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Tag Archives: NIDILRR funded projects
What is Advocacy?
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, advocacy is defined as “the act or process of supporting” something, such as a cause, policy, or person, or “to act as an advocate for someone”. Within the disability community, advocacy may be very important … Continue reading
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Tagged advocacy, Disabilities, NIDILRR, NIDILRR funded projects, self-advocacy
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Let’s Talk About AAC: Better Speech and Hearing Month Meets ALS Awareness Month
Better Speech and Hearing Month and ALS Awareness Month combine to help people with severe neurodegenerative conditions communicate with the world around them. Continue reading
Low Vision Awareness Month – A Quick Look at Blindness/Low Vision Research from the NIDILRR Community
Meet some of the NIDILRR-funded projects conducting research and development to support people with blindness and low vision! Continue reading
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Tagged blindness, low vision, Low Vision Awareness Month, NIDILRR funded projects
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for September 2020 on Rehabilitation Engineering
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 new rehabilitation services provider and would like to learn more about how rehabilitation engineering research helps … Continue reading
Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged AAC, augmentative and alternative communication, built environment, communication, education, employment, exercise, NIDILRR, NIDILRR funded projects, NIDILRR Research, recreation, rehabilitation engineering, rehabilitation engineering research, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers, RERCs, Survey of User Needs (SUN), technology, universal design, wireless inclusive technologies
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What is epilepsy? A neurological disorder that causes seizures.
According to the Mayo Clinic, epilepsy is a “central nervous system (neurological) disorder in which brain activity becomes abnormal causing seizures or periods of unusual behavior, sensations, and sometimes loss of awareness.” Anyone can develop epilepsy and it affects all … Continue reading
Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for February 2020
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: My brother was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a young adult. What information, resources, and research are available to help … Continue reading
Posted in Publications, Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged #CollabChats, #mentalhealth, #PathwaysRRTC, #TransitionsACR, #TUCollaborative, community participation, education, employment, inclusion, independent living, mental health, mentoring, NIDILRR, NIDILRR funded projects, NIDILRR-funded research, peer providers, rehabilitation, Research In Focus, RIF, schizophrenia, serious mental illness, social inclusion, stigma, technology, video-based mobile health interventions, vocational rehabilitation
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for September 2019
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 service provider that would like to assist Latinx/Hispanic people with disabilities to live independently in the … Continue reading
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Tagged #HispanicHeirtageMonth, #HispanicHeritageMonth2019, ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, ASD, autism spectrum disorder, children with disabilities, collaborative care, depression, education, employment, families, Hispanic, hispanic youth, Latin@, Latinx, latinx youth, mental health, NIDILRR, NIDILRR funded projects, parents, parents with disabiliites, service providers, social programs, technology, technology and employment, transition services, youth
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¡Gracias por los recuerdos #ADA29; Hola #ADA30!
Hoy se cumple el fin de un mes de celebración del 29 aniversario de la firma de la Ley de Estadounidenses con Discapacidades (ADA, por sus siglas en inglés). En todo el país, las personas se unieron para reconocer el … Continue reading
NIDILRR-Funded Projects and the Spanish-Speaking Disability Community
At NARIC, we provide information and referral services to people with disabilities, their families, service providers, and researchers who speak Spanish. We’re not the only ones! Meet our colleagues in the NIDILRR community who also provide information and resources to … Continue reading
Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center 