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Tag Archives: Alzheimer’s Disease
Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, May 2 to Friday, May 6
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Accessible Travel: Airline accessibility remains an issue (Disability Scoop) While most people assume the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) governs accessibility on airplanes, this is not the case. Accessible lavatories are required only … Continue reading
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Tagged accessible airplane bathrooms, accessible travel, ADA. Americans with Disabilities Act, Adderall, Alzheimer's Disease, behavior therapy for ADHD, Boston Marathon blind runner, children with ADHD, college program for students with intellectual disabilities, concrete processing and PTSD, GlassOuse head tracking mouse, ritalin, timed-release glaucoma drug, University of Cincinnati Transition Access Program
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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 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, January 4 to Friday, January 8
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Diagnostics: NPR program highlights over the telephone hearing test (The Hearing Review) A recent National Public Radio (NPR) Morning Edition program featured a hearing test that consumers can take over the phone to … Continue reading
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Tagged accessible airplane bathrooms, adults with autism, air travelers with disabilities, Alzheimer's Disease, American Sign Language (ASL), Apple ResearchKit, Autism & Beyond, autism awareness, autism in girls, British Psychological Society Division of Educational and Child Psychology, caregivers, Duke Medical Center, hearing loss, hearing test, National Hearing Test, negotiated rulemaking, Office of Naval Research, sarcasm in ASL, teens with autism, University of Manitoba, US Department of Transportation
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, August 10 – Friday, August 14
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Accessibility: Disabled Luke Kenshole was ‘kicked off’ flight to US because he was in a wheelchair (Western Daily Press – UK) A British airline passenger says he was removed from a flight to … Continue reading
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Tagged airline cabin accessibility, Alzheimer's Disease, children with diabetes, communication, deaf and hard of hearing, depression, diabetes care plan, diabetic wound care, ExoAtlet exoskeleton, marker for schizophrenia, nano dressing, paralysis, parents of children with diabetes, Parkinson's Disease, schizophrenia, sleeping position and neurological disorders, Socratic questioning in cognitive therapy, spinal cord injury, students with diabetes, travel with wheelchair, wound healing in diabetes
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, May 25 – Friday, May 29
Human Interest: Blind mother-to-be gets the chance to ‘see’ her unborn son for the very first time after doctors surprise her with a 3D printout of his ultrasound (VIDEO) (Daily Mail – UK) Thanks to 3-D printing technology, a blind … Continue reading
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Tagged 3-D printing technology, Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research Care and Services, Alzheimer's Disease, anxiety disorders, certified therapy dog, Google disability initiative, Magstim Rapid2 rTMS Therapy System, major depressive disorders, Prado Museum, Prado Museum 3-D exhibit, Sahlgrenska Academy, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, Special Olympics, SSRIs, ultrasound imaging
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, March 9 to Friday, March 13
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Culture: Being funny is Shannon DeVido’s world (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Shannon DeVido gets her laughs as a stand-up comedian, improvisational sketch artist, and host of her YouTube show, “Stare at Shannon.” “I’ve done … Continue reading
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Tagged adults with autism, Alzheimer's Disease, developmental disabilities, fall prevention, L'Arche communities, neurosignaling research, relationships, spinal muscular atrophy, Templeton Prize, thought-controlled arm, ultrasound therapy for Alzheimer's, upper-body exoskeleton
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