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Tag Archives: Hispanics with disabilities
Hispanic Heritage Month 2016
Every year in the United States, we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month between September 15th and October 15th. During this month, the anniversaries of independence of Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua are also celebrated. Columbus Day, … Continue reading
Hispanic Heritage Month 2015
Hispanic Heritage Month occurs every year between September 15th and October 15th. President Johnson made the proclamation for a weekly celebration in 1968 and Congress expanded the observance to a month-long celebration in 1989. September 15 was chosen to start … 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 Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged Access to public employment, accessibility, adapted technology, Argentina, assistive technology, Belize, Disabilities, disability, Dr. Fabricio Balcazar, employment, entrepreneurship, FEAPS Madrid, Hispanics, Hispanics with disabilities, Knowledge Translation for Employment Research Center, KTER, Latinos, Latinos with disabilities, minorities, Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center, MSKTC, NARIC, National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), NDEAM, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, people with disabilities, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for Evidence Based Practice in Vocational Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Psychiatric Disability and Co-Occurring Medical Conditions, Rehabilitation Research Training Center on Employment of People with Disabilities, RRTC, RRTC-EBP VR, Spanish, Spanish-language, VCU-RRTC, vocational rehabilitation
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Latinos, Disabilities, Research, and NIDRR
For Hispanic Heritage Month 2014, which began on September 15th, 2014, we will focus on NIDRR research that focuses on Latinos with disabilities and on Latino researchers in the NIDRR community (past and present). These projects include several Field Initiated … Continue reading
Posted in Project, Uncategorized
Tagged children, children with disabilities, Disabilities, disability, families, Hilspanic children with disabilities, Hispanic Heritage Month, Hispanic Heritage Month 2014, Hispanics, Hispanics with disabilities, latino children with disabilities, Latinos, Latinos with disabilities, NARIC, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, psychiatric disabilities, RAICES/Promotora, research
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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
Posted in Event, Uncategorized
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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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
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
Hispanic Heritage Month: Celebrating Hispanics with Disabilities
As Hispanic Heritage Month continues, we highlight two more Hispanics with disabilities: Edward James Olmos and Luis Buñuel. Luis Buñuel Born almost with cinema itself, Luis Buñuel was a singular figure in world cinema. His work ranges from surrealist experimentation … Continue reading
Hispanics with Disabilities – From Chief Justices to Pulitzer Prize nominated Authors
As we continue to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, we honor two Latinos with Disabilities: Chief Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Pulitzer Prize nominated author Victor Villaseñor. Both the Chief Justice and Mr. Villaseñor have what are called “invisible disabilities”. Chief Justice … Continue reading