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Tag Archives: intellectual disabilities
Making Your Way in the World – Resources for Young People with DS and Their Families
October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month, sponsored by the National Down Syndrome Society. Down syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder that results in intellectual and developmental disability. It can also cause physical disabilities, such as heart conditions, and sensory disabilities, … Continue reading
Impact Feature on Supporting Wellness for Adults with Intellectual and Other Developmental Disabilities Highlighted by AAHD
The April 5th edition of Disability & Public News from the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) features the NIDILRR-funded Research and Training Center on Community Living and Institute on Community Integration publication – Impact: Feature issue on supporting … Continue reading
Posted in News, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD), articles, community integration, community living, developmental disabilities, health and wellness, Institute on Community Integration, intellectual disabilities, NIDILRR Projects, physical and mental health, Publications, Research and Training Center on Community Living
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, November 2 to Friday, November 6
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Employment: At this specialty shop, the intellectually disabled are proud businesspeople (The Washington Post) Two 18-year-old individuals with intellectual disabilities are staffing a mobile pop-up store in the parking lot of D.C.’s Union … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged blind and low vision aid, brain crossmodal mapping, cataracts, combat injuries and chronic disease, independent living skills, injured veterans, intellectual disabilities, lanosterol eye drops, loss of speech following stroke, National Council on Disabilities, pejvakin and hearing loss, self-driving cars, stroke, vocational rehabilitation, workplace discrimination against workers with 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 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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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, February 9 – Friday, February 13
Human Interest: Meet the first model with Down syndrome to walk the runway at Fashion Week (NBC TODAY) Jamie Brewer, an actress with Down syndrome, is modeling designs by Carrie Hammer during New York Fashion Week. She is part of … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged ADA. Americans with Disabilities Act, alpha brain waves and hearing impairment, autism spectrum disorder, cerebellum, declarative memory, diabetes, diabetes treatment, Down syndrome awareness, dyslexia, glucose-responsive insulin, iBrailler keyboard for iPads, intellectual disabilities, obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, parents with disabilities, poststroke rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Act, section 504, seniors with hearing loss, Specific Language Impairment, stroke, Tourette Syndrome
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, January 19 – Friday, January 23
Education: Study finds postsecondary programs boost outcomes (Disability Scoop) A new study suggests that individuals with intellectual disabilities who attend postsecondary programs are finding greater success in the job market than those who do not pursue further education. For the … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged ASD, autism spectrum disorder, brain injury rehabilitation, Care-O-bot, cochlear implant alternative, cochlear implants, deaf and hard of hearing, hearing and perfect pitch, immune response in brain and spinal cord injury, intellectual disabilities, Parkinson's Disease, perfect pitch, postsecondary education, robotic personal assistantstudents with intellectual disabilities, spinal cord injury rehabilitation, stimulation of balance organs
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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 accessibility, ADHD, Alzheimer's Disease, Apps, Asperger Syndrome, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, cognitive disabilities, cognitive function, dementia, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, disability, elderly, epilepsy, games, INECO, integration, intellectual disabilities, leisure, leisure therapies, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, people with disabilities, rec tx, recreation, Recreational therapy, RecTech, schixophrenia, seniors, social activities, spinal cord injury, therapeutic recreation
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