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Tag Archives: NIDRR projects
NIDRR-Funded ADA Center Announces Reasonable Accommodations in the Lodging Sector Survey
The NIDRR-funded Mid-Atlantic ADA Center at TransCen, Inc., and researchers at the University of Maryland, College Park are seeking participants for a survey on the experiences of human resource professionals in providing reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities in the … Continue reading
Posted in Research Study, Survey, Uncategorized
Tagged ADA Centers, ADA National Network, Americans with Disabilities Act, College Park, Ellen Fabian PhD, Employees with disabilities, employment, hotel and lodging industry, human resource professionals, Inc., Mid-Atlantic ADA Center, NIDRR projects, Paul Gold PhD, Provision of Reasonable Accommodations in the Hotel and Lodging Industry, reasonable accommodation, survey, TransCen, University of Maryland
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NIDRR Project Seeks Participants for the Development of an App for Wheelchair Users
Wheelchair users are invited to participate in a research study conducted the NIDRR-funded Disability and Rehabilitation Research Project, Self-Management Assistance through Technology (SMART) – Virtual Coaches for Wheelchair Users, at the Human Engineering Research Laboratories at University of Pittsburgh. To … Continue reading
Posted in Project, Research Study, Uncategorized
Tagged Annmarie Kelleher, Dan Ding, Disability and Rehabilitation Research Project, DRRP, Focus Groups, Human Engineering Research Laboratories, interviews, NIDRR projects, PhD, prototypes, Research Study, Self-Management Assistance Through Technology - Virtual Coaches for Wheelchair Users, smartphone apps, study participants, Tanya Liu, University of Pittsburgh, wheelchair users
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Latinos, Disabilities, Research, and NIDRR
For Hispanic Heritage Month 2014, which began on September 15th, 2014, we will focus on NIDRR research that focuses on Latinos with disabilities and on Latino researchers in the NIDRR community (past and present). These projects include several Field Initiated … Continue reading
Posted in Project, Uncategorized
Tagged children, children with disabilities, Disabilities, disability, families, Hilspanic children with disabilities, Hispanic Heritage Month, Hispanic Heritage Month 2014, Hispanics, Hispanics with disabilities, latino children with disabilities, Latinos, Latinos with disabilities, NARIC, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, psychiatric disabilities, RAICES/Promotora, research
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RRTC on Employment of People with Physical Disabilities is Seeking Participants for Focus Groups for Individuals with Physical Disabilities
The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Employment of People with Physical Disabilities is conducting focus groups about people with physical disabilities’ work experiences including what has helped them find or keep a job as well as advance in … Continue reading
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 ASD, autism, autism spectrum disorder, children, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, disability, education, employment, further research, Lorenzo's Dipper, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, people with disabilities, rehab, rehabilitation, research, Resources, Spanish, Spanish-language, technology
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What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), an institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are identified by “persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts; restricted, repetitive patterns of … Continue reading
Posted in Answer Queue
Tagged ASD, ASDs, autism, autism spectrum disorder, autism spectrum disorders, children, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, disability, education, employment, employment and ASD, employment and autism, families, hippotherapy, Librarian's Picks, NARIC, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, parents, people with disabilities, repetitive behaviors, social impairment, therapy, vaccines
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What is Vocational Rehabilitation?
Vocational rehabilitation (VR) is a group of services that are designed to enable people with disabilities to gain the skills and resources that they need to compete in the interview process, get a job, and keep a job. VR services … Continue reading