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Tag Archives: rehabilitation
Answered Questions: Virtual Therapy as a Therapeutic Tool – October 2021
October’s Answered Questions discusses how virtual reality may be used as a therapeutic tool with people with disabilities. Continue reading
Lescer Foundation: Supporting People with Traumatic Brain Injury, Their Families, and the Professionals who Support Them
The Lescer Foundation (in Spanish) supports the traumatic brain injury (TBI) community in Spain, improving the quality of life through comprehensive care, specialized rehabilitation, and covering their basic and social needs from the beginning rehabilitation until their re-entry into the … Continue reading
Posted in Organization, Spanish
Tagged comprehensive care, families, Fundación Lescer, leisure, recreation, rehabilitation, service providers, Spain, TBI, traumatic brain injury
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for August 2020 on Pediatric Burn Injury
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: My granddaughter has a burn injury. What research, information and resources are available to help her? This edition of … Continue reading
Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged adolescents, BIMS, Burn Injury, Burn Injury Model Systems, caregivers, children, coping strategies, management, mental health, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, pediatric burn injury, prevention, rehabilitation, Research In Focus, returning to school, teens, youth
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for July 2020
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: My cousin has a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and our family wants to help them live as independently as … Continue reading
Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for May 2020
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: I recently had a spinal cord injury (SCI) and have heard that exoskeletons can be beneficial to people with … Continue reading
Posted in Publications, Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged assistive technology, benefits of exoskeletons, exoskeletons, independent living, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, quality of life, rehabilitation, Research In Focus, robotic exoskeletons, SCI, spinal cord injury, wearable AT
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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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Celebrating National Rehab Week – Personal Perspectives on Why It Works
This week is Rehab Week, sponsored by the National Rehabilitation Awareness Foundation (NRAF). Events and observances throughout the week focus on educating people about the benefits and impact of rehabilitation, from physical therapies and interventions to building social and communication … Continue reading
Posted in Event
Tagged personal reflections, rehab week, rehabilitation, rehabilitation awareness week
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NIDILRR-Funded Research Happens at the Top Rehab Hospitals
Every year, the magazine US News and World Report releases its rankings of top hospitals across the US, including specialty hospitals like those that focus on rehabilitation. For these specialty hospitals, ranking is determined entirely by expert opinion, based on … Continue reading
Posted in News, Project
Tagged NIDILRR-funded research, rehabilitation, research, top hospitals
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for February
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: What treatments are available for people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD)? This edition of Answered Questions includes items that discuss … Continue reading
Posted in Publications, Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged aging with disabilities, Alzheimer's disase and therapy, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's disease and disabilities, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, animal assisted therapy, Answered Questions, cognitive intervention therapy, dementia, intellectual disabilities, music therapy, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Research, occupational therapy, people with disabilities, pharmaceutical treatments, rehabilitation, Spanish, Spanish-language, therapy, treatments
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Low Vision Awareness Month
February is Low Vision Awareness Month. Low vision effects millions of people in the US and throughout the world. The National Institute of Health’s National Eye Institute (NEI) defines low vision as a visual impairment that is not correctable by … Continue reading
Posted in Event, Organization, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged activities of daily living, assistive technology, blind and low vision, low vision, National Eye Institute, NIDILRR funded projects, NIDILRR-funded research, REHABDATA search, rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Employment for Individuals with Blindness or Low Vision, Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision (NRTC), Resources, visual impairments
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Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center 