Tag Archives: mental health

Answered Questions for May 2023: Research and Resources for Mental Health Awareness Month

Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: I am working on my Master’s degree in Social Work and learned in class that May is Mental Health … Continue reading

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Mental Health Awareness Month – Bringing Lived Experience to Research and Development

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, bringing attention to mental health and how essential it is to overall health. This is also a time to recognize the people who live with mental health conditions in our communities, including serious mental … Continue reading

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Answered Questions for April 2023: Research and Resources on Intimate Partner Violence for 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 My partner and I are having discussions with our teen with disabilities about partner violence and what to do … Continue reading

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Answered Questions for March 2023: Where Can I Learn More about Taking Care of My Reproductive Health as a Person with a Disability?

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 young adult with disabilities and my partner and I would like to have children one day. … Continue reading

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Tools for Your Resolutions Toolbox

We are deep into the second full week of the new year and the NARIC team is talking about their New Year’s Resolutions. Resolutions for 2023 included focusing on health and wellness; aiming to work smarter, not harder; and make … Continue reading

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If You Liked… Disability in the Latino Community

For Hispanic Heritage Month, NARIC’s information specialists wanted to look at how the view of disability within the Latino, now called Latinx, community has begun to change. In some circles, our information specialists have observed that the view of disability … Continue reading

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On a Scale of 1 to 10, #PainCounts

In 2001, the American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) and other pain related organizations declared September National Pain Awareness Month. Pain is a part of life and something most people experience, and can range from mild, like a headache or overtaxed … Continue reading

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Answered Questions for August 2022: Information on Recreation, Music, Art, and Related Therapies and Mental Health

Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is I have a mental health condition and my psychotherapist has advised me that recreational therapy, art therapy, or music … Continue reading

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Ask a Librarian: Is Bingo Therapeutic?

“My son attends a day program and loves the weekly Bingo game that the recreation therapist puts on the calendar. Is that really a kind of therapy or is it just fun?” Bingo is a popular and fun activity played … Continue reading

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Social Wellness Month: Connect for Health

A look at research on benefits, barriers, and supports to maintaining social wellness from the NIDILRR community and elsewhere Continue reading

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