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May is Mental Health Month: Celebrating 65 years of mental health

May is Mental Health Month (#mhmonth2014). Mental Health American (MHA) and other mental health organizations have been promoting mental health awareness for 65 years. Approximately 1 in and 5 Americans over the age of 18 will experience a diagnosable mental … Continue reading

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Don’t Panic! – Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities

Today’s National Public Health Week (#NPHW) theme is “Don’t Panic” and focuses on emergency preparedness for natural or man-made disasters. Here are a few resources from the REHABDATA collection on emergency preparedness (193): http://tinyurl.com/kk7tqd9. Here are resources that are specifically … Continue reading

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Al ver el niño antes de ver la discapacidad – el informe anual de UNICEF sobre el Estado de los Niños del Mundo

El 30 de mayo de 2013, en Da Nang, Viet Nam, UNICEF lanzó su informe anual: El Estado de los Niños del Mundo 2013: Los Niños con Discapacidad, que discutió cómo los niños con discapacidades y sus comunidades benefician cuando … Continue reading

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MyVoice: A Prototype American Sign Language (ASL) Translator

Students at the University of Houston designed a device called MyVoice, an ASL translator, which uses a video camera to capture a person’s sign language movements.  For people with hearing disabilities sign language can greatly improve communication with the world; … Continue reading

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REHABDATA Connection: Your Key to New Research

We added 210 abstracts to REHABDATA last month! Among them you’ll find 2 new items on autoimmune disorders, 43 on assistive technology, 15 on family issues, 8 on special populati0ns, and many more topics (more than 50 to choose from). … Continue reading

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Stay informed: NARIC’s REHABDATA Connection

What’s the best way to stay on top of the latest research in your field? Try REHABDATA Connection,  NARIC’s free monthly alert service! Every month, we add more than 200 documents to our collection of disability and rehabilitation research. These … Continue reading

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