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Tag Archives: braille
Braille Literacy Month: NIDILRR-Funded Resources for People with Visual Disabilities or Multi-Sensory Loss
In the US, January is Braille Literacy Month, which helps to raise awareness about braille, its history, and how people with visual disabilities use it to read and write. According to the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), braille is … Continue reading
Posted in Project
Tagged blindness, braille, Braille Literacy Month, low vision, sensory disabilities, visual disabilities
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Mes de la Alfabetización en Braille: Recursos financiados por NIDILRR para personas con discapacidades visuales o pérdida multisensorial
En los EEUU, enero es el Mes de Alfabetización en Braille (en inglés), que ayuda a crear conciencia sobre el braille, su historia, y cómo las personas con discapacidades visuales lo usan para leer y escribir. Según la Fundación Estadounidense … Continue reading
Resumen Semanal de las Noticias sobre la Discapacidad: Lunes, 12 de Enero – Viernes, 16 de Enero
Interés Humano: Los problemas del corazón, sordera influyeron la música de Beethoven, dice el estudio (The Hearing Review) De acuerdo con los investigadores de la Universidad de Michigan y la Universidad de Washington, las composiciones musicales de Ludwig van Beethoven … Continue reading
Posted in Publications, Weekly News Roundup
Tagged ABLE, accesibilidad, accidente cerebrovascular, ADAMM, asthma, Beethoven, braille, Braille Challenge, ciegos, derrame cerebral, diabetes, discapacidad, discapacidades, educacion, enfermedad de Alzheimer, enfermedades cardiácas, estudiantes ciegos, glucosa, implante, investigacion, lesiones cerebrales traumaticas, Ley ABLE, niños, niños con necesidades complejas, personas con discapacidades, rehabilitacion, Reto Braille, síndrome de Down, sordera, Spanish, tecnologia, trastorno por Estres Postraumatico, veteranos
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, January 12 – Friday, January 16
Human Interest: Heart problems, deafness influenced Beethoven’s music, study says (The Hearing Review) According to researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Washington, Ludwig van Beethoven’s musical compositions might have been affected by both his deafness and … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act, Alzheimer's Disease, Automated Device for Asthma Monitoring (ADAMM), blind students, braille, Braille Challenge, Braille Institute, deaf composer, flexible body worn glucose meter, flexible electronic implant, Off Vertical Axis Rotational Device (OVARD), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, SCI, spinal cord injury, stroke, TBI, traumatic brain injury
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Resumen Semanal de las Noticias sobre la Discapacidad: Lunes, 17 de Noviembre – Viernes, 21 de Noviembre
Abogacía: El Papa ve a desestigmatizar el autismo (Disability Scoop) Este sabado, el Papa se reunirá con personas con autismo y sus familias durante una conferencia internacional sobre el trastorno de desarrollo. El encuentro, que contará con rezos y cantos, … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged 3-D, accesibilidad, autismo, braille, ceguera, ciclismo de montaña, diabetes, discapacidad, discapacidades, dispositivos, GRIT, Hasbro, impresora 3-D, juguetes para niños, niños, Papa, personas con discapacidades, retraso de habla, Silla Libertad, sordera, Spanish, Spanish-language, tecnologia, USPSTF
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NLS Music Section Celebrates 50 Years!
Last night, we had the opportunity to enjoy a wonderful concert at the Library of Congress, celebrating 50 years of service for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) music section! We joined NIDRR SBIR grantee … Continue reading
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Tagged blindness, braille, Dancing Dots, jazz, Justin Kauflin, libraries, Library of Congress, music, SBIR
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, June 23 – Friday, June 27
Human Interest: Worshippers with disabilities search for acceptance (Disability Scoop) Fifty million Americans have some form of disability, yet those numbers are not reflected in the church pews, as accommodations for people with physical and mental disabilities in houses of … Continue reading
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Tagged autism and driving, braille, Braille teaching tool, building accessibility, church attendance, church building accessibility, disability terminology, fNIRS, ImPACT neurocognitive test, intellectual disability, paraplegia, portable optical brain imaging tool, pre-kindergarten education, ReWalk, ReWalk Personal System, special education, thought-controlled arm, Utah Electrode Array
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Disability News Weekly Roundup — Monday, Feb 17 – Friday, Feb 21
Education: Start-up opens digital door for students with autism (The Philadelphia Inquirer) With financial support from the University of Pennsylvania, among other sources, Autism Expressed teaches digital skills to students with autism in Philadelphia. Founded by a teacher who saw … Continue reading
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Tagged accessible seating, adapted vehicle, adaptive equipment, assistive listening devices, autism, bionics, blind, blood glucose monitor, braille, closed captioning, cochlear implants, CT scans, deaf, diabetes, education, emergency medicine, hard of hearing, information technologies, Internet, MRI, pain management, research, sports, veterans, wheelchair users
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Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center 