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Tag Archives: people with disabilities
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
Posted in Answer Queue, Publications, Right Resources Right Now, Spanish
Tagged Answered Questions, anxiety trajectories, community participation, Disabilities, health and function, leisure activities, mental health, mental health awareness, Mental Health Awareness Month, Mental Health Month, mental illness, NIDILRR, people with disabilities, psychiatric disabilities, social work, Spanish, Spanish-language, stigma, therapy
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NIDILRR-Funded Consumer Products: People with Disabilities and COVID-19
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a “respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2, a coronavirus discovered in 2019.” COVID-19 spreads from person to person through respiratory droplets and other small particles … Continue reading
Posted in Project
Tagged Disabilities, disability, NIDILRR, people with disabilities
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What are Coping Strategies?
According to the Cleveland Clinic, coping “involves adjusting to or tolerating negative events or realities while you try to keep your positive self-image and emotional equilibrium” and “occurs in the context of life changes that are perceived to be stressful.” … Continue reading
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Tagged coping, coping strategies, Disabilities, disability, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, people with disabilities
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This Valentine’s Day Make Heart Health Your Valentine
February 14th is Valentine’s Day and the day most associated with love, romance, and of course hearts. In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed proclamation 3566 establishing February as American Heart Month to bring awareness and develop initiatives to address … Continue reading
Posted in Fact sheet, Guide, News, Organization, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged #heart, #love, #LoveYourHeart, American Heart Association, American Heart Month, cardiovascular disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), chronic health conditions, consumer factsheets, health screenings, healthy lifestyles, heart disease, high blood pressure, high-risk, managing conditions, National Institutes of Health (NIH), nutrition, people with disabilities, Resources, RRTC on Health and Function of People with Psychiatric Disabilities, spinal cord injury, type 2 diabetes
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Answered Questions for October 2022: Employment Equity 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: I’m an advocate who focuses on employment – I’m excited to see more opportunities for people with disabilities, but … Continue reading
Posted in Answer Queue, Respuestas a las Preguntas, Spanish
Tagged #AnsweredQuestions, #NDEAM, COVID-19, disabiliteis, Disabilities, EEOC, employability, Employees with disabilities, Employers, employment, employment equity, equity, inclusion, Incluyeme, job seekers with disabilities, LU2E-RRTC, NIDILRR, ODEP, people with disabilities, technology
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Ask a Librarian: What is Inclusive Employment?
October is National Disability Employment Month (NDEAM), which recognizes the vital role that people with disabilities play in a diverse and inclusive workforce, celebrates the contributions of workers with disabilities past and present, and highlights supportive and inclusive employment policies … Continue reading
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
Posted in history, Spanish
Tagged #IfYouLiked, ADA, attitudes toward disability, Disabilities, disability community, Hispanic Heritage Month, Hispanics with disabilities, Latinx community, Latinx with Disabilities, mental health, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, people with disabilities, Spanish, view of disability
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CONADI Guatemala: Joint action for the full participation of people with disabilities
The National Council for the Care of Persons with Disabilities (CONADI, acronym in Spanish) of Guatemala (in Spanish) is the coordinating, advisory, and driving entity that influences the application of general and state policies, to ensure compliance with human rights … Continue reading
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Tagged CONADI Guatemala, Disabilities, disability, full inclusion, human rights, inclusion, independence, laws, people with disabilities
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What is Parkinson’s disease?
According to the Mayo Clinic, Parkinson’s disease is “a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement” and is caused by certain nerve cells in the brain gradually breaking down or dying. The signs and symptoms of Parkinson’s disease may be … Continue reading
Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center 