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Tag Archives: social inclusion
Cepytin Foundation: Providing Therapy Services for People with Disabilities in Colombia
The Cepytin Foundation (in Spanish), which was founded in Bogotá, Colombia in 1988, promotes the rights of youth with disabilities and recognizes the possibilities of each person in their functionality, autonomy, and independence. The Foundation provides comprehensive rehabilitation services to … Continue reading
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Tagged Cepytin Foundation, children and youth, education, employment, families, intellectual disabilities, occupational therapy, phyiscal disabilities, physical therapy, psychological therapy, rehabilitation services, social inclusion, Spanish, Spanish-language, speech therapy, therapy services
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Answered Questions for April 2022: Assistive Technology and Rehabilitation for the Full Participation of People with Limb Loss
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: Due to a recent injury, my arm had to be amputated. I want to be able to participate in … Continue reading
Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for April 2021 – Community Inclusion
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is I have a family member with a disability who would like to participate more in their community. What research, … Continue reading
Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged #AnsweredQuestions, accessible environment, children with disabilities, civic participation, civil rights, community participation, education, employment, health, NIDILLR Project, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Research, resources from NARIC, social inclusion, technology, youth
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The Life Champions Foundation: Assisting the Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Colombia
In this post, we discuss the Life Champions Foundation in Colombia, which works for the comprehensive improvement of the quality of life of people with disabilities. Continue reading
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Tagged adaptive sports equipment, assistive technology, Colombia, community inclusion, Disabilities, employment, families, human rights, inclusion, medical equipment, people with disabilities, quality of life, raise awareness, service providers, social inclusion
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Plena Inclusión: Supporting the Full Inclusion of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
We discuss Plena Inclusión, an organization in Spain that works with and for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in regards to their full inclusion in their communities and society as a whole. (Links are in Spanish). Continue reading
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Tagged #PLenaInclusión, advocates, cognitive accessibility, community participation, employment, equality, family, full inclusion, inclusion, Inclusive Education, information, intellectual and developmental disabilities, leisure and sports, plena inclusión, quality of life, social inclusion, support, training, volunteers
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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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Inserta Empleo – Promoting the Inclusion of People with Disabilities in the Workforce
Inserta Empleo (Spanish) was created in 2009 with the commitment to increase the inclusion of people with disabilities in the work environment in Spain. Inserta Empleo advices more than 3,500 companies in relation to their labor inclusion management and executes … Continue reading
Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community July 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 person with a disability and would like to be more physically active. What information and resources … Continue reading
Posted in Answer Queue, Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged #AnsweredQuestions, #ResearchInFocus, ABLEDATA, access, accessibility, accessible sports, adaptive sports, adults, assistive technology, AT, children, community participation, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, exercise, healthy lifestyles, inclusion, intellectual disabilities, minorities, mobility disabilities, MSKTC, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, obesity, participation, people with disabilities, physical disabilities, recreation, Research In Focus, social inclusion, wheelchair sport
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Advocacy in Peru: Looking at CONFENADIP
The National Confederation of Disabled People of Peru (CONFENADIP, acronym in Spanish) is a non-profit civil association that is made up of federations and organizations of people with disabilities throughout Peru. CONFENADIP works on a national level for people with … Continue reading
Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center 