Tag Archives: deaf and hard of hearing

Emergency Preparedness and People with Auditory Disabilities

Posted on September 24, 2019 by naricspotlight

We continue our emergency preparedness series with a look at resources for people with auditory disabilities Continue reading →

Posted in Right Resources Right Now | Tagged #PreparedNotScared, auditory disabilities, deaf and hard of hearing, deaf-blind, disaster preparedness, emergency preparedness | 6 Comments

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, April 18 to Friday, April 22

Posted on April 22, 2016 by bchaiken2014

Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Consumer Advocacy: Hearing aid prices under pressure from consumer electronics (The New York Times) The consumer electronics industry is encroaching on the hearing aid business, offering products that are far less expensive and … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged adolescents with depression, Adult Changes in Thought study, ALS, Alzheimer's Disease, American Geriatrics Society, Born This Way TV show, CBT, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, cognitive behavioral therapy, CTE, deaf and hard of hearing, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association, down syndrome, hearing aids, personal sound amplification products, PSAPs, talk therapy, TBI, tools for testing 3D printed prostheses, traumatic brain injury | Leave a comment

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, February 15 to Friday, February 19

Posted on February 19, 2016 by bchaiken2014

Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Employment: Workplace disability discrimination claims at record high (Disability Scoop) The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reports that charges of job bias related to disability rose 6 percent to total 26,968 for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged A.D.H.D., attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, BraunAbility MXV, CAREX robotic exoskeleton, deaf and hard of hearing, EEOC, hearing aids, Myo gesture control armband, optogenetics, post stroke rehabilitation, retinitis pigmentosa, RetroSense Therapeutics, Sceptre, sensorineural hearing loss, stroke, virtual reality therapy for depression, wheelchair accessible SUV, workplace disability discrimination | Leave a comment

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, August 10 – Friday, August 14

Posted on August 14, 2015 by bchaiken2014

Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Accessibility: Disabled Luke Kenshole was ‘kicked off’ flight to US because he was in a wheelchair (Western Daily Press – UK) A British airline passenger says he was removed from a flight to … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged airline cabin accessibility, Alzheimer's Disease, children with diabetes, communication, deaf and hard of hearing, depression, diabetes care plan, diabetic wound care, ExoAtlet exoskeleton, marker for schizophrenia, nano dressing, paralysis, parents of children with diabetes, Parkinson's Disease, schizophrenia, sleeping position and neurological disorders, Socratic questioning in cognitive therapy, spinal cord injury, students with diabetes, travel with wheelchair, wound healing in diabetes | Leave a comment

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, June 15 – Friday, June 19

Posted on June 19, 2015 by bchaiken2014

Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Advocacy: Sports Illustrated honors walker with a cause (Disability Scoop) A week after 15-year-old Hunter Gandee walked to Ann Arbor while carrying his little brother with cerebral palsy, he walked onto the pages … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged ALS, anxiety disorders, Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, cerebral palsy, cochlear implants, deaf and hard of hearing, depression, Gael Hannan, glaucoma, hearing loss, lip-reading hearing aid, macular degeneration, muscular dystrophy, post stroke rehabilitation, progressive hearing loss, prosthetic leg with sensors, retinitis pigmentosa, sign language, soft robotic rehabilitation glove, spinal cord injury, Sports Illustrated, TBI, traumatic brain injury, Va-ST Smart Specs. augmented-reality eyeglasses | Leave a comment

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, April 13 to Friday, April 17

Posted on April 17, 2015 by bchaiken2014

Entertainment: Netflix makes a blind superhero accessible to blind audiences (The Washington Post) For its new series “Daredevil,” featuring a hero who acquires superpowers in an accident that blinds him, Netflix was so busy focusing on the superhero’s powers that … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged aging and vision, antidepressants, audio description, blind and low vision, bupropion, cognitive behavioral therapy, custom physical therapy equipment, deaf and hard of hearing, depression, Freehand, Netflix, Panoply social networking platform, rest measuring wristband, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, Special Olympics, spinal cord injury, SSRIs, swim team for adolescents with autism, Versatile Extra Sensory Transducer (VEST), visual contrast sensitivity, Wellbutrin | Leave a comment

Ticket to Work Program Announces New Video Series in ASL

Posted on April 8, 2015 by cgraves34

Ticket to Work connects individuals age 18 through 64 who received Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), and/or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits due to disability to free employment services that prepare individuals for work, and in locating a job and … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Uncategorized, webcasts, webinar, Website | Tagged American Sign Language (ASL), deaf, deaf and hard of hearing, employment, hard of hearing, job-seekers, library resources, Path to employment, social security beneficiaries, Social Security Disability benefits, Social Security Disability Insurance, Ticket to Work, tutorials, Video Series, webinar series, WISE webinars, work, YouTube | Leave a comment

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, March 23 to Friday, March 27

Posted on March 27, 2015 by bchaiken2014

Aquí puede leer este artículo en español Education: Another voucher bill – for students with special needs – advancing in legislature (Chalkbeat Tennessee) While bills that would bring private school vouchers to Tennessee have made headlines this year, a more … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged actors with disabilities, Arthritis, autism spectrum disorders, caption devices in movie theaters, captions, deaf and hard of hearing, down syndrome, gastrointestinal problems and autism, handiii COYOTE, Mayor Bill de Blasio, mental health cellphone hotline, multi-parameter pressure ulcer probe, private school vouchers, safe baseball pitching, smartphone-connected EMG-controlled prosthetic arm, Special needs children | Leave a comment

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, January 19 – Friday, January 23

Posted on January 23, 2015 by bchaiken2014

Education: Study finds postsecondary programs boost outcomes (Disability Scoop) A new study suggests that individuals with intellectual disabilities who attend postsecondary programs are finding greater success in the job market than those who do not pursue further education. For the … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged ASD, autism spectrum disorder, brain injury rehabilitation, Care-O-bot, cochlear implant alternative, cochlear implants, deaf and hard of hearing, hearing and perfect pitch, immune response in brain and spinal cord injury, intellectual disabilities, Parkinson's Disease, perfect pitch, postsecondary education, robotic personal assistantstudents with intellectual disabilities, spinal cord injury rehabilitation, stimulation of balance organs | Leave a comment

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, May 19 – Friday, May 23

Posted on May 23, 2014 by bchaiken2014

Human Interest: How a brain treatment for OCD turned a man into a Johnny Cash fanatic (The Washington Post) “A case of musical preference for Johnny Cash following deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens,” published in the May issue … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly News Roundup | Tagged autism, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Combating Autism Act, combating autism reauthorization act, Country and Western singer Johnny Cash, DBS, deaf and hard of hearing, deep brain stimulation, exercise for people with disabilities, Frontiers of Behavioral Neuroscience, gait assessment technology, hearing impairment, hearing loss, job training, nucleus accumbens, obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, Office of AIDS Research, sleep apnea, smartphone app, sound identification, TBI, Text to 911, traumatic brain injury | Leave a comment