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Tag Archives: NIDILRR-funded consumer products
NIDILRR-Funded Consumer Products: Assistive Technology for People with Mobility Disabilities
People with mobility disabilities may have difficulty standing, walking, or fully using their arms and hands. Mobility disabilities can range in severity from limitation on stamina to paralysis. Some may be caused by conditions present at birth, such as cerebral … Continue reading
NIDILRR-Funded Consumer Products: Down Syndrome
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Down syndrome is a condition in which a person has an extra chromosome 21 and “this extra copy changes how the baby’s body and brain develop”, which may cause mental … Continue reading
NIDILRR-Funded Consumer Products: Physical and Occupational Therapies
According to the National Library of Medicine (NLM), physical therapy (PT) “may include certain exercises, massages and treatments based on physical stimuli (e.g., heat, cold, electrical currents or ultrasound).” The objective of PT is to relieve pain, help you move … Continue reading
NIDILRR-Funded Consumer Products: Education for People with Disabilities
People with disabilities have the right to an education, just like their peers without disabilities. However, people with disabilities, including children and young people with disabilities, may face barriers to their education and within the educational system in their communities. … Continue reading
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NIDILRR-Funded Consumer Products: Advocacy
Advocacy may be defined as the act or process of supporting something, such as a person, cause, or policy, and to act as an advocate for someone. Due to various barriers, people with disabilities may need to advocate for themselves … Continue reading
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NIDILRR-funded Consumer Products: People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
According to the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are “differences that are usually present at birth and that uniquely affect the … Continue reading
NIDILRR-funded Consumer Products: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
People with disabilities may need augmentative and alternative means to communicate with the world. This may be due to their specific disability, including sensory disabilities (blindness or hearing loss) and intellectual or developmental disabilities (Down syndrome or autism spectrum disorders). … Continue reading
NIDILRR-funded Consumer Products: Visual Disabilities
A visual disability may be defined as a decreased ability to see to a degree that causes problems not fixable by usual means, such as glasses, contact lenses, or medication. A visual disability may be due to disease, congenital or … Continue reading
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