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Victor Villaseñor: Writer, Lecturer, Advocate, and Latino with a Disability
In honor of Hispanic heritage Month, we are highlighting members of the Latino community who are also members of the disability community. Victor Villaseñor was born in 1940 in Carlsbad, California and was raised on a ranch in Oceanside, California. … Continue reading
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Tagged advocacy, dyslexia, education, language, Victor Villaseñor, writer
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for August 2017
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: What resources, research, and information are available to help people with disabilities age with success? This edition of Answered … Continue reading
Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged AARP, aging, cognitive disabilities, Disabilities, Discapnet, education, employment, health and wellness, Healthy Aging, mental health, mobility disabilities, NCOA, NIDILRR, nutrition, participation, physical disabilities, rehabiliktation, retirement, successful aging, technology, televideo, transition
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It’s almost time to go back to school. Are you ready?
August is here and that means that parents, students with disabilities, and teachers are starting to prepare for the new school year. For students with disabilities and their families, this can be a stressful, yet exciting, time. NARIC’s information specialists … Continue reading
Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community – July 2017
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
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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
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community – June 2017
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: What research is being done in employment, education, and technology to improve the lives of people who are Deaf … Continue reading
Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged AAC, ABLEDATA, accessibility, American Sign Language, Answered Questions, ASL, assessment tools, AT, auditory disabilities, augmentative and alternative communication, deaf, deaf-blind, education, employment, hard of hearing, hearing loss, Latino families, mental health, NIDILRR, NIDILRR community, NIDILRR Research, RERC, sensory disabilities, technology, tele-practice, utility
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for May 2017
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. NIDILRR-funded Research: Aquatic exercise therapy for people with Parkinson disease: A randomized controlled trial (J75815) (English). This article describes a study that evaluated … Continue reading
Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged acquired brain injury, aquatherapy, aquatic exercise, aquatic therapy, assistive technology, cerebral palsy, children, education, employment, Halliwick Method, hydrotherapy, ms, multiple sclerosis, NIDILRR, osteoarthritis, Parkinson disease, physical therapy, Recreational therapy, rehabilitation, SCI, special eduacation, spinal cord injury, TBI
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for March 2017
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. What is a brain injury? The Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC) (en inglés) (90DP0082) has a four part series on understanding traumatic … Continue reading
Making Your Way in the World – Resources for Young People with DS and Their Families
October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month, sponsored by the National Down Syndrome Society. Down syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder that results in intellectual and developmental disability. It can also cause physical disabilities, such as heart conditions, and sensory disabilities, … Continue reading
