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Yearly Archives: 2013
Happy Holidays from NARIC
As the NARIC staff prepares to close the office for Christmas, we want to take a moment to wish all of our readers a merry Christmas, a blessed Yule, a good Kwanzaa, a belated happy Chanukah, and all the best … Continue reading
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Resumen Semanal sobre las Noticias de Discapacidad – lunes, 16 de diciembre – viernes, 20 de diciembre
Salud: Reuters – Mujeres mayores son sedentarias la mayor parte del día: Estudio Mujeres mayores pasan cercan de dos tercios de su tiempo sentadas, un nuevo estudio lo sugiere. El sedentarismo se ha relacionado con enfermedad y discapacidad. “Incluso la … Continue reading
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Tagged Asuntos de Veteranos, autismo, children, Comité Paralímpico Internacional, criminales, deportes, discapacidad, discapacidades, empleo, espectro de autismo, esquí, estrés, FCC, industrias verdes, juegos paralimpicos, mujeres, niños, personas con discapacidades, problemas de audición, salud mental, síndrome de Down, sordera, Spanish, Spanish-language, TEA, trastornos de audición, veteranos, veteranos con discapacidad
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Disability News Weekly Roundup Monday, Dec 16 – Friday Dec 20
Health: Reuters— Older Women are Sedentary Most of the Day: Study Older women spend about two-thirds of their time sitting, a new study suggests. Sedentary behavior has been linked to disease and disability. “Even people who go to the gym … Continue reading
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Tagged abc news, accessibility, aging, ASD, autism, autism spectrum disorder, autism spectrum disorders, beatles, Catherine A. Sarkisian, child with down syndrome, children, cnn, criminals, Darrell Steinberg, david filiberto, deaf, disability, disability news roundup, down syndrome, employment and disability institute at cornell university, FCC, federal communications commission, green, hard of hearing, hearing impaired, high blood pressure, hormone, los angeles times, mental health, mental well being, mental wellness, minnesota, nfl, obamacare, paralympics, paul mccartney, psychosocial, reuters, science daily, seahawks, sensory, somali children, stress, susanne bruyere, tinnitus, UCLA, weekly, women
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American Association on Health and Disability Launches ACA National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative Website
The American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) has launched the website for the ACA National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative (NDNRC). The AAHD partnered with seven national organizations representing unique cross-disability experiences to create the NDNRC, an initiative aimed at … Continue reading
Posted in Organization, Uncategorized, Website
Tagged AAHD initiatives, Affordable Care Act, Affordable Health Care Act, American Association of People with Disabilities, American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD), Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Task Force on Health, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, enrollment specialists, Fact Sheets, free guides, Health Insurance Marketplace, healthcare, medicaid, National Alliance on Mental Illness, National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, navigators, people with disabilties, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Arc, United Spinal Association, website
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Mental Health Awareness: NARIC Remembers Sandy Hook
The events of December 14, 2012 will be remembered as a national tragedy. The recent anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre stirred up feelings of heartbreak as people across the nation remembered the day 26 lives, 20 of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, community, connecticut, david ackert, december 14, learning and working during the transition to adulthood, mental health, mental illness, mental wellbeing, michelle obama, NARIC, newton, newtown, newtown action alliance, newtown foundation, NIDRR, president obama, rrtc on psychiatric disability and co-occurring medical conditions, rtc for pathways to positive futures, sandy hook elementary, Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities, temple university rehabilitation research and training center on community living and participation of individuals with psychiatric disabilities
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RERC on Technologies for Children with Pediatric Disabilities Promotes Research at the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Annual Meeting
The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technologies for Children with Pediatric Disabilities (Tech4POD) is a NIDRR-funded RERC that focuses on advanced engineering research and the development of innovative technologies addressing children with orthopedic disabilities. Tech4POD’s four research activities and development … Continue reading
Posted in Event, Project, Publications, Report, Uncategorized, Website
Tagged accessible technology, American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM), annual meeting, Children with cerebal palsy, development projects, Marquette University, NIDRR projects, orthopedic disabilities, pediatric rehabilitation, poster sessions, presentations, rehabilitation engineering, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technologies for Children with Pediatric Disabilities (Tech4POD), RERCs, research activities, Tech4POD, United Cerebral Palsy of Southeast Wisconsin, workshops
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Un estudio para probar la eficacia de la información de la salud en ASL en la comunidad de personas sordas o con problemas de audición
El equipo de Educación sobre la Genética del Cáncer para los Proyectos de Genética de Sordos, que está formado de investigadores en la Universidad Gallaudet y la Universidad de California Los Ángeles (UCLA), está trabajando para hacer la información de … Continue reading
Posted in Research Study
Tagged cancer, discapacidad, discapacidades, ensayo, estudio, familia, familias, Gallaudet, hístoria de cáncer de la familia, hístoria de la salud de la familia, historia de salud, investigacion, participación, persona con discapacidad, personas con discapacidades, problemas de audición, salud, sordos, Spanish, Spanish-language, UCLA
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A Study to Test the Effectiveness of Health Information in ASL in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community
The Cancer Genetics Education for the Deaf Genetics Projects team, which is made up of researchers at Gallaudet University and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), is working to make health information available in ASL. To this end, they … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer, deaf, Disabilities, disability, family, family history, Gallaudet, genetics, hard of hearing, health, health history, HOH, participation, people with disabilities, research, Research Study, study, survey, UCLA
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NIDRR Seeks Nominations for Rehabilitation Research Advisory Council
Rehabilitation Research Advisory Council; Request for Nominations – A Notice by the Education Department on 12/18/2013 Please see the full notice in the Federal Register at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-12-18/pdf/2013-30087.pdf Summary: The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education announces the agency’s intention … Continue reading
Paciente y blogger: Crónicas familiares sobre enfermedades neurológicas
En la edición de diciembre 2013/enero 2014 de Neurology Now (Volumen 9, Número 6), la sección Waiting Room destaca los bloggers pacientes en el artículo “Having Their Say: Patient Bloggers”. El artículo describe como los bloggers pacientes ofrecen consejos, ya … Continue reading