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Tag Archives: Hispanics
Recognizing Latinos with Disabilities in Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month
While National Hispanic Heritage Month recognizes the contributions and the important presence of Hispanic and Latinx Americans to the US and celebrates their heritage and culture, it is important to note that this includes nearly 5 million Latinos living with … Continue reading
Hispanic Heritage Month, Health Disparities, and NIDILRR Research: How are they connected?
For the end of Hispanic Heritage Month, we would like to share some information about health disparities experienced by Hispanics/Latinos with disabilities and how the NIDILRR community has worked to end those disparities. Disability affects every race and ethnic group, … Continue reading
The 2016 Paralympic Athletes and Hispanic Heritage Month
The 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have come and gone and, although we are sad that they are over, the staff at NARIC was very excited to watch the Games. This was an historic year for the Paralympic … Continue reading
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 -April 2015
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
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Tagged African Americans, android, Apps, Asian Americans, benefits of recreation, community, cultures, depression, Disabilities, disability, education, employment, European Americans, health, health promotion, Hispanics, Latinos, leisure generated meanings, lesiure, mental health, mental illness, minorities, National Institute on Aging, neurological disabilities, NIA, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Research, occupational therapy, OT, people with disabilities, physical activity, Positive Activity Jackpot, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, psychiatric disabilities, psychiatry, psychology, PTSD, recreation therapy, social impact, soldiers, Spanish, Spanish-language, stress, technology, therapeutic recreation, veterans
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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 access, accessibility, Apps, assistive technology, children, children with disabilities, digital divide, Disabilities, e-learning, education, Educational Resource Center, employment outcomes, general education, Hispanics, Hispanics with disabil, Innovation and learning Network, intellectual disabilities, interventions, Latino attitudes, Latinos, Latinos with disabilities, learning, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, ONCE, people with disabilities, RIA, Spanish, Spanish-language, special education, special needs, teachers, technology, TWYLA, visual disabilities
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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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Highlighting a NIDRR Grantee: Dr. Fabricio Balcazar, PhD
During Hispanic Heritage Month, we are highlighting Latino researchers, NIDRR grantees, and NIDRR projects that focus on the Latino disability community and their particular issues. Today, we would like to introduce you to Fabricio Balcazar, PhD. He is a professor … Continue reading
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Tagged artículos de Dr. Balcazar, Disabilities, discapacidades, Fabricio Balcazar, Hispanic Haritage Month, Hispanics, investigaciones sobre la discapacidad, Latinos, minorities, minority, NIDRR, NIDRR grantee, personas con discapacidades, proyectos de NIDRR, research
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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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