Tag Archives: community integration

Get Your Summer Reading List in Shape with These Publications from the NIDILRR Community

Posted on June 26, 2019 by mpgarcia

If you are packing for a Summer vacation, you might be putting together a pile of books you’ve been meaning to get to. Maybe they’re light fiction, “beach reads,” or the latest mysteries. Or, if you’re like us, maybe they’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Publications | Tagged accessibility, community integration, community participation, employment, mental illness, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Research, people with disabilities, Publications, quality of life, robotic assistive technologies, SCI, summer reading list, transportation | Leave a comment

Occupational Therapy Month: The Role of OT

Posted on April 4, 2019 by cgraves34

April is Occupational Therapy Month. Occupational therapy (OT) is a client-centered health profession that helps people across the lifespan to do the things they want and need to do through therapeutic use of daily activities (occupations). Occupational therapists use a … Continue reading →

Posted in Event, Fact sheet, Organization, Uncategorized | Tagged academics, activities of daily living, adults, advocate, American Occupational Therapy Association, caregivers, certification, children, chronic illnesses, community integration, community mobility, consultant, daily living, disability, driving, elderly, environments, factsheets, family supports, health promotion, injury, job and career resources, occupational therapists, occupational therapy, Occupational Therapy Month, occupations, practitioner, psychological well-being, qualifications, self-directed care, youth | 2 Comments

Remembering Olmstead: 17 Years of Community Participation and Independence for People with Disabilities

Posted on June 22, 2016 by cgraves34

Seventeen years ago, on June 22nd, 1999, the US Supreme Court ruled in Olmstead v. L.C. that the unjustified institutional isolation of people with disabilities is a form of unlawful discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). What is … Continue reading →

Posted in Event, Legislation, Uncategorized | Tagged #OlmsteadAction, ADA, Adminstration for Community Living (ACL), Americans with Disabilities Act, anniversary of Olmstead, community integration, consumer-based model, deinstitutionalization, developmental disabilities, independent living, NIDILRR Research, Olmstead Decision, Olmstead v L.C., psychiatric disabilities, REHABDATA, research | 2 Comments

Impact Feature on Supporting Wellness for Adults with Intellectual and Other Developmental Disabilities Highlighted by AAHD

Posted on April 6, 2016 by cgraves34

The April 5th edition of Disability & Public News from the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) features the NIDILRR-funded Research and Training Center on Community Living and Institute on Community Integration publication – Impact: Feature issue on supporting … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Publications, Uncategorized | Tagged American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD), articles, community integration, community living, developmental disabilities, health and wellness, Institute on Community Integration, intellectual disabilities, NIDILRR Projects, physical and mental health, Publications, Research and Training Center on Community Living | Leave a comment

Administration for Community Living and the U.S. Department of Justice Celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Olmstead Decision

Posted on June 18, 2014 by cgraves34

Sunday, June 22nd 2014 marks the 15th anniversary of the Olmstead decision, the landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court affirming the right of individuals with disabilities to a life within their community. On Friday, June 20th, the Administration for … Continue reading →

Posted in Event, Uncategorized | Tagged #Olmstead15, @ACL.gov, Administration for Community Living (ACL), anniversary of Olmstead, community integration, community living, disability legislation, disability rights, HHS Live, inclusion, Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities, live-tweeting, Olmstead Decision, online event, people with disabilities, U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), U.S. Supreme Court | Leave a comment

What are the benefits of recreational therapy?

Posted on May 6, 2014 by mpgarcia

Recreational therapy is a type of therapy that engages an individual or a group of individuals in fun activities such as music, sports, news, or bingo to enhance their functioning, independence, and well-being. Some of the benefits of recreational therapy … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged adapted recreation, benefits, benefits of recreational therapy, children, children with disabilities, community integration, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, disability, education, elderly, elderly with disabilities, intellectual disabilties, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, North Carolina Recreational Therapy Association, people with disabilities, physical disabilities, psychiatric disabilities, recreation, Recreational therapy, recreational therapy benefits | 6 Comments

Annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Posted on December 3, 2011 by cgraves34

December 3rd, 2011 marks the 19th International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). This annual observance established in 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 47/3 aims to promote greater understanding of disability issues with a focus on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Event, Website | Tagged community integration, events, inclusion, international, mainstreaming, people with disabilities, United Nations, United Nations Enable | Leave a comment

Call for Papers: Second International Research Conference on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities

Posted on January 10, 2011 by naricspotlight

The Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities has announced its “Second International Research Conference on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities” to be held Sept. 19 – 21, 2011 in Philadelphia, P.A. Community inclusion … Continue reading →

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Funding Opportunity: 4 NIDRR grant announcements

Posted on August 4, 2009 by naricspotlight

We have a handy alert set up for Grants.gov to let us know when new NIDRR grant announcements have been posted. Here are the latest: Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Cognitive Rehabilitation at http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=48870 Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on … Continue reading →

Posted in Grant/scholarship opportunity, Project | Tagged cognitive disabilities, community integration, employment, grant announcement, measurement, psychiatric disabilities, RERC, RRTC, traumatic brain injury | 2 Comments

NARIC Spotlight: What is “Olmstead” and how does it affect me?

Posted on June 22, 2009 by naricspotlight

Today, June 22, is the 10th anniversary of the Olmstead decision, a landmark civil rights case decided by the Supreme Court. The court decided in favor of the plaintiffs, two women with psychiatric and developmental disabilities, that inappropriate institutionalization was … Continue reading →

Posted in digital archive, Event, Publications | Tagged community integration, deinstitutionalization, developmental disabilities, disability rights, Olmstead, psychiatric disabilities, Supreme Court | Leave a comment