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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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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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

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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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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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