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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, January 25 to Friday, January 29
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Aging and Health: Seniors need to take extra care in the cold (HealthDay News) Seniors are especially vulnerable to hypothermia during cold weather because their body’s response to the cold can be affected … Continue reading
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Tagged Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, cerebral palsy, chronic skin ulcers, diabetes, disability awareness campaigns, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, elderly, hypothermia, knitting and stress reduction, learning disability, LightHouse for the Blind, mental illness, obsessive compulsive disorder, Parkinson's Disease, person first, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, robotic upper limb orthosis, seniors, SenseGO smart socks, TNS, trigeminal nerve stimulation
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, February 9 – Friday, February 13
Human Interest: Meet the first model with Down syndrome to walk the runway at Fashion Week (NBC TODAY) Jamie Brewer, an actress with Down syndrome, is modeling designs by Carrie Hammer during New York Fashion Week. She is part of … Continue reading
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Tagged ADA. Americans with Disabilities Act, alpha brain waves and hearing impairment, autism spectrum disorder, cerebellum, declarative memory, diabetes, diabetes treatment, Down syndrome awareness, dyslexia, glucose-responsive insulin, iBrailler keyboard for iPads, intellectual disabilities, obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, parents with disabilities, poststroke rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Act, section 504, seniors with hearing loss, Specific Language Impairment, stroke, Tourette Syndrome
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, May 19 – Friday, May 23
Human Interest: How a brain treatment for OCD turned a man into a Johnny Cash fanatic (The Washington Post) “A case of musical preference for Johnny Cash following deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens,” published in the May issue … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Combating Autism Act, combating autism reauthorization act, Country and Western singer Johnny Cash, DBS, deaf and hard of hearing, deep brain stimulation, exercise for people with disabilities, Frontiers of Behavioral Neuroscience, gait assessment technology, hearing impairment, hearing loss, job training, nucleus accumbens, obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, Office of AIDS Research, sleep apnea, smartphone app, sound identification, TBI, Text to 911, traumatic brain injury
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What are psychiatric disabilities?
Psychiatric disability is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as a “mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of an individual; a record of impairment; or being regarded as having such an … Continue reading
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Tagged ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, anorexia, anorexia nervosa, antisocial personality disorder, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, bulimia, bulimia nervosa, depersonalization disorder, Disabilities, disability, dissociative disorders, dissociative identity disorder, eating disorders, EEOC, emotional conditions, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, mental health, mental illness, NARIC, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, people with disabilities, personality disorders, phobias, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, psychiatric disabilities, PTSD, SAMHSA, schizophrenia
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