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Tag Archives: Arthritis
Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, March 23 to Friday, March 27
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español Education: Another voucher bill – for students with special needs – advancing in legislature (Chalkbeat Tennessee) While bills that would bring private school vouchers to Tennessee have made headlines this year, a more … Continue reading
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Tagged actors with disabilities, Arthritis, autism spectrum disorders, caption devices in movie theaters, captions, deaf and hard of hearing, down syndrome, gastrointestinal problems and autism, handiii COYOTE, Mayor Bill de Blasio, mental health cellphone hotline, multi-parameter pressure ulcer probe, private school vouchers, safe baseball pitching, smartphone-connected EMG-controlled prosthetic arm, Special needs children
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Proceedings from the 2014 Arthritis State of the Science Meeting now available!
The conference proceedings from the Arthritis State of the Science conference are now available through the NIDRR-funded Center for Enhancing Activity and Participation among Persons with Arthritis (ENACT) website. In April 2014, ENACT brought together leaders in the fields of … Continue reading
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Tagged activity, Arthritis, Center for Enhancing Activity and Participation Among Persons with Arthritis (ENACT), community, conference, conference proceedings, employment, ENACT, newsletter, participation, people with arthritis, presentations, rehabilitation, rheumatology, RRTC, state of the science
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, March 24 – Friday, March 28
Human Interest: Boston bombing survivor dances again (United Press International) A professional dancer who lost the lower part of her left leg in the Boston Marathon bombing about a year ago is the recipient of a prosthetic limb specially designed … Continue reading
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Tagged alcohol addiction, Alzheimer's Disease, American Sign Language (ASL), Arthritis, autism, Boston Marathon bombing, brain stimulation, cerebral palsy, deaf, depression medication, drug addiction, eldercare, elementary school education, epilepsy, epilepsy treatment, fetal development, hearing aid usage, hearing aids, hearing impaired, hearing loss, hearing problems, leg amputation, monitoring system for seniors, nasal spray, pediatric walk aid, prosthetic for dancing, prosthetic knee, prosthetic limb, sign language, smart home, sports prosthesis, stroke rehabilitation
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Disability News Weekly Roundup Monday, Nov 18 – Friday Nov 22
Disability News Weekly Roundup Health: Science Daily— Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer at Risk of Early Aging Researchers found that frail health was associated with a greater risk for adult childhood cancer survivors of death and chronic disease. Being frail … Continue reading
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Tagged abc news, accessibility, aging, aid programs, al jazeera, Arthritis, Asperger Syndrome, associated press, autism, autism research, california healthline, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Child Neuropsychology, childhood cancer, cnn, concussion, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), doorknobs, fox news, government shutdown, head injury, health, med page today, mental health, military psychology, nervous system, obama, olympics, owusu, policy, recession, rheumatic conditions, Rheumatoid Arthritis, science daily, seattle times, sports, stroke prevention, teddowusu, teddy, united nations disabilities pact, vancouver sun, veterans
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Psoriasis Awareness Month
August is Psoriasis Awareness Month. As many as 7.5 million Americans have psoriasis making it the most common autoimmune disease in the United States. Psoriasis occurs when the immune system sends out faulty signals that speed the growth cycle of … Continue reading
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Tagged advocate, Arthritis, autoimmune disease, Awareness, contagious, cure psoriasis, disease, health, immune system, joints, medicine, mental health issues, national psoriasis foundation, owusu, pain, psoriasis, psoriatic, scaly patches, skin, skin cells, teddowusu, teddy
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Opportunities to Participate: ENACT is Currently Enrolling for Three Research Studies for People with Arthritis or Other Rheumatic Conditions
The Center for Enhancing Activity and Participation among Persons with Arthritis (ENACT) is currently enrolling participants for three arthritis research studies in Massachusetts. Interested individuals may be eligible if they have: knee osteoarthritis with knee pain; concerns about employment due … Continue reading
Podcast 10 in ENACT Podcast Series “Active Living with Arthritis” is now available!
The NIDRR-funded RRTC on ENhancing ACTivity and Participation for Persons with Arthritis (ENACT) has released the ninth podcast in the “Active Living with Arthritis” series. This series provides evidence-based information to assist people living with arthritis and other rheumatic conditions … Continue reading
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Tagged Amber Steckel, Arthritis, Arthritis Active Living Podcasts, Center for Enhancing Activity and Participation Among Persons with Arthritis (ENACT), Dr. Karen Jacobs, ENACT, Kaitlin Thompson, mobile and smartphone, Online resources, online tools, podcast, podcast series, Resources, rheumatic conditions, technology, University of Boston
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Podcast 9 in ENACT Podcast Series “Active Living with Arthritis” is now available!
The NIDRR-funded RRTC on ENhancing ACTivity and Participation for Persons with Arthritis (ENACT) has released the ninth podcast in the “Active Living with Arthritis” series. This series provides evidence-based information to assist people living with arthritis and other rheumatic conditions … Continue reading
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Tagged Amber Steckel, Arthritis, Arthritis Active Living Podcasts, Boston University, caregiving, Center for Enhancing Activity and Participation Among Persons with Arthritis (ENACT), Dr. Julie Keysor, Dr. Karen Jacobs, ENACT, Kaitlin Thompson, managing conditions, physical disabilities, podcast, podcast series, rheumatic conditions
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Podcast 8 in ENACT Podcast Series “Active Living with Arthritis” is now available!
The NIDRR-funded RRTC ENhancing ACTivity and Participation for Persons with Arthritis (ENACT) has released the eighth podcast in the “Active Living with Arthritis” series and the finale in their two-part series on arthritis and employment. The Active Living with Arthritis … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthritis, Arthritis Active Living Podcasts, Boston University, Center for Enhancing Activity and Participation Among Persons with Arthritis (ENACT), Dr. Saralynn Allaire, employment, ENACT, NIDRR grantees, NIDRR research, podcast, podcast series, rheumatic conditions, workplace accommodations
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