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Tag Archives: Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month: Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
During 2013’s National Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM), we have looked at various topics affecting Hispanics with disabilities including NARIC’s Spanish language services, explained how people-first language works, looked at cultural competency of rehab professionals in treating/working with Hispanics/Latinos with spinal … Continue reading
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Tagged brain injury, Disabilities, disability, health disparities, Hispanic Heritage Month, knowledge translation, minorities, model system, Model System Knowledge Translation Center, MSKTC, NARIC, National Hispanic Heritage Month, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, North Texas Burn Rehabilitation Model System, people with disabilities, rehabilitation, Spanish, Spanish-language, TBI, TBIMS, traumatic brain injury, traumatic brain injury model system, VCTBIMS, VCU, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Commonwealth University Brain Injury Model System
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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
Hispanic Heritage Month: Cultural Competency in Hispanics/Latinos with Spinal Cord Injury
September National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month and Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15th through October 15th). According to the National Spinal Cord Association there are approximately 200,000 people living with spinal cord injuries (SCI) in the United States. According to … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, cultural competence, health care, health care disparities, Hispanic, Hispanic Heritage Month, Hispanics with disabilities, Latinos, National Spinal Cord Injury Association, Office of Minority Health, Paralysis Resource Center, rehabilitative services, SCI, spinal cord injury
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Evaluating the access and training deficit for Spanish-speaking parents of children with autism spectrum disorders.
During Hispanic Heritage Month, we will take a look at NIDRR funded projects that deal directly with the Hispanic/Latino disability community. Here is the first of such projects: The project Examination of the Use of a Spanish Version of the … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, autism spectrum disorders, children, children with disabilities, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, disability, families, Hispanic, Hispanic Heritage Month, latino, National Hispanic Heritage Month, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, parents, research, Spanish, Spanish-language
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NARIC and Spanish language services
For over three years, the National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) has been providing many of their services to the Latino disability community of the US and the global Spanish speaking disability community. Today, in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (September … Continue reading
National Hispanic Month: MLB’s Freddy Sanchez
September 15-October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) and to highlight the event, this blog will highlight people living with disabilities in the Latino community. Freddy Sanchez is an infielder for the San Francisco Giants; he is also a World … Continue reading
Hispanic Heritage Month: Two Hispanics with Disabilities in the Entertainment Industry
Hispanic Heritage Month 2012 has focused our attention on well-known Hispanics with disabilities in various careers – from Supreme Court Justices to artists to actors to musicians to writers and so on. Today, we will be highlighting two amazing entertainers: … Continue reading
Honoring Latinos with Disabilities during Hispanic Heritage Month
Today, we highlight the artist Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (also known as de Goya), who is considered the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns, and guitarist José Feliciano, who has been referred to … Continue reading
Honrando a los latinos con discapacidades durante el Mes de la Herencia Hispana
Hoy destacamos el artista Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (también conocido como de Goya), quien es considerado el último de los Maestros Viejos y el primero de los Modernos, y el guitarrista José Feliciano, quien ha sido referido como … Continue reading
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Tagged blind, deaf, Hispanic Heritage Month, hispanos con discapacidad, hispanos con discapacidades, Latinos con discapacidad, latinos con discapacidades, mental health, minorities, personas con discapacidades, psychiatric disabilities, Spanish, Spanish-language
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Hispanic Heritage Month and Latinos with Disabilities
Each year, we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15) by recognizing the cultures, histories and contributions of citizens whose ancestors come from Spain, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. This observation began in 1968 … Continue reading