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Tag Archives: down syndrome
Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, May 9 to Friday, May 13
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Human Interest: Born without hands, girl wins national handwriting contest (Disability Scoop) Anaya Ellick’s penmanship is so good, she recently won a national handwriting contest. That’s impressive for any seven-year-old, but even more … Continue reading
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Tagged :prose app, American Sign Language, bilateral hearing loss, communication disabilities, Deaf community, down syndrome, Emotiv Epoc, Emotiv Insight, entrepreneurs with Down syndrome, Go 3D-printed wheelchair, hyperacusis, Live Braille Mini, poliomyelitis, post polio physical therapy, tinnitus, upper limb disabilities, visual impairments
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, April 4 to Friday, April 8
Media: Ad campaign targets Hollywood disability references (Disability Scoop) With a new advertising campaign, Family Member, a disability advocacy group, is putting Hollywood on notice that it is not acceptable to mock people with disabilities. A quarter-page advertisement running in … Continue reading
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Tagged alt text, amputation, Arthritis, autism, balance disorders, blind and low vision app, capuchin monkey, cryoablation therapy, disability portrayed in movies, down syndrome, Facebook accessibility, glasses for people with Down Syndrome, hippotherapy, limited physical mobility, phantom limb pain, robotic horse, specially adapted homes for veterans, Specs4Us, spoken descriptions of photographs, therapy animals, US Department of Veterans Affairs
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What is Down syndrome?
March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month and, this week, the staff at NARIC would like to highlight Down syndrome. The Mayo Clinic defines Down syndrome as a genetic disorder that is “caused when abnormal cell division results in extra genetic … Continue reading
Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, March 7 to Friday, March 11
Caregiving: Living with the parents I’m losing to Alzheimer’s (The New York Times) In 2010, after several disturbing phone calls from and about her aging parents, Elizabeth Wolf moved back from Vermont to her parents’ home in New Jersey. She … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's Disease, caregivers, caregiving, cochlear implants, diabetes sniffing dog, down syndrome, golf program for Veterans, independent living, music and cochlear implants, posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSD, service dogs, type 1 diabetes, veterans
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, February 29 to Friday, March 4
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Education: Grim statistics show city still failing to evaluate, serve many students with disabilities (Chalkbeat New York) Newly released data show that New York City is struggling to monitor and provide services to … Continue reading
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Tagged asthma, autism spectrum disorder, cavitation, cavitation in brain injury, down syndrome, explosions and brain injury, motor-speech impediment, over-generalization in anxiety, Sneezometer, spirometer, students with disabilities, therapy animals, therapy dogs, VIVY diathermy pain relief device
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, January 11 to Friday, January 15
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Education: New Sisters High program helps students plan beyond graduation (The Bulletin, Bend, OR) A high school in Sisters, OR has launched a transition program for special education students after a year of … Continue reading
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Tagged Braille tablet, cognitive impairments, diabetes, down syndrome, EsoGlove, IDEA, Mini-Mental State Exam, MMSE, Ottawa 3DY screening tool, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, robotic hand rehabilitation device, software app for diabetes control, special education, transcendental meditation, United States Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, August 17 – Friday, August 21
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Human Interest: Found near death in Grant Park, a loner pit bull has a new best friend (Chicago Tribune) Merit, a young pit bull, was found near death in Chicago’s Grant Park. After … Continue reading
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Tagged ACAT, accessible hotel accommodation, accessible travel, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Anoto Live Pen, Assistive Context Aware Toolkit, colorblindness, dementia diagnostic, digital community, down syndrome, Dr. Stephen Hawking, EnChroma eyeglass lenses, JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, leg amputation, pit bull, robotic prosthesis, therapy dogs, Tracy Morgan
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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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