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Tag Archives: traumatic brain injury
Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for March 2017
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. What is a brain injury? The Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC) (en inglés) (90DP0082) has a four part series on understanding traumatic … Continue reading
Chronic pain and disability: Pain Awareness Month
The American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) defines chronic pain as “ongoing or recurrent pain, lasting beyond the usual course of acute illness or injury or more than 3 to 6 months, and which adversely affects the individual’s well-being.” In other … Continue reading
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Tagged #ChronicPain, ACPA, Burn Injury, chronic pain, Chronic Pain Awareness Month, Disabilities, disability, MSKTC, NARIC, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Research, pain, people with disabilities, physical disabilities, psychiatric disabilities, research, SCI, spinal cord injury, TBI, traumatic brain injury
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, June 20 to Friday, June 24
Advocacy: Briana Scurry embraces new role as women’s brain health advocate (The Washington Post) In April 2010, Washington Freedom goalkeeper Briana Scurry sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) during a Women’s Professional Soccer match. Three and a half years later, … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, congressional brain injury task force, diabetes, emotional trauma, EPESE study, foot-operated video game controller, Gloria Mundi Care, medication and older adults, mindfulness therapy, OrbisBox, seniors, TBI, Temple Grandin hug machine, traumatic brain injury, type 2 diabetes
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, June 6 to Friday, June 10
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Research: Research traces link between combat blasts and PTSD (The New York Times) Whereas the link between concussions and post-traumatic stress disorder has become clearer in recent years, a specific connection between PTSD … Continue reading
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Tagged Access Earth app, accessible hotel accommodation, Alzheimer's Disease, blind, blood test for Alzheimer's disease, Brrailled LEGO instructions, concussion, elderly with disabilities, Gallop NYC, infant exoskeleton for spinal musclar atrophy, Marsi Bionics, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, riding program for children with disabilities, robotic suit, Superflex, TBI, therapy animals, traumatic brain injury
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. Each month, we look through the searches on our blog and through the information requests made by our patrons who speak Spanish and … Continue reading
Posted in Publications, Respuestas a las Preguntas, Uncategorized
Tagged ABI, acquired brain injury, assistive technology, AT, brain injury, Disabilities, disability, education, employment, inclusion, NIDILRR, people with disabilities, rehabilitation, research, Spanish, Spanish-language, TBI, technology, traumatic brain injury, vocational rehabilitation
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Hispanic Heritage Month: Spanish Resources from the NIDILRR Community
Did you know NARIC is not the only NIDILRR-funded project that offers information and resources in Spanish? The Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center offers factsheets for spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and burn injury in Spanish. These consumer-level factsheets were developed … Continue reading
Posted in Publications, Right Resources Right Now
Tagged ADA, autism, Burn Injury, Burns, factsheets, families, Hispanic Heritage Month, NIDILRR, SCI, Spanish, Spanish-language, spinal cord injury, TBI, traumatic brain injury
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What are home rehabilitation support services?
Home rehabilitation support services are rehabilitation and care coordination services provided at home and in the community that support a person’s rehabilitation and care. These services are generally provided to people coming home from a rehab setting, people aging at … Continue reading
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Tagged assistive technology, Disabilities, disability, education, employment, families, home rehabilitation support services, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Articles, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, people with disabilities, rehabilitation, spinal cord injury, technology, traumatic brain injury
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, June 15 – Friday, June 19
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Advocacy: Sports Illustrated honors walker with a cause (Disability Scoop) A week after 15-year-old Hunter Gandee walked to Ann Arbor while carrying his little brother with cerebral palsy, he walked onto the pages … Continue reading
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Tagged ALS, anxiety disorders, Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, cerebral palsy, cochlear implants, deaf and hard of hearing, depression, Gael Hannan, glaucoma, hearing loss, lip-reading hearing aid, macular degeneration, muscular dystrophy, post stroke rehabilitation, progressive hearing loss, prosthetic leg with sensors, retinitis pigmentosa, sign language, soft robotic rehabilitation glove, spinal cord injury, Sports Illustrated, TBI, traumatic brain injury, Va-ST Smart Specs. augmented-reality eyeglasses
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