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Tag Archives: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, January 12 – Friday, January 16
Human Interest: Heart problems, deafness influenced Beethoven’s music, study says (The Hearing Review) According to researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Washington, Ludwig van Beethoven’s musical compositions might have been affected by both his deafness and … Continue reading
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Tagged Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act, Alzheimer's Disease, Automated Device for Asthma Monitoring (ADAMM), blind students, braille, Braille Challenge, Braille Institute, deaf composer, flexible body worn glucose meter, flexible electronic implant, Off Vertical Axis Rotational Device (OVARD), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, SCI, spinal cord injury, stroke, TBI, traumatic brain injury
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Day
Beginning in 2010, Congress named June 27th as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Day (S. Res. 455) and, for the last four years during the month of June, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has asked everyone to help them … Continue reading
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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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness
Congress declared June 27th as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day in 2010 (S. Res. 455). Since then, the National Center for PTSD has declared June PTSD Awareness Month, promoting PTSD awareness and effective treatment. Many different people can be … Continue reading