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Tag Archives: cognitive disabilities
Invisible or Hidden Disabilities: What are they?
According to the Invisible Disabilities Association, invisible disabilities are physical, mental, or neurological conditions that are not visible from the outside, “yet can limit or challenge a person’s movements, senses, or activities.” These disabilities include symptoms or limitations that may … Continue reading
Fundación Descúbreme: Promoting the Inclusion of People with Cognitive Disabilities
Fundación Descúbreme (Discover Me Foundation) (in Spanish) is a non-profit organization that was founded in Chile in 2010 to promote the full inclusion of people with cognitive disabilities in all areas of human development. Since it was founded, Fundación Descúbreme … Continue reading
Emergency Preparedness and People with Intellectual, Developmental, or Cognitive Disabilities
The final post in our emergency preparedness series covers resources and tools for people with intellectual, developmental, or cognitive disabilities, their families, and emergency planners. Continue reading
Fundación Descúbreme and People with Cognitive Disabilities
Fundación Descúbreme is a not-for-profit organization in Chile that promotes, facilitates, and disseminates the concept of inclusion of people with cognitive disabilities through social change. Their goal is to eliminate the barriers that society enforces and to create equal opportunities … Continue reading
Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for August 2017
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: What resources, research, and information are available to help people with disabilities age with success? This edition of Answered … Continue reading
Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged AARP, aging, cognitive disabilities, Disabilities, Discapnet, education, employment, health and wellness, Healthy Aging, mental health, mobility disabilities, NCOA, NIDILRR, nutrition, participation, physical disabilities, rehabiliktation, retirement, successful aging, technology, televideo, transition
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, March 16 to Friday, March 20
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Human Interest: Zoo proves transformative for teen with severe disabilities (Disability Scoop) Zinyra was at one time isolated by severe cognitive disabilities, stigmatized by teachers as stubborn and uncooperative, and bullied by classmates. … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged Accessible Technology Initiative, autism, cognitive disabilities, Controlled Substances Act, custom-designed prosthetics, Ed Roberts, human-animal interaction, IT accessibility, King-Devick test, MDMA, personal training for seniors, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, powered wheelchair, prosthetist, PTSD, Quell TENS device, Recaro wheelchair seat, traumatic brain injury, vision test for concussion, wearable TENS device, wheelchair headlight
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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 accessibility, ADHD, Alzheimer's Disease, Apps, Asperger Syndrome, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, cognitive disabilities, cognitive function, dementia, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, disability, elderly, epilepsy, games, INECO, integration, intellectual disabilities, leisure, leisure therapies, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, people with disabilities, rec tx, recreation, Recreational therapy, RecTech, schixophrenia, seniors, social activities, spinal cord injury, therapeutic recreation
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PhD Funding Opportunities Available Through the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Principle investigator Cathy Bodine, PhD, and co-PI Michael Lightner, PhD of the NIDRR-funded Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Advancing Cognitive Technologies (RERC-ACT) are recruiting students interested in technology for persons with disabilities and seniors, as well as earning a PhD … Continue reading
Posted in Grant/scholarship opportunity, Project, Uncategorized
Tagged Anschutz Medical Campus, Bioengineering, Cathy Bodine PhD, cognitive disabilities, Department of Bioengineering, funding opportunities, graduate programs, Michael Lightner PhD, PhD, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Advancing Cognitive Technologies (RERC-ACT), RERC-ACT, students, University of Colorado Denver
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, May 5 – Friday, May 9
Human Interest: In first, contestant with special needs on ‘Wheel of Fortune’ (Disability Scoop) A self-described Wheel of Fortune fanatic who has both Asperger’s and Tourette syndromes is the first contestant with special needs ever to compete on the show. … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged 3-D printed prosthesis, Alzheimer's Disease, Asperger Syndrome, below-knee prosthesis, club feet, cognitive disabilities, custom-designed prosthetics, dementia, DIY, educational funding, equine therapy, higher education, lower limb amputation, managed care company, Medicaid funding, modified toy vehicle, Rutgers, seniors, special needs, state funding, state legislation, Tourette Syndrome, Wheel of Fortune
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