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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The Department of Justice and the Louisiana Supreme Court Reach a Settlement Agreement

On Friday, August 15th, 2014, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had entered a settlement agreement with the Louisiana Supreme Court (the Court) under the Americans with Disabilities Act to protect the right of those with mental health … Continue reading

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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

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Center on Knowledge Translation for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (KTDRR) Sponsors Webinar Series on Systematic Reviews

On June 4th, 2014 the SEDL’s Center on KTDRR‘s Community of Practice (CoP) on Evidence for Disability and Rehabilitation (D&R) Research begins a series of free webinars addressing systematic reviews, with a special focus on what is considered evidence; and … Continue reading

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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

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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

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