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Tag Archives: accessibility
Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. Each month, we look through the searches on our blog and through the information requests made by our patrons who speak Spanish and … Continue reading
Posted in Answer Queue, Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged accessibility, Apps, bipolar disorder, causes, cognitive deterioration, depression, Disabilities, disability, education, employment, genetics, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Articles, NIDILRR Research, people with disabilities, psychiatric disabilities, rehabilitation, research, Spanish-language, technology, treatments
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What is home health care?
Home health care, or home health, can be defined as a wide range of health care services that are provided within a person’s home for an illness or injury and can be for the short or long term. Usually, it … Continue reading
Posted in Answer Queue, Uncategorized
Tagged accessibility, Disabilities, disability, home health, home health aide, home health care, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Articles, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, people with disabilities, personal care assistants, technology, vocational rehabilitation
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, July 20 – Friday, July 24
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Accessibility: Woman in wheelchair who fought for Disabilities Act can’t use tour bus (The Washington Post) Even before she arrives in the nation’s capital this weekend to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged accessibility, ADA. Americans with Disabilities Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Argus II eye prosthesis, cataracts, hemiplegia, lanosterol, lanosterol eye drops, macular degeneration, National Council on Disability, NIDILRR, paretic limb, Robert L. Burgdorf Jr, Social Security, Social Security disabilities benefits, stroke, visitability
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. Each month, we look through the searches on our blog and through the information requests made by our patrons who speak Spanish and … Continue reading
Posted in Publications, Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged accessibility, accessible medical care, accessible medical equipment, accommodations, ADA, ADA 25 anniversary, ADA@25, assistive technology, CRPD, Disabilities, disability, discapacidad, emotional support animals, NIDILRR, NIDILRR investigations, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, people with disabilities, service animals, veterans, veterans with disabilities
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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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CMS Wants Your Input on Accessibility Info for Physician Compare
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold a Virtual Office Hour on June 23rd at 1pm to talk about its Physician Compare website. The session will include stakeholder questions about the site and about public reporting. CMS … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, accessible health care, CMS, health care, physicians
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Welcoming Congregations: Accessibility, Inclusion, and Faith Communities
It’s a busy time of year for faith communities. Services for Easter, Passover seders, Nowruz celebrations, and more events are happening in spiritual centers around the world. For people with disabilities, access to these spiritual connections can be important to remaining … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, ADA, ADA@25, congregations, faith-based communities, inclusion, religion, spirituality
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. Each month, we look through the searches on our blog and through the information requests made by our patrons who speak Spanish and … Continue reading
Posted in Publications, Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged access, accessibility, Apps, assistive technology, children, children with disabilities, digital divide, Disabilities, e-learning, education, Educational Resource Center, employment outcomes, general education, Hispanics, Hispanics with disabil, Innovation and learning Network, intellectual disabilities, interventions, Latino attitudes, Latinos, Latinos with disabilities, learning, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, ONCE, people with disabilities, RIA, Spanish, Spanish-language, special education, special needs, teachers, technology, TWYLA, visual disabilities
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NIDRR Researchers Named to FCC Disability Advisory Committee
The Federal Communications Commission has officially announced and scheduled the first meeting of the new Disability Advisory Committee. Several members of the NIDRR community will serve on the committee, providing advice and recommendations to the FCC on a wide array … Continue reading
RERC Presentations Selected as Best Papers at CSUN 2014
Congratulations to the NIDRR-funded Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Wireless Technologies (Wireless RERC) and the RERC on Universal Interface and Information Technology Access! Their presentations at the 29th International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, or CSUN 2014, were selected … Continue reading