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Tag Archives: sports
The Paralympic Games and Recreational Therapy
Since the end of the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, we have begun looking forward to the 2014 Paralympic Games beginning on March 7th. Over 40 countries will be represented at this year’s winter games and athletes will participate in … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 Paralympics, accessibility, adaptive sports, assistive technology, Disabilities, disability, ice sledge hockey, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, paralympics, people with disabilities, recreational sports, Recreational therapy, RERC, skiing, sochi, sports, technology, therapeutic recreation, wheelchair curling, YMCA
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Disability News Weekly Roundup — Monday, Feb 17 – Friday, Feb 21
Education: Start-up opens digital door for students with autism (The Philadelphia Inquirer) With financial support from the University of Pennsylvania, among other sources, Autism Expressed teaches digital skills to students with autism in Philadelphia. Founded by a teacher who saw … Continue reading
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Tagged accessible seating, adapted vehicle, adaptive equipment, assistive listening devices, autism, bionics, blind, blood glucose monitor, braille, closed captioning, cochlear implants, CT scans, deaf, diabetes, education, emergency medicine, hard of hearing, information technologies, Internet, MRI, pain management, research, sports, veterans, wheelchair users
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Disability News Weekly Roundup Monday, Jan 20 – Friday, Jan 31
Health: Automated system could efficiently identify high-risk osteoporosis patients (Science Daily) An automated system that identifies high-risk osteoporosis patients being treated for fractures and can generate letters encouraging follow-up is an effective way to promote osteoporosis intervention and prevent future … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, aging, assistive technology, autism, Broadway, children, deaf, deafness, diabetes, direct brain interface, early intervention, exercise, follow-up care, insulin pump, medical technology, music, osteoporosis, paralysis, policy, safety, sports, theater, traumatic brain injury
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Disability News Weekly Roundup Monday, Dec 2 – Friday Dec 6
Health: Reuters—Mild depression tied to diabetes complications Even mild bouts of depression may worsen the health complications that often go along with type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. Canadian researchers followed more than 1,000 patients for five years … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's Disease, autism, benefits, concussions, depression, diabetes, Disabilities, disability, distress, genetics, health, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, kansas city chiefs, mental health, nfl, parkinson's, Parkinson's Disease, politico, psychotherapy, reuters, Rheumatoid Arthritis, sandy hook, science daily, sip-and-puff system, slate, sports, stroke, taxis, teddowusu, teddy owusu, the new york times, tongue-drive wheelchair, un news centre, United Nations, wheelchair
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Disability News Weekly Roundup Monday, Nov 18 – Friday Nov 22
Disability News Weekly Roundup Health: Science Daily— Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer at Risk of Early Aging Researchers found that frail health was associated with a greater risk for adult childhood cancer survivors of death and chronic disease. Being frail … Continue reading
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Tagged abc news, accessibility, aging, aid programs, al jazeera, Arthritis, Asperger Syndrome, associated press, autism, autism research, california healthline, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Child Neuropsychology, childhood cancer, cnn, concussion, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), doorknobs, fox news, government shutdown, head injury, health, med page today, mental health, military psychology, nervous system, obama, olympics, owusu, policy, recession, rheumatic conditions, Rheumatoid Arthritis, science daily, seattle times, sports, stroke prevention, teddowusu, teddy, united nations disabilities pact, vancouver sun, veterans
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Olympics and Paralympics Represented Together
The new pictograms for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been released! The latest rendition (the making of which can be viewed at rio2016.com), will mark the first time that all the 41 Olympic and 23 Paralympic sports … Continue reading
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Tagged archery, athletes, boccia, design, equestrian, olympics, owusu, Paralympic Games, Paralympic sports, paralympics, pebbles, pictograms, rio, rio 2016, rugby, sailing, shooting, sport, sports, summer olympics, summer paralympics, swimming, teddowusu, teddy, tennis, track and field, wheelchair
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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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