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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, November 30 to Friday, December 4
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Education: Peyton’s Awesome Virtual Self, a robot that allows girl with cancer to attend school (The Washington Post) The robot has a little girl’s face and her soft voice. It comes to life … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D printed custom prostheses, Alzheimer's Disease, ASD, asthma, asthma and migraine co-occurrence, autism spectrum disorders, continuous positive airway pressure therapy, CPAP, EyeGuide Focus, high blood pressure, MADs, mandibular advancement devices, migraine, Peyton's Awesome Virtual Self, portable concussion assessment system, remote control robot, shared control robot, sleep apnea, slow walking speed in Alzheimer's Disease, tech jobs and ASD, telepresence robot for people with disabilities
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, September 28 – Friday, October 2
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Human Interest: Pope blesses kids with special needs (Disability Scoop) During his recent visit to America, Pope Francis made several stops to bless children with special needs. The pope stopped the car that … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, autism diagnosis, cranial nerve stimulation, deaf, depression medication, EarLens hearing aid, hard of hearing, motivation in recovery, nucleus accumbens, placebo effect, psychological support in spinal cord injury recovery, robotic hand with fiber optic sensors, SignLanguageGlove, sleep apnea, speech impairment, spinal cord injury, stroke, tactile sensing hand prosthesis
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, June 2 – Friday, June 6
Policy: In shift, Supreme Court moves away from ‘mental retardation’ (Disability Scoop) A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling clarifying what constitutes intellectual disability also marked a major milestone in efforts to put an end to use of the term “mental … Continue reading
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Tagged accessible 911, Android wayfinding app for blind, autism, blood pressure, continuous positive airway pressure therapy, CPAP, elementary school students with autism, emergency systems, Hello Navi, hidden physical disabilities, intellectual disability, invisible disabilities, mental retardation, National Council on Disability, navigated brain stimulation, NBS, obstructive sleep apnea, occupational therapy, OT, poststroke rehabilitation, sign language system for Google Glass, Signglasses, sleep apnea, stroke, Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, May 19 – Friday, May 23
Human Interest: How a brain treatment for OCD turned a man into a Johnny Cash fanatic (The Washington Post) “A case of musical preference for Johnny Cash following deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens,” published in the May issue … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Combating Autism Act, combating autism reauthorization act, Country and Western singer Johnny Cash, DBS, deaf and hard of hearing, deep brain stimulation, exercise for people with disabilities, Frontiers of Behavioral Neuroscience, gait assessment technology, hearing impairment, hearing loss, job training, nucleus accumbens, obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, Office of AIDS Research, sleep apnea, smartphone app, sound identification, TBI, Text to 911, traumatic brain injury
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Hispanic Heritage Month: Two Hispanics with Disabilities in the Entertainment Industry
Hispanic Heritage Month 2012 has focused our attention on well-known Hispanics with disabilities in various careers – from Supreme Court Justices to artists to actors to musicians to writers and so on. Today, we will be highlighting two amazing entertainers: … Continue reading
Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center 