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Tag Archives: autism spectrum disorder
Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, September 7 – Friday, September 11
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Policy: Adult, autistic and ignored (The New York Times) Roughly 500,000 children with autism will become adults over the next 10 years, and as they reach the age of 21, they will find … Continue reading
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Tagged ADHD, adults with autism, Animotus, autism, autism funding, autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, federal disability benefits, fish consumption and depression, modified Story Memory Technique, mSMT, omega-3 fatty acids, service animals, Social Security disability fund, sports and cerebral palsy, visual impairments, wayfinding device for blind
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, July 6 – Friday, July 10
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Arts: How to make a musical for the Deaf (BuzzFeed) Deaf West, a premiere Deaf theater company based in Los Angeles, will be taking the musical Spring Awakening to Broadway this fall. In … Continue reading
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Tagged autism spectrum disorder, blood test for diabetes type 1, brain impairments, caregivers, Deaf West theater company, eye tracker, EyeControl, microRNA 375, neurorehabilitation, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, severe disabilities, shared brain-machine interface, sign language, smell test for autism, stroke, Tetris as therapeutic aid, type 1 diabetes, uric acid
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, February 9 – Friday, February 13
Human Interest: Meet the first model with Down syndrome to walk the runway at Fashion Week (NBC TODAY) Jamie Brewer, an actress with Down syndrome, is modeling designs by Carrie Hammer during New York Fashion Week. She is part of … Continue reading
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Tagged ADA. Americans with Disabilities Act, alpha brain waves and hearing impairment, autism spectrum disorder, cerebellum, declarative memory, diabetes, diabetes treatment, Down syndrome awareness, dyslexia, glucose-responsive insulin, iBrailler keyboard for iPads, intellectual disabilities, obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, parents with disabilities, poststroke rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Act, section 504, seniors with hearing loss, Specific Language Impairment, stroke, Tourette Syndrome
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, January 19 – Friday, January 23
Education: Study finds postsecondary programs boost outcomes (Disability Scoop) A new study suggests that individuals with intellectual disabilities who attend postsecondary programs are finding greater success in the job market than those who do not pursue further education. For the … Continue reading
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Tagged ASD, autism spectrum disorder, brain injury rehabilitation, Care-O-bot, cochlear implant alternative, cochlear implants, deaf and hard of hearing, hearing and perfect pitch, immune response in brain and spinal cord injury, intellectual disabilities, Parkinson's Disease, perfect pitch, postsecondary education, robotic personal assistantstudents with intellectual disabilities, spinal cord injury rehabilitation, stimulation of balance organs
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The Autism Women’s Network is Seeking Submissions
The Autism Women’s Network is seeking submissions of poetry and non-fiction of any length for a new anthology on autism and race. The submissions for this new anthology will be written by people of color with autism and will be … Continue reading
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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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, July 7 – Friday, July 11
Policy: Supreme Court rules on disability caregivers (Disability Scoop) The Supreme Court ruled last week that personal home care employees cannot be forced to pay dues to a union. According to the ruling, these employees, some of whom care for … Continue reading
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Tagged autism spectrum disorder, brain-machine interface, children with ASD, conservatorship, Department of Defense, direct brain recording, Disability and Abuse Project, FingerReader, guardianship, iPad, memory deficit, National Right to Vote Foundation, National Right to Work Foundation, paraplegia, reading device for blind, speech disabilities, speech synthesizer, Supreme Court, text-to-speech software, traumatic brain injury, U.S. Supreme Court, union dues, US Department of Justice, veterans, Voting Rights Act of 1965, wheelchair
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