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Tag Archives: science
Disability News Weekly Roundup -10/28-11/1
Health: Science Daily—Negative Consequences of Noise on Overall Health The combined toll of occupational, recreational and environmental noise exposure poses a serious public health threat going far beyond hearing damage, according to an international team of researchers writing today in … Continue reading
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Tagged abc, artery disease, children's healthcare, cnn, concussions, disability, drug, fox, health, multiple sclerosis, new york times, News, noise, policy, reuters, science, science daily, Social Security, sports, toxic stress, vitamin d, young athletes
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The Autism App: Future of Early Diagnoses
Would you be able to recognize the signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in your child? Children with ASD may display communication challenges, repetitive behavior, restrictive movements, and impaired social interaction. Fairly distinctive signs on paper but difficult for most … Continue reading
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Tagged assistive technology, autism, autism spectrum disorders, behavior imaging solutions, children with disabilities, communication disorders, development, developmental delays, developmental disabilities, emergency communications, georgia institute of technology, health, mobile technologies, owusu, parents, research, science, social media, technology, teddowusu, teddy, video interpreting, wireless technology
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Event Announcement: Cloud Computing and People with Disabilities
NIDRR consultant Clayton Lewis, PhD, Professor of Computer Science and Fellow of the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado, will present Cloud Computing and People with Disabilities, March 26th, 12:30-1:30pm EDT, at the National Science Foundation: Please … Continue reading
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Tagged access, clayton lewis, clayton lewis phd, Cloud Computing, cognitive science, colorado, dr lewis, dr. clayton lewis, inclusive infrastructure, informative presentation, national science foundation, NIDRR, research, science, web accessibility, web services
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IACC Releases Momentous Report on Autism Research
The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) has released a report detailing the remarkable advances in autism research in recent years. The report is being touted as the most comprehensive summary of trends in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) research, including gaps … Continue reading
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Tagged ASD, autism, autism coordinating committee, autism research, autism spectrum disorders, biology, combating autism reauthorization act, diagnosing autism, IACC, interagency autism coordinating committee, owusu, president, president obama, research, science, strategic plan for autism spectrum disorders research, teddowusu, teddy, thomas insel
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2012 Science of Eliminating Health Disparities Summit 10/31-1/3 – Registration Closing Tomorrow!
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under the leadership of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites you to the 2012 Science of Eliminating Health Disparities … Continue reading
How different are the brains of people on the autism spectrum?
NPR has a great piece on autism studies showing how the brains of people on the autism spectrum operate different from those without autism. Researchers used functional MRI (fMRI) to compare the brains of people with and without autism as … Continue reading