabilities, physical barriers, public transportation, recreational technologies, Research In Focus, signage, structural barriers | Leave a comment

Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month

Posted on April 25, 2018 by naricspotlight

April is Autism Awareness Month, sponsored by the Autism Society, and Autism Acceptance Month, sponsored by the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN). The two campaigns have common messages of inclusion and self-determination across the lifespan. Inclusion means having the opportunity to … Continue reading →

Posted in Right Resources Right Now | Tagged ASD, autism, autism spectrum disorders | Leave a comment

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, June 20 to Friday, June 24

Posted on June 24, 2016 by bchaiken2014

Advocacy: Briana Scurry embraces new role as women’s brain health advocate (The Washington Post) In April 2010, Washington Freedom goalkeeper Briana Scurry sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) during a Women’s Professional Soccer match. Three and a half years later, … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, congressional brain injury task force, diabetes, emotional trauma, EPESE study, foot-operated video game controller, Gloria Mundi Care, medication and older adults, mindfulness therapy, OrbisBox, seniors, TBI, Temple Grandin hug machine, traumatic brain injury, type 2 diabetes | Leave a comment

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, May 16 to Friday, May 20

Posted on May 20, 2016 by bchaiken2014

Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Rehabilitation: This nonspeaking teenager wrote an incredibly profound letter explaining autism (The Washington Post) For the first 14 and a half years of Gordy’s life, his parents had no reason to think their … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged ACSF:FC, ASD, autism, Autism Classification System of Functioning: Social Communication, autism spectrum disorders, bullying, intellectual disabilities, movement-based video games, Rapid Prompting Method, Special Olympics, wheelchair-driven video games, Williams syndrome | Leave a comment

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, November 30 to Friday, December 4

Posted on December 4, 2015 by bchaiken2014

Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Education: Peyton’s Awesome Virtual Self, a robot that allows girl with cancer to attend school (The Washington Post) The robot has a little girl’s face and her soft voice. It comes to life … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged 3D printed custom prostheses, Alzheimer's Disease, ASD, asthma, asthma and migraine co-occurrence, autism spectrum disorders, continuous positive airway pressure therapy, CPAP, EyeGuide Focus, high blood pressure, MADs, mandibular advancement devices, migraine, Peyton's Awesome Virtual Self, portable concussion assessment system, remote control robot, shared control robot, sleep apnea, slow walking speed in Alzheimer's Disease, tech jobs and ASD, telepresence robot for people with disabilities | Leave a comment

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, August 24 – Friday, August 28

Posted on August 28, 2015 by bchaiken2014

Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Education: Amazon e-book deal with NYC public schools postponed as Blind advocates say it would leave out visually impaired students (New York Daily News) New York City education officials have shelved a $30 … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged alternative standardized tests for students with disabilities, ASD, autism spectrum disorders, brain injury, Departamento de Educación, Department of Education, diagnostic device for traumatic brain injury, electronic books, fathers of children with autism, FITGuard mouthgard, leg amputation, leg prosthesis, locus coeruleus, long-term memory, Medicare coverage of prostheses, premature infants and ADHD, robotic skeleton, students with disabilities, tetraplegia, Tough Mudder, U.S. Education Department, wheelchair controlled with chin | Leave a comment

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, August 3 – Friday, August 7

Posted on August 7, 2015 by bchaiken2014

Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Human Interest: This man ran the Boston Marathon and is about to climb Mount Kilimanjaro – and he’s blind (Men’s Health) Randy Pierce’s life changed in 1989 when a neurological disorder rendered him … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged 3D-printed leg cast, ASD, ASD and research, autism spectrum disorders, blind, blind mountain climber, childhood-onset schizophrenia, COS, Dot Braille smartwatch, double hand transplant, Fathom BoomCast, guide dog, mitochondrial illness, pediatric treadmill, research funding, spinal cord injury, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator, U.S. Government Accountability Office | Leave a comment

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, May 18 – Friday, May 22

Posted on May 22, 2015 by bchaiken2014

Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Education: Holding schools responsible for addressing childhood trauma (The Atlantic) A group of students and teachers in Southern California recently filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court against the Compton Unified School District. … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged 3D printed prosthesis for sea turtle, ASDs, autism spectrum disorders, blood test for TBI, cerebral palsy, complex trauma, electrical stimulation for wound healing, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), primary and secondary education, rhythm and stuttering, school mental health services, Sensory Lounger calming chair, stuttering, TBI, thought-controlled arm, traumatic brain injury, white house office on disability | Leave a comment

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, May 11 – Friday, May 15

Posted on May 15, 2015 by bchaiken2014

Human Interest: Audree Norton, who paved way for deaf actors, dies at 88 (The New York Times) Audree Norton, a Deaf actress whose fight to be cast on a television show in the late 1970s greatly helped the careers of … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged ASD, Audree Norton, autism spectrum disorders, Autism/Asperger's Initiative (AIM), catatonia, computer-aided stroke detection system, deaf, Deaf actors, diabetic neuropathy, down syndrome, pressure-sensing stocking, Screen Actors Guild, Space-Flex 2, subminimum wage, wheelchair accessible toilet, XploR smart cane | Leave a comment

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, March 30 to Friday, April 3

Posted on April 3, 2015 by bchaiken2014

Aquí puede leer este artículo en español Employment: New White House receptionist is a West Wing Pioneer: ‘Deaf people can do anything’ (TODAY News) Anyone wanting to speak to the President must stop by the desk of Leah Katz-Hernandez first. … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged 3D printed prosthetic hand, American Sign Language (ASL) Translator, ARC vibrating pen, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder adhd, autism spectrum disorders, deaf, deep pressure therapy vest, diagnostic device for traumatic brain injury, football helmet, hemianopia, micrographia, neuroprosthetics, pen for people with micrographia, tunnel vision, wearable collision warning device for blind, White House | Leave a comment