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Tag Archives: leg amputation
Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, August 24 – Friday, August 28
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Education: Amazon e-book deal with NYC public schools postponed as Blind advocates say it would leave out visually impaired students (New York Daily News) New York City education officials have shelved a $30 … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative standardized tests for students with disabilities, ASD, autism spectrum disorders, brain injury, Departamento de Educación, Department of Education, diagnostic device for traumatic brain injury, electronic books, fathers of children with autism, FITGuard mouthgard, leg amputation, leg prosthesis, locus coeruleus, long-term memory, Medicare coverage of prostheses, premature infants and ADHD, robotic skeleton, students with disabilities, tetraplegia, Tough Mudder, U.S. Education Department, wheelchair controlled with chin
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, August 17 – Friday, August 21
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Human Interest: Found near death in Grant Park, a loner pit bull has a new best friend (Chicago Tribune) Merit, a young pit bull, was found near death in Chicago’s Grant Park. After … Continue reading
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Tagged ACAT, accessible hotel accommodation, accessible travel, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Anoto Live Pen, Assistive Context Aware Toolkit, colorblindness, dementia diagnostic, digital community, down syndrome, Dr. Stephen Hawking, EnChroma eyeglass lenses, JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, leg amputation, pit bull, robotic prosthesis, therapy dogs, Tracy Morgan
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, June 8 – Friday, June 12
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Human Interest: Tracy Morgan: My daughter was afraid of me after the crash (People) It has been almost a year since the bus accident that left comedian Tracy Morgan temporarily in a wheelchair. … Continue reading
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Tagged asymmetric deafness, autism, deafness in one ear, dyslexia, Dyslexia Research Institute, ear implants, hearing aids, Instituto de Rehabilitación de Chicago, leg amputation, Mark Haddon, microtia, prosthetic leg control system, reading interventions for dyslexia, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, rTMS, stroke, support system, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time", Tony Awards, Tracy Morgan, wheelchair
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, April 28 – Friday, May 2
Human Interest: Soldier who lost leg in Afghanistan vowed ‘I will return.’ This is what it took to get back. (The Washington Post) Following a leg injury sustained by a roadside bomb that resulted in amputation, a US Army soldier … Continue reading
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Tagged accessible housing, amputation, assisted living, behavior modification device, caregivers, cochlear implant, crowdfunding, disability employment, fda, Food and Drug Administration, group home, hearing impairment, homelessness, injured veterans, knee arthritis, laughter, leg amputation, leg prosthesis, medicaid, Medicaid funding, memory improvement activity, National Park Service, osteoarthritis, prosthetic, service animals, service dogs, shock devices, supported living, TBI, traumatic brain injury, unemployment, universal design, walker, walking disability, walking impairment
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, March 24 – Friday, March 28
Human Interest: Boston bombing survivor dances again (United Press International) A professional dancer who lost the lower part of her left leg in the Boston Marathon bombing about a year ago is the recipient of a prosthetic limb specially designed … Continue reading
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Tagged alcohol addiction, Alzheimer's Disease, American Sign Language (ASL), Arthritis, autism, Boston Marathon bombing, brain stimulation, cerebral palsy, deaf, depression medication, drug addiction, eldercare, elementary school education, epilepsy, epilepsy treatment, fetal development, hearing aid usage, hearing aids, hearing impaired, hearing loss, hearing problems, leg amputation, monitoring system for seniors, nasal spray, pediatric walk aid, prosthetic for dancing, prosthetic knee, prosthetic limb, sign language, smart home, sports prosthesis, stroke rehabilitation
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