Tag Archives: brain injury

Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for March 2017

Posted on March 16, 2017 by mpgarcia

Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. What is a brain injury? The Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC) (en inglés) (90DP0082) has a four part series on understanding traumatic … Continue reading →

Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas | Tagged assistive technology, brain injury, children with TBI, education, employment, family, head injury, Minorities with TBI, nanotechnology, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Research, TBI, TBIMS, traumatic brain injury, Veterans with TBI | Leave a comment

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, February 8 to Friday, February 12

Posted on February 12, 2016 by mpgarcia

Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Advocacy: Minnesota man’s fight for a promotion spurs disability rights debate, galvanizes coworkers (Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN) In 2013, a large disability services organization, Opportunity Partners, offered Bradford Teslow a position at a … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged accidente cerebrovascular, advoocacy, brain injury, depresión, depression, empleo, employment, ictus, investigacion, kids with disabilities, lesión cerebral, mental health, niños con discapacidades, política, policy, rehabilitacion, rehabilitation, research, salud mental, stroke | Leave a comment

Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community

Posted on December 22, 2015 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, Uncategorized | Tagged ABI, acquired brain injury, assistive technology, AT, brain injury, Disabilities, disability, education, employment, inclusion, NIDILRR, people with disabilities, rehabilitation, research, Spanish, Spanish-language, TBI, technology, traumatic brain injury, vocational rehabilitation | Leave a comment

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, November 9 to Friday, November 13

Posted on November 13, 2015 by bchaiken2014

Aquí puede leer este artículo en español Policy: White House seeks to ease veterans’ access to care (The New York Times) This week, President Obama urged congress to improve a program that allows veterans to receive private medical care, speed … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged accessible theme park, accessible water park, age-related macular degeneration, blood test for concussion, brain injury, computer-assisted psychotherapy, EziSmart case for Android phones, L-dopa, L-dopa and macular degeneration, L-dopa and Parkinson's disease, Levodopa, Moore Balance Brace, Morgan's Inspiration Island, Morgan's Wonderland, Parkinson's Disease, sleepwalking, Smart Moore Balance Brace, veterans day, veterans with disabilities | Leave a comment

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, October 19 to Friday, October 23

Posted on October 23, 2015 by bchaiken2014

Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Human Interest: When a toddler with cerebral palsy couldn’t ride in a shopping cart, this grocery store found a solution (The Washington Post) King Soopers supermarket in Loveland, Ohio, has purchased a special … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged accessible shopping cart, Alzheimer's diagnostic tool, Alzheimer's Disease, autism, autism speaks, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, blind and low vision app, brain injury, BrainShield helmet decal, cerebral palsy, Google Glass app for reading emotions, NavCog smartphone app for navigation, parents of children with disabilities, quadriplegia, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, Sesame Street, Sesame Workshop "See Amazing in All Children", spinal cord injury, stroke, surgery for quadriplegia, The Arc, the Autism Society | Leave a comment

To Your Health!

Posted on October 19, 2015 by naricspotlight

It’s National Health Education Week, sponsored by the Society for Public Health Education. Health education range from large-scale campaigns, like tobacco-free kids or getting 30 minutes of exercise, to outreach to underserved communities, like bringing farmer’s markets to inner city neighborhoods. … Continue reading →

Posted in Publications, Right Resources Right Now | Tagged brain injury, health education, health promotion, intellectual and developmental disabilities, life skills, NIDILRR, SCI, spinal cord injury, TBI | 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, May 12 – Friday, May 16

Posted on May 16, 2014 by bchaiken2014

Human Interest: A man became a math wiz after suffering brain injuries. Researchers think they know why. (The Washington Post) A severe concussion has turned a furniture salesman from Tacoma, Washington into a mathematical genius who sees the world through … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged acquired savant syndrome, ADA, ASD, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder adhd, autism spectrum disorder, behavior training software, bipolar disorder, brain injury, cerebral palsy, charter schools, deaf and hard of hearing, FBI, Interstate Telecommunications Relay Services Fund, job interview training, mindfulness, mobile phone app, robotic prosthesis, section 504, special education, traumatic brain injury, Xbox One Kinect | Leave a comment

Webinar: Reliability and Error in Measurement Instruments developed with Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory

Posted on April 15, 2014 by naricspotlight

WEBINAR (Sponsored by the Analytic Special Interest Group of the TBI Model Systems) Reliability and Error in Measurement Instruments developed with Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory Presenter: Alan J. Kozlowski, Ph.D., B.Sc (PT) Date/Time: April 22, 2014; 4:00 … Continue reading →

Posted in Event, webcasts | Tagged brain injury, classical test theory, instrument development, item response theory, measurement, webinar | Leave a comment

Participants Needed for a Health Information Needs Study

Posted on February 19, 2014 by mpgarcia

The Model System Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC), which is funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), is conducting a study on the health information needs of African Americans and Latinos with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Currently, … Continue reading →

Posted in Project, Research Study | Tagged brain injury, Disabilities, disability, health, minorities, Model System Knowledge Translation Center, MSKTC, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, study, TBI | Leave a comment