Tag Archives: community participation

Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community July 2019

Posted on July 25, 2019 by mpgarcia

Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: I am a person with a disability and would like to be more physically active. What information and resources … Continue reading →

Posted in Answer Queue, Respuestas a las Preguntas | Tagged #AnsweredQuestions, #ResearchInFocus, ABLEDATA, access, accessibility, accessible sports, adaptive sports, adults, assistive technology, AT, children, community participation, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, exercise, healthy lifestyles, inclusion, intellectual disabilities, minorities, mobility disabilities, MSKTC, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, obesity, participation, people with disabilities, physical disabilities, recreation, Research In Focus, social inclusion, wheelchair sport | Leave a comment

Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for June 2019

Posted on June 27, 2019 by mpgarcia

Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: I have a mobility disability and use a wheelchair to get around. I would like to travel this summer. … Continue reading →

Posted in Answer Queue, Respuestas a las Preguntas | Tagged accesible adventure getaways, accessability, accessibility, accessible air travel, accessible destinations, accessible hospitality, accessible hotels, accessible lodging, accessible restaurants, accessible tourism, accessible transpotration, accessible travel, ADA, assistive technology, AT, barriers, community participation, dining out, Disabilities, disability, families, food services, hospitality, inclusion, independent living, independent transportation, leisure, mobility disabilities, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Research, people with disabilities, physical disabilities, recreation, Spanish, Spanish-language, tourism, transportation, travel, travel without barriers | Leave a comment

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

If You Liked … A Brief History of Autism

Posted on February 15, 2019 by mpgarcia

Usually in the top 10 posts among our Spanish readers, “A Brief History of Autism” discusses the history of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and provides resources and research from the NIDILRR community and elsewhere. Since we first published “A Brief … Continue reading →

Posted in Updates | Tagged ABLEDATA, ASD, autism spectrum disorder, autismo, community living, community participation, independent living, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, participation | Leave a comment

What are physical barriers?

Posted on June 29, 2018 by mpgarcia

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), physical barriers are “structural obstacles in natural or manmade environments that prevent or block mobility (moving around in the environment) or access” for people with disabilities. These barriers can affect … Continue reading →

Posted in Answer Queue | Tagged accessible physical environments, ADA, ADA National Network, Americans with Disabilities Act, community participation, mobility disabilities, NIDILRR, physical barriers, REHABDATA, The Access Board | Leave a comment

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

Posted on September 21, 2017 by mpgarcia

Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: What is inclusion and how does it benefit people with and without disabilities? Are there unmet inclusion needs? This … Continue reading →

Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas | Tagged ADA, arts, assistive technology, barriers, children with disabilities, community living, community participation, education, employment, inclusion, independent living, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Research, participation, people with disabilities, social inclusion, special education, technology, transportation | Leave a comment

Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community – July 2017

Posted on July 20, 2017 by mpgarcia

Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: A family member has experienced a burn injury and is now in a rehabilitation center. What can they expect … Continue reading →

Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas | Tagged body image, Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System, burn injuries, children, community participation, education, employment, healthy eating after burn injury, independent living, Model System Knowledge Translation Center, MSKTC, NIDILRR, NTBRMS, nutrition after burn injury, NWRBMS, pain, recreation, rehabilitation, scar management, technology | Leave a comment

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

Posted on April 27, 2017 by mpgarcia

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 | Leave a comment

Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community – January 2017

Posted on January 19, 2017 by mpgarcia

Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. NIDILRR Projects: The Community for All Project to Develop a Series of Six Online Toolkits to Improve Community Living and Participation for People … Continue reading →

Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas | Tagged advocacy, aging, aging with developmental disabilities, aging with IDD, aging with intellectual disabilities, community living, community participation, dementia, developmental disabilities, economic self-sufficiency, health advocacy guidelines, high school students, IDD, IEP meetings, intellectual disabilities, parents, preventing violence, self-advocacy, self-advocacy skills, self-determination, self-determination skills, sexual advocacy, strategies | Leave a comment

Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community

Posted on March 26, 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 | Tagged abuse, adult education, advocacy, assistive technology, Cajama Cultural Center, cancer screening, children, cognitive capacities motor capacities, community participation, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, disability, documentary, domestic violence, down syndrome, education, employment, exercise, families, IDD I/DD, intellectual disabilities, Jonc's Silence, Mexico, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, Paul Pineda, people with disabilities, Programs, protecting personal information, rehabilitation, Resources, safe use, self-determination, sex education, social websites, Spain, Spanish, Spanish-language, Susanna Barranco, technology, Tools, video game, violence, W.O.R.K., women, women with intellectual disabilities | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: community participation

Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for June 2019

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

If You Liked … A Brief History of Autism

What are physical barriers?

Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community – July 2017

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

Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community – January 2017

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