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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, August 18 – Friday, August 22
Funding: “Ice Bucket Challenge” has raised millions for ALS Association (The New York Times) The “Ice Bucket Challenge” has lit social media on fire, raising both money and awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). About 30,000 Americans have the disease, … Continue reading
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Tagged ALS, ALS Association, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), ASD, autism behavior therapy, autism spectrum disorder, children with disabilities, Evermind, home safety monitor, household appliance monitor, independent living, legislation, medicare, Medicare fraud, National Health Interview Survey, nursing homes, Put a Registered Nurse in the Nursing Home Act, registered nurse, schizophrenia, wheelchairs
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Disability Awareness Campaigns in Colleges and Universities
Recently, a patron asked us if we were aware of any colleges and universities that hold autism spectrum disorder (ASD) awareness campaigns on their campuses. We broadened the question to disability awareness campaigns and spoke with several Disability Services Offices … Continue reading
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Tagged ASD, autism, autism spectrum disorder, Awareness, Bellevue college, college, Columbus State University, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, disability, disability awareness campaigns, education, people with disabilities, university, University of Central Florida
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Answered Questions: Supplemental
We recently published an issue of Answered Questions with Autism as its theme. We would like to add the following resources and community outreach for our readers in the US: Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center: http://www.autismcenter.org/hispanic-community-outreach A support group … Continue reading
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 ASD, autism, autism spectrum disorder, children, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, disability, education, employment, further research, Lorenzo's Dipper, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, people with disabilities, rehab, rehabilitation, research, Resources, Spanish, Spanish-language, technology
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What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), an institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are identified by “persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts; restricted, repetitive patterns of … Continue reading
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Tagged ASD, ASDs, autism, autism spectrum disorder, autism spectrum disorders, children, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, disability, education, employment, employment and ASD, employment and autism, families, hippotherapy, Librarian's Picks, NARIC, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, parents, people with disabilities, repetitive behaviors, social impairment, therapy, vaccines
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, May 12 – Friday, May 16
Human Interest: A man became a math wiz after suffering brain injuries. Researchers think they know why. (The Washington Post) A severe concussion has turned a furniture salesman from Tacoma, Washington into a mathematical genius who sees the world through … Continue reading
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Tagged acquired savant syndrome, ADA, ASD, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder adhd, autism spectrum disorder, behavior training software, bipolar disorder, brain injury, cerebral palsy, charter schools, deaf and hard of hearing, FBI, Interstate Telecommunications Relay Services Fund, job interview training, mindfulness, mobile phone app, robotic prosthesis, section 504, special education, traumatic brain injury, Xbox One Kinect
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Disability News Weekly Roundup Monday, Jan 13 – Friday Jan 17
Health: Science Daily—Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Traced from Genetic Roots to Physical Defect A team including researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, have discovered that a specific gene may play a major role in the development of a life-threatening birth defect called … Continue reading
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Tagged abc news, ALS, alternative medicine, Alzheimer's, ASD, autism, blindness, cdh, children, cnn, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, delirium, developmental disorders, employment, fox news, gluten free, huntington's disease, journal of neuroscience, med page today, National Institutes of Health, new york times, NIH, olympian, olympics, parkinson's, rensselaer polytechnic institute, science daily, sochi, sound, sundance, the hill, vanderbilt university, vision
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Disability News Weekly Roundup Monday, Dec 16 – Friday Dec 20
Health: Reuters— Older Women are Sedentary Most of the Day: Study Older women spend about two-thirds of their time sitting, a new study suggests. Sedentary behavior has been linked to disease and disability. “Even people who go to the gym … Continue reading
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Tagged abc news, accessibility, aging, ASD, autism, autism spectrum disorder, autism spectrum disorders, beatles, Catherine A. Sarkisian, child with down syndrome, children, cnn, criminals, Darrell Steinberg, david filiberto, deaf, disability, disability news roundup, down syndrome, employment and disability institute at cornell university, FCC, federal communications commission, green, hard of hearing, hearing impaired, high blood pressure, hormone, los angeles times, mental health, mental well being, mental wellness, minnesota, nfl, obamacare, paralympics, paul mccartney, psychosocial, reuters, science daily, seahawks, sensory, somali children, stress, susanne bruyere, tinnitus, UCLA, weekly, women
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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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