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National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month – Start with the Basics
September has been designated National Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Awareness Month, thanks to a Senate resolution, and throughout the month we’ll highlight research and resources from the NIDILRR SCI community. The NIDILRR-funded National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center estimates there … Continue reading
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that was signed into being in 1990. But what does it do? At its simplest, the ADA makes sure that people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, assistive technology, community access, Disabilities, disability, education, knowledge translation, KT, mobility disabilities, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, people with disabilities, post-secondary education, psychiatric disabilities, research, service dogs, technology, wheelchair
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, June 8 – Friday, June 12
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Human Interest: Tracy Morgan: My daughter was afraid of me after the crash (People) It has been almost a year since the bus accident that left comedian Tracy Morgan temporarily in a wheelchair. … Continue reading
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Tagged asymmetric deafness, autism, deafness in one ear, dyslexia, Dyslexia Research Institute, ear implants, hearing aids, Instituto de Rehabilitación de Chicago, leg amputation, Mark Haddon, microtia, prosthetic leg control system, reading interventions for dyslexia, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, rTMS, stroke, support system, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time", Tony Awards, Tracy Morgan, wheelchair
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, July 7 – Friday, July 11
Policy: Supreme Court rules on disability caregivers (Disability Scoop) The Supreme Court ruled last week that personal home care employees cannot be forced to pay dues to a union. According to the ruling, these employees, some of whom care for … Continue reading
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Tagged autism spectrum disorder, brain-machine interface, children with ASD, conservatorship, Department of Defense, direct brain recording, Disability and Abuse Project, FingerReader, guardianship, iPad, memory deficit, National Right to Vote Foundation, National Right to Work Foundation, paraplegia, reading device for blind, speech disabilities, speech synthesizer, Supreme Court, text-to-speech software, traumatic brain injury, U.S. Supreme Court, union dues, US Department of Justice, veterans, Voting Rights Act of 1965, wheelchair
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Disability News Weekly Roundup Monday, Dec 2 – Friday Dec 6
Health: Reuters—Mild depression tied to diabetes complications Even mild bouts of depression may worsen the health complications that often go along with type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. Canadian researchers followed more than 1,000 patients for five years … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's Disease, autism, benefits, concussions, depression, diabetes, Disabilities, disability, distress, genetics, health, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, kansas city chiefs, mental health, nfl, parkinson's, Parkinson's Disease, politico, psychotherapy, reuters, Rheumatoid Arthritis, sandy hook, science daily, sip-and-puff system, slate, sports, stroke, taxis, teddowusu, teddy owusu, the new york times, tongue-drive wheelchair, un news centre, United Nations, wheelchair
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Olympics and Paralympics Represented Together
The new pictograms for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been released! The latest rendition (the making of which can be viewed at rio2016.com), will mark the first time that all the 41 Olympic and 23 Paralympic sports … Continue reading
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Tagged archery, athletes, boccia, design, equestrian, olympics, owusu, Paralympic Games, Paralympic sports, paralympics, pebbles, pictograms, rio, rio 2016, rugby, sailing, shooting, sport, sports, summer olympics, summer paralympics, swimming, teddowusu, teddy, tennis, track and field, wheelchair
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2012 Paralympics: Wheelchair Basketball
One of the most intriguing aspects of taking in the Paralympics has to be watching games we know and love, as played by the likes of Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan, taken to another level by athletes with disabilities. Wheelchair … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, 29, athletes, august, owusu, paralympics, Special Olympics, sports, teddowusu, teddy, wheelchair, wheelchair basketball
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Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center 