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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for April 2017
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. NIDILRR Projects: The ten ADA National Network Regional Centers (English) (various) provide information, technical assistance, and training to maximize the full inclusion and … Continue reading
Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged ADA, ADA Centers, ADA National Network, Answered Questions, autism, children, community participation, educarion, employment, mobile technologies, NIDILRR, psychological well-being, rehabilitation, service animals, service dogs, Spanish, Spanish-language, support animal
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Working Side-By-Side – DDAwareness17 and DSWorks
March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, sponsored by the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD), the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD), and the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN). The theme for 2017 is Life Side By … Continue reading
Focus Group Opportunities for Young Adults in Transition and Adults with Autism
The NIDILRR-funded Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research (KTER) is conducting focus groups of youth in transition and adults with autism. Each focus group has different eligibility criteria. All focus groups will be conducted by phone. Please see the … Continue reading
Posted in Clinial/Rehab trials, Survey
Tagged autism, employment, focus group, KTER, transition, vocational rehabilitation
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, May 30 to Friday, June 3
Employment: Ford eyes workers with autism (Disability Scoop) Ford Motor Company is launching a pilot program this week designed to improve recruitment and retention of employees with autism. Through an initiative called FordInclusiveWorks, the company intends to establish five new … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, affordable hearing aids, ASD, asthma, autism, Autism Alliance of Michigan, employees with autism, FordInclusiveWorks, Health and Environmental Tracker (HET), hearing aids, neuroprosthesis, neurorecovery physical therapy, Savonix assessment app, stroke, treadmill walking
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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
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
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, March 21 to Friday, March 25
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Education: UCF Students with disabilities find their place on campus (Orlando Sentinel) This story introduces a freshman at the University of Central Florida (UCF) who is one of a handful of students with … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged Alzheimer's Disease, Apple iPad as magnification technology for blind users, autism, Autism & Beyond app, college students with disabilities, concussion, individual motor signature (IMS), Nesel backpack, portable concussion assessment system, snake-venom antidote to Alzheimer's disease, social media and depression, SyncThink EYE-SYNC
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Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
Since 1987, March has been designated Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, recognizing the many ways people with developmental disabilities contribute to society. The NIDILRR community has a long history of conducting research and developing resources, technology, and interventions to support people with … Continue reading
Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, October 26 to Friday, October 30
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Human Interest: Paying it forward: Boston Marathon amputee funds another woman’s artificial leg (The Washington Post) Heather Abbott has come full circle, from patient to philanthropist. She received a prosthesis after her left … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged autism, autism diagnosis, Boston Marathon bombing, characters with disabilities on television, diabetes overtreatment, diabetes treatment, hearing aids for children, insulin releasing patch, lower limb amputation, lower limb prosthesis, orthotic arm for people with tremor, seniors with diabetes, seniors with hypertension
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