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Tag Archives: Disabilities
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by Celebrating NIDILRR’s Latinx/Hispanic Grantees!
Each year, during Hispanic Heritage Month, we share with you the stories of famous Latinxs/Hispanics with disabilities. This year, we will share with you some of the NIDILRR-funded projects being led by Latinx/Hispanic researchers. The projects topics range from different … Continue reading
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Tagged #HispanicHeritageMonth, #HispanicHeritageMonth2019, assistive technology, blind, deaf, deaf-blind, Disabilities, disability, familiy support, Hispanic Heritage Month, Hispanic Heritage Month 2019, Hispanics, Hispanics with disabilities, Latinos, Latinos with disabilities, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, people with disabilities, research, support, technology
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Inserta Empleo – Promoting the Inclusion of People with Disabilities in the Workforce
Inserta Empleo (Spanish) was created in 2009 with the commitment to increase the inclusion of people with disabilities in the work environment in Spain. Inserta Empleo advices more than 3,500 companies in relation to their labor inclusion management and executes … Continue reading
Hispanic Heritage Month, Latinxs/Hispanics with Disabilities, and Disability-Related Research
Hispanic Heritage Month begins today and the theme for this year is “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving Our Nation.” Hispanic and Latinx Americans have served and contributed to the history of the US since the beginning. In honor of … Continue reading
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Tagged #HispanicHeritage, #HispanicHeritageMonth, #HispanicHeritageMonth2019, #LatinxHeritage, autism, Disabilities, disability, faith, family support, Hispanic Heritage Month, Hispanics, Hispanics with disabilities, Latinx, Latinx with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, people with disabilities, research, Spanish, Spanish-language, support
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NAMI and Mental Health in the Latinx/Hispanic Community
For Suicide Prevention Awareness Week, we are highlighting a mental health organization in the US that also provides information, resources, and assistance to the Latinx/Hispanic community: The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the largest grassroots mental health organization … Continue reading
What are neuropsychiatric disorders?
According to the Oxford Textbook of Medicine, neuropsychiatric disorders are “disorders of affect, cognition, and behavior that arise from overt disorder in cerebral function, or from indirect effects of extra-cerebral disease.” In other words, they are typically attributed to diseases … Continue reading
Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for August 2019
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 Veteran with a disability. What information and resources are available for me? This edition of Answered … Continue reading
Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, benefits, cognitive behavioral intervention, Colombia, Disabilities, disability, discrimination, education, employment, independence, mental health, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Research, older Veterans, people with disabilities, physical activity, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, recovery, retirement, SCI, SCI Model Systems, Spanish, Spanish-language, spinal cord injury, support, TBI, TBI Model Systems, traumatic brain injury, veterans, veterans with disabilities
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community July 2019
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
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CONADIS: Supporting the Equality of Ecuador’s Citizens with Disabilities
The National Council for Disability Equality (CONADIS, acronym in Spanish), an agency of the Federal Government of the Republic of Ecuador, is the leading institution on public policies related to people with disabilities. CONADIS ensures the full validity of human … Continue reading
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Tagged CONADIS, Disabilities, disability, Ecaudor, education, equality, human rights, people with disabilities, public policy, reference, Spanish, Spanish-language, support
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NIDILRR-Funded Projects and the Spanish-Speaking Disability Community
At NARIC, we provide information and referral services to people with disabilities, their families, service providers, and researchers who speak Spanish. We’re not the only ones! Meet our colleagues in the NIDILRR community who also provide information and resources to … Continue reading
