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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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Arthritis and Aging – Free Advice in Spanish from the National Institute on Aging and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Many older adults experience at least one type of arthritis. Whether it is osteoarthritis, gout, or rheumatoid arthritis, talk to your doctor about arthritis if you are experiencing ongoing joint pain or tenderness, joint swelling, joint stiffness, problems using or … Continue reading
April is National Minority Health Month
National Minority Health Month gives everyone the opportunity to raise awareness about health and health care disparities that affect minorities and to demonstrate efforts to advance health equity. For the Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the US Department of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015 National Leadership Summit on Health Disparities, CDC, Disabilities, disability, disability disparities, ethnic disparities, families, health disparities, health equity, Healthy People 2020, Heckler Report, HHS, minorities, NARIC, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, Office of Minority Health, OMH, people with disabilities, racial disparities, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
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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 accessibility, ADHD, assistive technology, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, attention deficit disorder, autism, cerebral palsy, children, CP, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, disability, education, employment, families, fetal alcohol syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, Hispanic families, Inclusive Education, Latino families, minorities, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, people with disabilities, Project Abby, rehabilitation, research, Seville, Tourette Syndrome, TS, videogame
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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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What are Craniofacial Anomalies?
Craniofacial anomalies (CFA) are a “diverse group of deformities in the growth of the head and facial bones.” (Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford) CFAs are present at birth and there are numerous variations which can range from mild to severe … Continue reading
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Tagged Apert Syndrome, CFA, Cleft lip, Cleft palate, craniofacial anomalies, Crouzon Syndrome, Disabilities, disability, frontonasal dysplasia, Hemifacial Microsomia/Goldenhar Syndrome, minorities, NARIC, National Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, NIDRR, NIDRR research, NIH, people with disabilities, Pierre Robin Syndrome, research, Treacher Collins Syndrome
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Answered Questions: Supplemental
We recently published an issue of Answered Questions with Autism as its theme. We would like to add the following resources and community outreach for our readers in the US: Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center: http://www.autismcenter.org/hispanic-community-outreach A support group … Continue reading
Department of Education Requests Public Commentary
The US Department of Education is requesting information on race and the disproportionate identification, placement, and discipline of children with disabilities. The Department would like to know what kinds of actions it should take when it comes to the significant … Continue reading