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Disability News Weekly Roundup -10/28-11/1
Health: Science Daily—Negative Consequences of Noise on Overall Health The combined toll of occupational, recreational and environmental noise exposure poses a serious public health threat going far beyond hearing damage, according to an international team of researchers writing today in … Continue reading
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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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KTDRR Upcoming September Webcast
The NIDRR-funded Center on Knowledge Translation for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (KTDRR) will host a webcast presented by Dr. Marcel Dijkers on Assessing the Quality and Applicability of Systematic Review (AQASR) September 18, 2013 from 3-4:30pm EDT. AQASR is a … Continue reading
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Exercise Guides for People with Disabilities
If you’re interested in free information on how to live healthily and exercise with disability, the National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability (NCHPAD) offers guides to exercise for people with disability. NCHPAD’s guides range from Pilates for individuals … Continue reading
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Tagged adults, children, disability, down syndrome, exercise, free, free guides, health, healthy living, national center on health physical activity and disability, nchpad, need-specific, owusu, physical activity, pilates, seniors, special needs, strengthening exercises, teddowusu, teddy
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Psoriasis Awareness Month
August is Psoriasis Awareness Month. As many as 7.5 million Americans have psoriasis making it the most common autoimmune disease in the United States. Psoriasis occurs when the immune system sends out faulty signals that speed the growth cycle of … Continue reading
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Tagged advocate, Arthritis, autoimmune disease, Awareness, contagious, cure psoriasis, disease, health, immune system, joints, medicine, mental health issues, national psoriasis foundation, owusu, pain, psoriasis, psoriatic, scaly patches, skin, skin cells, teddowusu, teddy
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Osteoporosis Awareness
May is Osteoporosis Awareness month and in recognition, this blog will publish information on Osteoporosis along with material promoting bone health. Osteoporosis is a disease in which the bones gradually become weak and likely to break; the most common of … Continue reading
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Tagged alcohol, anorexia, Awareness, bone diseases, Bone health, bone loss, calcium, diet, disease, disease osteoporosis, ethnicity, exercise, health, low estrogen levels, low testosterone levels, may, NARIC, national institute of health, NIDRR, NIH, older women, osteoporosis, osteoporosis awareness, osteoporosis risk factors, owusu, risk, risk factors, sex hormones, smoking, spinal cord injury, teddowusu, teddy, vitamin d, women
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The Autism App: Future of Early Diagnoses
Would you be able to recognize the signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in your child? Children with ASD may display communication challenges, repetitive behavior, restrictive movements, and impaired social interaction. Fairly distinctive signs on paper but difficult for most … Continue reading
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Tagged assistive technology, autism, autism spectrum disorders, behavior imaging solutions, children with disabilities, communication disorders, development, developmental delays, developmental disabilities, emergency communications, georgia institute of technology, health, mobile technologies, owusu, parents, research, science, social media, technology, teddowusu, teddy, video interpreting, wireless technology
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