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Tag Archives: family
Family Caregiver Grief: Coping with the loss of your loved one/care receiver
According to the National Alliance for Caregiving, about 43.5 million caregivers provide unpaid care to an adult or child in the US every year. Being a primary caregiver to a family member or spouse can be extremely time consuming, and … Continue reading
Posted in Organization, Patron Requests/Feedback, Uncategorized, Website
Tagged bereavement, care receiver, caregivers, caregiving, emotional health, emotional support, end of life, Familiy Caregivers, family, Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA), grief, grief an loss, life transition, major life event, organizations, self-care, self-identity, spouse, supports
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Answered Questions for February 2022: Intimacy and People with Disabilities
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 parent of a young adult with a disability, and I want to ensure that they are … Continue reading
Posted in Answer Queue, Publications, Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged ASD, autism spectrum disorder, burn injuries, companionship, couples therapy program, Disabilities, disability, Diversity, family, friendships, intellectual and developmental disabilities, interventions, Intimacy, marriage, marriage stability, mental health, mobility disabilities, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, people with disabilities, privacy, relationships, SCI, sexuality, SkillTalk, Spanish, Spanish-language, spinal cord injuries, TBI, toolkits, traumatic brain injuries, young adults
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APEF: Helping People with Schizophrenia and Their Families in Argentina
This month, we discuss APEF – a non-profit organization in Argentina that assist people with schizophrenia and their families. Continue reading
Plena Inclusión: Supporting the Full Inclusion of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
We discuss Plena Inclusión, an organization in Spain that works with and for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in regards to their full inclusion in their communities and society as a whole. (Links are in Spanish). Continue reading
Posted in Organization
Tagged #PLenaInclusión, advocates, cognitive accessibility, community participation, employment, equality, family, full inclusion, inclusion, Inclusive Education, information, intellectual and developmental disabilities, leisure and sports, plena inclusión, quality of life, social inclusion, support, training, volunteers
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ADELA: Providing Information and Support to People with ALS, Their Families, and Service Providers
The Spanish Association of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ADELA, according to its Spanish acronym) (in Spanish) is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1990 and which extends its activities to Spain and all of its territories. The principal mission of … Continue reading
AFENES: Improving the Quality of Life and Social Inclusion of People with Mental Health Conditions
The Association of Families of People with Mental Illness (AFENES, acronym in Spanish) is a non-profit association in Malaga, Spain founded in 1992, whose mission is to improve the quality of life of people with mental health conditions and their … Continue reading
Posted in Organization, Spanish
Tagged accessibility, advocacy, civil rights, family, full participation, mental health, quality of life, social stigma, stigma
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Confederación Salud Mental España: Mental Health and Society
The Confederación Salud Mental España (Mental Health Confederation of Spain) is a non-profit and social interest organization founded in 1983. Currently, the Confederation integrates 19 regional federations and provincial associations, which are made up of 300 associations and more than … Continue reading
Valentine’s Day: Spending Quality Time with the People We Love
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, a day often dedicated to love. For people with and without disabilities, healthy, loving relationships between partners, family, and friends can be an important part to living independently and fully participating in the community. These relationships … Continue reading
Posted in Right Resources Right Now
Tagged family, friendship, relationships, Valentine's Day
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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
Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community – May 2015
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 acquired brain injury and DOC, APMR, brain death, coma, Disabilities, disability, disorders of consciousness, DOC, family, Glasgow scale, level of consciousness, locked-in syndrome, Model System Knowledge Translation Center, MSKTC, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Articles, NIDILRR Grantees, NINDS, people with disabilities, perceptions, persistent disorders of consciousness, persistent vegetative state, Spanish, Spanish-language, stroke, TBI, traumatic brain injury
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Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center 