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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, June 20 to Friday, June 24
Advocacy: Briana Scurry embraces new role as women’s brain health advocate (The Washington Post) In April 2010, Washington Freedom goalkeeper Briana Scurry sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) during a Women’s Professional Soccer match. Three and a half years later, … Continue reading
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Tagged autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, congressional brain injury task force, diabetes, emotional trauma, EPESE study, foot-operated video game controller, Gloria Mundi Care, medication and older adults, mindfulness therapy, OrbisBox, seniors, TBI, Temple Grandin hug machine, traumatic brain injury, type 2 diabetes
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, August 24 – Friday, August 28
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Education: Amazon e-book deal with NYC public schools postponed as Blind advocates say it would leave out visually impaired students (New York Daily News) New York City education officials have shelved a $30 … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative standardized tests for students with disabilities, ASD, autism spectrum disorders, brain injury, Departamento de Educación, Department of Education, diagnostic device for traumatic brain injury, electronic books, fathers of children with autism, FITGuard mouthgard, leg amputation, leg prosthesis, locus coeruleus, long-term memory, Medicare coverage of prostheses, premature infants and ADHD, robotic skeleton, students with disabilities, tetraplegia, Tough Mudder, U.S. Education Department, wheelchair controlled with chin
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, August 3 – Friday, August 7
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Human Interest: This man ran the Boston Marathon and is about to climb Mount Kilimanjaro – and he’s blind (Men’s Health) Randy Pierce’s life changed in 1989 when a neurological disorder rendered him … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D-printed leg cast, ASD, ASD and research, autism spectrum disorders, blind, blind mountain climber, childhood-onset schizophrenia, COS, Dot Braille smartwatch, double hand transplant, Fathom BoomCast, guide dog, mitochondrial illness, pediatric treadmill, research funding, spinal cord injury, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator, U.S. Government Accountability Office
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, May 18 – Friday, May 22
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Education: Holding schools responsible for addressing childhood trauma (The Atlantic) A group of students and teachers in Southern California recently filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court against the Compton Unified School District. … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D printed prosthesis for sea turtle, ASDs, autism spectrum disorders, blood test for TBI, cerebral palsy, complex trauma, electrical stimulation for wound healing, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), primary and secondary education, rhythm and stuttering, school mental health services, Sensory Lounger calming chair, stuttering, TBI, thought-controlled arm, traumatic brain injury, white house office on disability
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, May 11 – Friday, May 15
Human Interest: Audree Norton, who paved way for deaf actors, dies at 88 (The New York Times) Audree Norton, a Deaf actress whose fight to be cast on a television show in the late 1970s greatly helped the careers of … Continue reading
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Tagged ASD, Audree Norton, autism spectrum disorders, Autism/Asperger's Initiative (AIM), catatonia, computer-aided stroke detection system, deaf, Deaf actors, diabetic neuropathy, down syndrome, pressure-sensing stocking, Screen Actors Guild, Space-Flex 2, subminimum wage, wheelchair accessible toilet, XploR smart cane
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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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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, February 2 – Friday, February 6
Living: The Dutch village where everyone has dementia (The Atlantic) The isolated Dutch village of Hogeway lies on the outskirts of Amsterdam. It is a cutting-edge elderly-care facility, roughly the size of 10 football fields, where residents with dementia are … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D printed prosthesis, Alzheimer's Disease, Asperger Syndrome, assisted living, autism, autism spectrum disorders, brain computer interface, computer exercise game for upper limb impaired, dementia, disability legislation, early childhood programs, Learning Disabilities, Russian President Vladimir Putin, sick leave, thalidomide, veterans, Wounded Warriors, Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, November 17 –Friday, November 21
Advocacy: Pope looks to destigmatize autism (Disability Scoop) On this Saturday, the pope will meet with individuals with autism and their families during an international conference on the developmental disorder. The gathering , which will include prayer and song, will … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D maps for visually impaired, all terrain wheelchair, autism, autism spectrum disorders, Braille printer, Freedom Chair, glucometer lancing device, GRIT Freedom Chair, hearing impaired, instructional videos for using toys, Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers, speech delay, speech delay screening, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, USPSTF, Vatican, wireless speaker system
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