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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, May 30 to Friday, June 3
Employment: Ford eyes workers with autism (Disability Scoop) Ford Motor Company is launching a pilot program this week designed to improve recruitment and retention of employees with autism. Through an initiative called FordInclusiveWorks, the company intends to establish five new … Continue reading
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Tagged Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, affordable hearing aids, ASD, asthma, autism, Autism Alliance of Michigan, employees with autism, FordInclusiveWorks, Health and Environmental Tracker (HET), hearing aids, neuroprosthesis, neurorecovery physical therapy, Savonix assessment app, stroke, treadmill walking
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, March 14 to Friday, March 18
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Apparel: Nike expands shoe line for people with special needs (Disability Scoop) Nike is adding to its line of sneakers designed specifically for people with disabilities by introducing three new shoes that use … Continue reading
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Tagged 1965 Medicare law, adapted clothing, electrical brain stimulation as stroke intervention, fda, hearing aids, Institute of Medicine, law enforcement, lower limb prosthesis, meditation and running as treatment for depression, Nike FLYEASE sneakers, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Ruderman Family Organization, seniors with hearing loss, smart insulin patch, subclinical PTSD, tDCS, transcranial direct current stimulation, veterans
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, February 15 to Friday, February 19
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
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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
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, October 5 to Friday, October 9
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Research: Theater training may boost skills in kids with autism (Disability Scoop) Children with autism can see big gains in socialization, communication, and other skills by learning to perform on stage, according to … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety disorders, autism, children's upper limb prostheses, chronic fatigue syndrome, comfort animals, depression, hearing aids, hearing loss, ME/CFS, myalgic encephalomyelitis, Open Bionics, PTSD, robotic finger, theater training and autism, wearable biosensors, women army veterans
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, June 8 – Friday, June 12
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Human Interest: Tracy Morgan: My daughter was afraid of me after the crash (People) It has been almost a year since the bus accident that left comedian Tracy Morgan temporarily in a wheelchair. … Continue reading
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Tagged asymmetric deafness, autism, deafness in one ear, dyslexia, Dyslexia Research Institute, ear implants, hearing aids, Instituto de Rehabilitación de Chicago, leg amputation, Mark Haddon, microtia, prosthetic leg control system, reading interventions for dyslexia, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, rTMS, stroke, support system, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time", Tony Awards, Tracy Morgan, wheelchair
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Google Announces a $20 million Initiative for People with Disabilities—Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities.
Google has announced it will be providing $20 million in Google.org grants for non-profit organizations utilizing emerging technology to increase independence of people living with disabilities. The initiative, “Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities” is designed to address the needs of the … Continue reading
Posted in Grant/scholarship opportunity, Uncategorized, Website
Tagged 3-D printed prosthesis, affordable technology, announcement, auditory therapy, developing countries, google, Google Glass, Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities, Google.org, Grants, hearing aids, innovations, NIDILRR, non-profit, people with disabilties, problem solving, prosthetics, solutions, Wireless RERC
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, April 6 to Friday, April 10
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español Employment: Microsoft recruiting employees with autism (Disability Scoop) Corporate giant Microsoft has announced it will hire people with autism for full-time positions in Redmond, Wash., through a new pilot program. The company will … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, burn dressing, cerebral palsy, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, CTE, developmental disabilities, directional hearing, Employees with disabilities, epilepsy, equine therapy, hearing aids, housing for people with disabilities, influenza vaccine, intellectual and developmental disabilities, lightweight electric wheelchair, Open Wheelchair Project
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, December 15 –Friday, December 19
Human Interest: ‘El Deafo’: How a girl turned her disability into a superpower (NPR) Writer and illustrator Cece Bell tells her own story about growing up with a hearing impairment following meningitis at the age of 4. In her graphic … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D printed prostheses for dog, ADHD, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Concerta, deaf, district of columbia school system, down syndrome, El Deafo, eldercare, Green House Project, hearing aids, hearing impairment, higher education, methylphenidate; Ritalin, mild cognitive impairment MCI, Phonic Ear, prosthetic skin, special education
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, July 21 – Friday, July 25
Human Interest: ‘Extraordinary’ little boy finishes triathlon with his disabled brother (NBC Today) An 8-year-old boy did not want his 6-year-old sibling who uses a wheelchair to miss out on a triathlon, so he pulled and pushed his little brother … Continue reading
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Tagged AAC, AAC device, ABLE Act, accessible Internet applications, accessible Internet services, Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, adapted bicycle trailer, adapted buggy, Advocacy groups, exercise for people with disabilities, exercise to quit smoking, FCC, hearing aids, hearing in noise, Internet Fast Lanes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, robotic grasping device, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, smoking and depression, United Nations Convention, United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Verizon
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Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center 