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Tag Archives: cerebral palsy
ASTRAPACE: Improving the Lives of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Promoting Their Inclusion in a Fair and Supportive Society
The Association for the Treatment of People with Cerebral Palsy and Related Pathologies (ASTRAPACE, acronym in Spanish) (in Spanish) is an association founded by parents in 1980 in Spain that provides services to children, adolescents, and young adults with cerebral … Continue reading
Celebrating Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month with Research!
March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month, including National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day declared by Congress on March 25th. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, CP refers to a group of neurological disorders that appear in infancy … Continue reading
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 for May 2017
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. NIDILRR-funded Research: Aquatic exercise therapy for people with Parkinson disease: A randomized controlled trial (J75815) (English). This article describes a study that evaluated … Continue reading
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Tagged acquired brain injury, aquatherapy, aquatic exercise, aquatic therapy, assistive technology, cerebral palsy, children, education, employment, Halliwick Method, hydrotherapy, ms, multiple sclerosis, NIDILRR, osteoarthritis, Parkinson disease, physical therapy, Recreational therapy, rehabilitation, SCI, special eduacation, spinal cord injury, TBI
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, June 20 to Friday, June 24
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
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for March 2016
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
Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, January 25 to Friday, January 29
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Aging and Health: Seniors need to take extra care in the cold (HealthDay News) Seniors are especially vulnerable to hypothermia during cold weather because their body’s response to the cold can be affected … Continue reading
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Tagged Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, cerebral palsy, chronic skin ulcers, diabetes, disability awareness campaigns, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, elderly, hypothermia, knitting and stress reduction, learning disability, LightHouse for the Blind, mental illness, obsessive compulsive disorder, Parkinson's Disease, person first, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, robotic upper limb orthosis, seniors, SenseGO smart socks, TNS, trigeminal nerve stimulation
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Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center 