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Tag Archives: Disabilities
Traveling with a Disability: Accessible Tourism
Planning the perfect trip involves many components, whether you’re going to the next town over or to the other side of the world. These can include researching your destination and its various attractions; booking long-distance travel that may involve planes, … Continue reading
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Tagged accesible hospitality, accesible travel, accesible vacations, access, accessible tourism, accessible transportation, accessible travel, accessible vacations, ADA National Network, Disabilities, ENAT, inclusion, NIDILRR, REHABDATA, traveling with disabilities, TSA
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Winter is here! And so are adapted and inclusive winter sports.
Although this winter is only a few weeks old, many people have already started participating in winter sports. There are many organizations throughout the US that provide the expertize you and your family will need to participate in adapted and … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptive and inclusive sports, adaptive and inclusive winter sports, assistive technology, AT, children, Disabilities, disability, Dorothy Hamill, families, figure skating, floor hockey, hippotherapy, ice skating, people with disabilities, skiing, snowboarding, Special Olympics, sports, winter, winter sports
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Is there a difference between recreational therapy and activity programs?
Recently, we wrote about recreational therapy. However, if you have visited a long-term care center or similar facility, you may have heard of their activity program. You might be wondering: Are activity programs the same as recreational therapy? There are … Continue reading
What is Recreational Therapy?
What do you think of when we say therapy? Do you think of playing a video game, making crafts, or painting a picture? You might if you’ve ever experienced recreational therapy! The American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA) defines recreational therapy … Continue reading
Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for November 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
Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged aging, caregiver, caregiver stress, caregiving, cultural perspective, depression and caregiving, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, disability, education of caregivers, intellectual disabilities, NIDILRR, people with disabilities, research, SCI, Spanish, Spanish-language, technology
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Information and referral services at your fingertips!
In 2011, the US Senate passed S.RES 241, which declared November 16th as “National Information and Referral Services Day”. The Alliance of Information and Referral Systems (AIRS) led the way in the declaration of I&R day. The diverse I&R community … Continue reading
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Tagged ABLEDATA, ADA National Network, ADA Regional Centers, Administration on Aging, Administration on Developmental Disabilities, AIRS, Disabilities, disability, I&R, information, information and referrral services, KT4TT, KTDRR, Limb Loss Resource Center, MSKTC, NARIC, NIDILRR, Paralysis Resource Center, research, Resources
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Chronic pain and disability: Pain Awareness Month
The American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) defines chronic pain as “ongoing or recurrent pain, lasting beyond the usual course of acute illness or injury or more than 3 to 6 months, and which adversely affects the individual’s well-being.” In other … Continue reading
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Tagged #ChronicPain, ACPA, Burn Injury, chronic pain, Chronic Pain Awareness Month, Disabilities, disability, MSKTC, NARIC, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Research, pain, people with disabilities, physical disabilities, psychiatric disabilities, research, SCI, spinal cord injury, TBI, traumatic brain injury
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The 2016 Paralympic Athletes and Hispanic Heritage Month
The 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have come and gone and, although we are sad that they are over, the staff at NARIC was very excited to watch the Games. This was an historic year for the Paralympic … Continue reading
The Paralympic Torch Has Arrived in Rio: How Social Media Keeps the Torch Burning Strong
The Paralympics may start tomorrow, but the Paralympic Flame is already burning! The torch relay began on September 1st and the torch itself visited five cities in Brazil before arriving in Rio de Janeiro. Before departing the starting point, the … Continue reading
