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Health Disparities Research Meets Race, Ethnicity, and Disability at a National Conference
On April 25th and 26th, 2013, Health Disparities Research at the Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, and Disability: A National Conference took place in Washington, DC. Conference organizers included the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois … Continue reading
Wireless RERC launches its Survey of User Needs in Spanish
The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Wireless Technologies (Wireless RERC) has launched a Spanish language version of its Survey of User Needs for Wireless Technologies. The survey’s objective is to know how all people use wireless technology and its principal … Continue reading
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Tagged Disabilities, disability, minorities, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, people with disabilities, Spanish, Spanish-language, survey, technology, Wireless RERC
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National Minority Health Month 2013
The Office of Minority Health designates every April as National Minority Health Month. It is a call to action and unity for state and local offices of minority health, health departments, and all of the organizations and partners involved to … Continue reading
Regular Radio Captioning Distribution Begins
History was made on February 23rd when the first captioned radio broadcast of a regular radio program hit the airwaves that morning. What show was being broadcast? Latino USA is the longest running radio program focused on Latinos and is … Continue reading
Posted in Organization
Tagged accessibility, captioned radio, captions, Disabilities, disability, minorities, radio, Spanish, Spanish-language, technology
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Tres convocatorias de soluciones innovadores para la inclusión de las personas con discapacidad
El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (DIB) presenta tres convocatorias de soluciones innovadoras con el objetivo de promover la inclusión laboral y económica de las personas con discapacidad. Estas convocatorias de soluciones están poniendo en marcha por el Innovation Lab, que … Continue reading
Three calls for innovative solutions for the inclusion of people with disabilities.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is presenting three calls for innovative solutions with the objective to promote the labor and financial inclusion of people with disabilities. These calls for solutions are being launched by the Innovation Lab, which is part … Continue reading
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Tagged design, Disabilities, disability, education, employment, Grants, inclusion, minorities, people with disabilities, research
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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
Honrando a los latinos con discapacidades durante el Mes de la Herencia Hispana
Hoy destacamos el artista Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (también conocido como de Goya), quien es considerado el último de los Maestros Viejos y el primero de los Modernos, y el guitarrista José Feliciano, quien ha sido referido como … Continue reading
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Tagged blind, deaf, Hispanic Heritage Month, hispanos con discapacidad, hispanos con discapacidades, Latinos con discapacidad, latinos con discapacidades, mental health, minorities, personas con discapacidades, psychiatric disabilities, Spanish, Spanish-language
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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