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Tag Archives: service animals
Dog Days of Summer: Celebrating Service Animal Teams
With Sirius, the Dog Star, high in the sky, we focus on the “starring” role service animals play in supporting the independence and participation of people with disabilities in the community. Continue reading
Posted in Right Resources Right Now
Tagged ADA, civil rights, emotional support animals, service animals
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Mental Health Month – Resources #4Mind4Body
Kicking off May and Mental Health Month with #NIDILRR grantee resources #4Mind4Body Continue reading
Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for April 2017
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. NIDILRR Projects: The ten ADA National Network Regional Centers (English) (various) provide information, technical assistance, and training to maximize the full inclusion and … Continue reading
Posted in Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged ADA, ADA Centers, ADA National Network, Answered Questions, autism, children, community participation, educarion, employment, mobile technologies, NIDILRR, psychological well-being, rehabilitation, service animals, service dogs, Spanish, Spanish-language, support animal
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Dogs, and Other Animals, at Your Service
Last month, the US Supreme Court sided with the family of Ehlena Fry, stating that the family did not have to go through exhaustive administrative appeals when Ehlena’s school denied her request to bring her service dog, Wonder, into the … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged ADA, Ehlena Fry, emotional support animals, guide dogs, service animals, service dogs
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, September 7 – Friday, September 11
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Policy: Adult, autistic and ignored (The New York Times) Roughly 500,000 children with autism will become adults over the next 10 years, and as they reach the age of 21, they will find … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged ADHD, adults with autism, Animotus, autism, autism funding, autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, federal disability benefits, fish consumption and depression, modified Story Memory Technique, mSMT, omega-3 fatty acids, service animals, Social Security disability fund, sports and cerebral palsy, visual impairments, wayfinding device for blind
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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
Posted in Publications, Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged accessibility, accessible medical care, accessible medical equipment, accommodations, ADA, ADA 25 anniversary, ADA@25, assistive technology, CRPD, Disabilities, disability, discapacidad, emotional support animals, NIDILRR, NIDILRR investigations, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, people with disabilities, service animals, veterans, veterans with disabilities
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, July 13 – Friday, July 17
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Housing: Housing to mix adults with autism, typically-developing residents (Disability Scoop) In what may be the first project of its kind in the nation, local developers in Pittsburg, PA are building an apartment … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged Amodiaquine, Autoadapt Turny Evo, car swivel seat, Chloroquine, guide mini horses, housing for people with disabilities, insulin, malaria drugs for Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's Disease, prosthetic arm with Lego parts, service animals, test for Alzheimer's disease, type 1 diabetes, wheelchair tennis, Wimbledon
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Department of Justice Releases New Publication on FAQs about Service Animals and the ADA
The U.S. Department of Justice receives many questions on how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to service animals. Many people with disabilities use a service animal to participate in everyday life. Service animals (i.e., most notably dogs) can … Continue reading
Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, April 28 – Friday, May 2
Human Interest: Soldier who lost leg in Afghanistan vowed ‘I will return.’ This is what it took to get back. (The Washington Post) Following a leg injury sustained by a roadside bomb that resulted in amputation, a US Army soldier … Continue reading
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Tagged accessible housing, amputation, assisted living, behavior modification device, caregivers, cochlear implant, crowdfunding, disability employment, fda, Food and Drug Administration, group home, hearing impairment, homelessness, injured veterans, knee arthritis, laughter, leg amputation, leg prosthesis, medicaid, Medicaid funding, memory improvement activity, National Park Service, osteoarthritis, prosthetic, service animals, service dogs, shock devices, supported living, TBI, traumatic brain injury, unemployment, universal design, walker, walking disability, walking impairment
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