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Family Support: Get Involved in the Dialogue!
Last March, the NIDILRR-funded Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Family Support at the University of Illinois in Chicago (H133B140046) and the Easter Seals gave the Disability Community the opportunity to be a part of a dialogue in English … Continue reading
A New National Research Initiative on Family Support to Begin in March
The Easter Seals and the NIDRR-funded Family Support Research and Training Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago (H133B140046) have joined together to support a national research initiative called Family Support: Tell Us What We Need to Know. This … 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 African American Children, African American youth, ASL, blindness, children, children with visual disabilities, communication, cultural competency, Disabilities, disability, education, employment, english, families, family, health, health and wellness, Hispanics, interventions, Latino Children, Latino youth, Latinos, minorities, NARIC, NIDRR, NIDRR research, obesity, people with disabilities, psychiatric disabilities, rehabilitation, rehabilitation readiness tool, Spanish, Trilingual, visual disabilities, visual impairments, vocational rehabilitation, VR, wellness, youth
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A Study to Test the Effectiveness of Health Information in ASL in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community
The Cancer Genetics Education for the Deaf Genetics Projects team, which is made up of researchers at Gallaudet University and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), is working to make health information available in ASL. To this end, they … Continue reading
Posted in Research Study
Tagged cancer, deaf, Disabilities, disability, family, family history, Gallaudet, genetics, hard of hearing, health, health history, HOH, participation, people with disabilities, research, Research Study, study, survey, UCLA
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Down Syndrome Awareness: the Family Resource
The family is a child’s most vital resource, the stronger the support the healthier the child. Research tells us that most (70%) families of children with Down syndrome adapt and lead ordinary family lives. Furthermore, families report benefiting from having … Continue reading
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Tagged child, children, down, down syndrome, family, health, healthcare, HealthCare.gov, manchester down syndrome cohort, mental health, NARIC, naric collection, national down syndrome society, owusu, parenting a child with down syndrome, resource, support, support groups, syndrome, teddowusu, teddy
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Down Syndrome Awareness: the Family Aspect
Raising a baby is difficult enough, but how do you prepare yourself to raise a child with Down syndrome? Well, according to Down Syndrome Education Online, the first step is understanding. Stephanie Meredith, writer of Understanding a Down Syndrome Diagnosis, … Continue reading
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Tagged baby with down syndrome, child with down syndrome, down syndrome, down syndrome education online, environment, family, family system, NARIC, naric collection, naric document, owusu, parents with children with down syndrome, raising, rearing, Resources, siblings of children with down syndrome, support, teddowusu, teddy, understanding a down syndrome diagnosis
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HHM: The Family and Living with Disabilities
We are in the prime of Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15- Oct 15) and what better time to address issues involving disabilities within the Hispanic community. The Hispanic culture is lauded for its passion and strong ties within la familia. … Continue reading
Dogs and People with Disabilities: Service and Pet Survey!
The School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis, is gathering information to learn more about the role of dogs in the lives of people with disabilities. The questionnaire is designed for people with disabilities (other than visual … Continue reading
Access to Care: Doctors—Finding the Right One
When it comes to health and access to health care, one of the most important decisions an individual or family can make is choosing the right physician. According to http://www.Healthypeople.gov, 1 in 4 Americans do not have a primary care … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, doctor, family, internist, owusu, pediatricians, physician, practitioner, specialists, teddowusu, teddy
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NARIC’s Digital Archive: More!
Deep in the 80s now! FAMILY AS THERAPEUTIC AGENT: LONG-TERM REHABILITATION FOR TRAUMATIC HEAD INJURY PATIENTS: FINAL REPORT: MARY E SWITZER FELLOWSHIP REPORT. Jacobs, H E. 1984 O06761. EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MODERN PROSTHETIC AND ORTHOTIC TECHNIQUES AND/OR HARDWARE … Continue reading
Posted in digital archive, Publications, Report
Tagged aphasia, brain injury, deaf-blind, Delhi, family, needs assessments, orthotics, prosthetics, Sri Lanka, Sweden, United Kingdom
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