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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, April 11 to Friday, April 15
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Funding: Google awards $20 million to 29 innovative disability nonprofits (Gizmag) Google has announced 29 winners of its Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities, which it launched in May last year to invest in non-profit … Continue reading
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Tagged ADAPT, aging in rural areas, antidepressants, brain implant, clemastine fumarate, Click2Speak, club foot, cognitive behavior therapy, eye movements of children with autism, Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities, hands-free on-screen keyboard, hoarding disorder, IndieGo wheelchair, Miraclefeet, multiple sclerosis, satelllite clinics, spinal cord injury, telemedicine, wayfinding GPS for blind
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, April 4 to Friday, April 8
Media: Ad campaign targets Hollywood disability references (Disability Scoop) With a new advertising campaign, Family Member, a disability advocacy group, is putting Hollywood on notice that it is not acceptable to mock people with disabilities. A quarter-page advertisement running in … Continue reading
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Tagged alt text, amputation, Arthritis, autism, balance disorders, blind and low vision app, capuchin monkey, cryoablation therapy, disability portrayed in movies, down syndrome, Facebook accessibility, glasses for people with Down Syndrome, hippotherapy, limited physical mobility, phantom limb pain, robotic horse, specially adapted homes for veterans, Specs4Us, spoken descriptions of photographs, therapy animals, US Department of Veterans Affairs
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, March 28 to Friday, April 1
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Arts: How actors with disabilities are educating casting directors (Playbill) Several casting directors and associates affiliated with the Casting Society of America (CSA) have partnered with the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, … Continue reading
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Tagged actors with disabilities, affinity group communities, Alzheimer's Disease, autism spectrum disorder, child prodigies, children with developmental disabilities, epilepsy, heart rate variability in epilepsy, Help Me Grow, post stroke rehabilitation, prodigy and autism, rehabilitation in Alzheimer's disease, seizure prediction device, senior housing
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, March 21 to Friday, March 25
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Education: UCF Students with disabilities find their place on campus (Orlando Sentinel) This story introduces a freshman at the University of Central Florida (UCF) who is one of a handful of students with … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's Disease, Apple iPad as magnification technology for blind users, autism, Autism & Beyond app, college students with disabilities, concussion, individual motor signature (IMS), Nesel backpack, portable concussion assessment system, snake-venom antidote to Alzheimer's disease, social media and depression, SyncThink EYE-SYNC
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, March 14 to Friday, March 18
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Apparel: Nike expands shoe line for people with special needs (Disability Scoop) Nike is adding to its line of sneakers designed specifically for people with disabilities by introducing three new shoes that use … Continue reading
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Tagged 1965 Medicare law, adapted clothing, electrical brain stimulation as stroke intervention, fda, hearing aids, Institute of Medicine, law enforcement, lower limb prosthesis, meditation and running as treatment for depression, Nike FLYEASE sneakers, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Ruderman Family Organization, seniors with hearing loss, smart insulin patch, subclinical PTSD, tDCS, transcranial direct current stimulation, veterans
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, March 7 to Friday, March 11
Caregiving: Living with the parents I’m losing to Alzheimer’s (The New York Times) In 2010, after several disturbing phone calls from and about her aging parents, Elizabeth Wolf moved back from Vermont to her parents’ home in New Jersey. She … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's Disease, caregivers, caregiving, cochlear implants, diabetes sniffing dog, down syndrome, golf program for Veterans, independent living, music and cochlear implants, posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSD, service dogs, type 1 diabetes, veterans
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, February 29 to Friday, March 4
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Education: Grim statistics show city still failing to evaluate, serve many students with disabilities (Chalkbeat New York) Newly released data show that New York City is struggling to monitor and provide services to … Continue reading
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Tagged asthma, autism spectrum disorder, cavitation, cavitation in brain injury, down syndrome, explosions and brain injury, motor-speech impediment, over-generalization in anxiety, Sneezometer, spirometer, students with disabilities, therapy animals, therapy dogs, VIVY diathermy pain relief device
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, February 22 to Friday, February 26
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Apparel: Tommy Hilfiger debuts adaptive clothing line (Disability Scoop) The designer Tommy Hilfiger is launching a line of apparel just for children with special needs. The 22-piece children’s offering comprises items that look … Continue reading
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Tagged 3-D printing technology, adaptive clothing, ADHD, ADHD and visual impairment, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Braille maps, color blindness, continuous glucose monitor, Dexcom G4, do-it-yourself glucose monitoring program, lazy eye, lower back pain, mind controlled prosthetic hand, mindfulness, seniors
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, February 15 to Friday, February 19
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Employment: Workplace disability discrimination claims at record high (Disability Scoop) The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reports that charges of job bias related to disability rose 6 percent to total 26,968 for the … Continue reading
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Tagged A.D.H.D., attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, BraunAbility MXV, CAREX robotic exoskeleton, deaf and hard of hearing, EEOC, hearing aids, Myo gesture control armband, optogenetics, post stroke rehabilitation, retinitis pigmentosa, RetroSense Therapeutics, Sceptre, sensorineural hearing loss, stroke, virtual reality therapy for depression, wheelchair accessible SUV, workplace disability discrimination
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