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Category Archives: Report
Three New Publications from the Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion!
The NIDRR-funded Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion has three new publications: A Practical Guide for People with Mental Health Conditions Who Want to Work Although a staggering number of individuals with mental health conditions do not work, competitive employment … Continue reading
Posted in Guide, Project, Publications, Report
Tagged employment, mental health, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, peer specialists, psychiatric disabilities, Publications, resource guide, resource manual, Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities, TU Collaborative on Community Inclusion, work
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IACC Releases Momentous Report on Autism Research
The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) has released a report detailing the remarkable advances in autism research in recent years. The report is being touted as the most comprehensive summary of trends in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) research, including gaps … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Report, Uncategorized
Tagged ASD, autism, autism coordinating committee, autism research, autism spectrum disorders, biology, combating autism reauthorization act, diagnosing autism, IACC, interagency autism coordinating committee, owusu, president, president obama, research, science, strategic plan for autism spectrum disorders research, teddowusu, teddy, thomas insel
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Second Impact Syndrome
Amid the recent growing concern over concussions in youth, collegiate, and professional contact sports is a lesser known yet serious head injury: second impact syndrome or SIS occurs when an athlete suffers a blow to the head too soon after … Continue reading
Posted in Report, Uncategorized
Tagged athletes, athletics, brain, brain injury, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, concussion, cuncussions, education, head injury, injury, MLB, NBA, nfl, NHL, owusu, prevention, second impact syndrome, sis, sports, teddowusu, teddy, treatment
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2012 Annual Compendium of Disability Statistics Released!
On November 28th the NIDRR-funded Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics (StatsRRTC) released the 2012 Annual Disability Statistics Compendium in conjunction with the Second Annual Research-to-Policy Roundtable in Washington, DC presented by Kessler Foundation in partnership … Continue reading
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Tagged AAPD, disability issues, disability policy, disability statistics, Dr. Andrew Houtenville, Dr. John O'Neil, Dr. Margaret Campbell, Institute on Disability, Kessler Foundation, Mark Perriello, Mathematica Policy Research, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Demographics and Statistics, Research-to-Policy Roundtable, StatsRRTC, University of New Hampshire
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Two New Publications from the Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion!
The NIDRR-funded Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion has two new publications: Future Research Recommendations Report The report is a guide to community inclusion researchers in the years ahead. The full set of recommendations was developed at the Collaborative’s Second … Continue reading
Posted in Guide, Project, Publications, Report, Website
Tagged Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, college, community inclusion, monographs, psychiatric disabilities, reports, research recommendations, students with disabilities, Temple University, Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities, universities
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The Urban Re-Entry Group: A Support Program
The Washington, D.C. region has some of the highest rates of violence-related spinal cord injury in the United States. For those living with these injuries, a local support group is committed to helping them adjust to a new and often … Continue reading
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Available from Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System: SCI Forum Video Presentation “Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy for Spasticity”
The Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System (NWRSCIS) SCI Forum presents the video and report on Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy for Spasticity. The video discusses what intrathecal baclofen therapy is and how it fits into the spectrum of spasticity management options … Continue reading
Save the Date: Annual Compendium of Disability Statistics and the Second Annual Research-to-Policy Roundtable to take place in November
The release of the Annual Compendium of Disability Statistics and the Second Annual Research-to-Policy Roundtable meeting will both take place on Wednesday, November 28th in the Capital Hill area of Washington, D.C. The NIDRR-funded Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on … Continue reading
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Tagged Annual Compendium of Disability Statistics, disability advocates, Disability Compendium, disability policy, disability statistics, Institute on Disability, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, policy makers, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Demographics and Statistics, Research-to-Police Roundtable, researchers, StatsRRTC, University of New Hampshire
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The Olympics and Paralympics Together Through 2020
On July 24, 2012, just three days before the start of the Olympics and 36 before the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge signed a co-operation agreement that will … Continue reading
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Tagged london, olympics, owusu, paralympics, sport, teddy
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Call for Papers for the Center of Excellence on Disability Research National Conference!
Mathematica Policy Research is soliciting research abstracts to be presented at the Center of Excellence on Disability Research national conference to be held March 11th –12th, 2013 in Crystal City, Virginia. The conference presents important new research findings on care … Continue reading