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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, September 28 – Friday, October 2
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Human Interest: Pope blesses kids with special needs (Disability Scoop) During his recent visit to America, Pope Francis made several stops to bless children with special needs. The pope stopped the car that … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, autism diagnosis, cranial nerve stimulation, deaf, depression medication, EarLens hearing aid, hard of hearing, motivation in recovery, nucleus accumbens, placebo effect, psychological support in spinal cord injury recovery, robotic hand with fiber optic sensors, SignLanguageGlove, sleep apnea, speech impairment, spinal cord injury, stroke, tactile sensing hand prosthesis
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, July 20 – Friday, July 24
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Accessibility: Woman in wheelchair who fought for Disabilities Act can’t use tour bus (The Washington Post) Even before she arrives in the nation’s capital this weekend to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, ADA. Americans with Disabilities Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Argus II eye prosthesis, cataracts, hemiplegia, lanosterol, lanosterol eye drops, macular degeneration, National Council on Disability, NIDILRR, paretic limb, Robert L. Burgdorf Jr, Social Security, Social Security disabilities benefits, stroke, visitability
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, July 6 – Friday, July 10
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Arts: How to make a musical for the Deaf (BuzzFeed) Deaf West, a premiere Deaf theater company based in Los Angeles, will be taking the musical Spring Awakening to Broadway this fall. In … Continue reading
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Tagged autism spectrum disorder, blood test for diabetes type 1, brain impairments, caregivers, Deaf West theater company, eye tracker, EyeControl, microRNA 375, neurorehabilitation, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, severe disabilities, shared brain-machine interface, sign language, smell test for autism, stroke, Tetris as therapeutic aid, type 1 diabetes, uric acid
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, June 8 – Friday, June 12
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Human Interest: Tracy Morgan: My daughter was afraid of me after the crash (People) It has been almost a year since the bus accident that left comedian Tracy Morgan temporarily in a wheelchair. … Continue reading
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Tagged asymmetric deafness, autism, deafness in one ear, dyslexia, Dyslexia Research Institute, ear implants, hearing aids, Instituto de Rehabilitación de Chicago, leg amputation, Mark Haddon, microtia, prosthetic leg control system, reading interventions for dyslexia, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, rTMS, stroke, support system, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time", Tony Awards, Tracy Morgan, wheelchair
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Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community – May 2015
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 acquired brain injury and DOC, APMR, brain death, coma, Disabilities, disability, disorders of consciousness, DOC, family, Glasgow scale, level of consciousness, locked-in syndrome, Model System Knowledge Translation Center, MSKTC, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIDILRR, NIDILRR Articles, NIDILRR Grantees, NINDS, people with disabilities, perceptions, persistent disorders of consciousness, persistent vegetative state, Spanish, Spanish-language, stroke, TBI, traumatic brain injury
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, February 9 – Friday, February 13
Human Interest: Meet the first model with Down syndrome to walk the runway at Fashion Week (NBC TODAY) Jamie Brewer, an actress with Down syndrome, is modeling designs by Carrie Hammer during New York Fashion Week. She is part of … Continue reading
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Tagged ADA. Americans with Disabilities Act, alpha brain waves and hearing impairment, autism spectrum disorder, cerebellum, declarative memory, diabetes, diabetes treatment, Down syndrome awareness, dyslexia, glucose-responsive insulin, iBrailler keyboard for iPads, intellectual disabilities, obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, parents with disabilities, poststroke rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Act, section 504, seniors with hearing loss, Specific Language Impairment, stroke, Tourette Syndrome
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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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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, December 1 –Friday, December 5
Human Interest: Navigating the stage with a disability (The Wall Street Journal) At a New York Festival of Song concert in November, the organization’s co-founder, pianist Steven Blier, zoomed onto the stage in his battery-operated wheelchair. “This takes a minute, … Continue reading
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Tagged ADA. Americans with Disabilities Act, Liftware spoon, memory improvement activity, mental health, musicians with disabilities, powered prosthetic leg, prehabilitation, Sigmund Freud, smartphones and neck injury, spoon for users with tremors, stroke, stroke rehabilitation, Supreme Court, TBI, traumatic brain injury, TV remote control interface for users with visual impairments
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