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Tag Archives: technology
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 access, accessibility, Apps, assistive technology, children, children with disabilities, digital divide, Disabilities, e-learning, education, Educational Resource Center, employment outcomes, general education, Hispanics, Hispanics with disabil, Innovation and learning Network, intellectual disabilities, interventions, Latino attitudes, Latinos, Latinos with disabilities, learning, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, ONCE, people with disabilities, RIA, Spanish, Spanish-language, special education, special needs, teachers, technology, TWYLA, visual disabilities
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NIDRR Researchers Named to FCC Disability Advisory Committee
The Federal Communications Commission has officially announced and scheduled the first meeting of the new Disability Advisory Committee. Several members of the NIDRR community will serve on the committee, providing advice and recommendations to the FCC on a wide array … Continue reading
December 3rd: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
This Wednesday is International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). The aim of IDPD is to promote an understanding of disability issues; mobilize support for the dignity, rights, and well-being of people with disabilities; and increase awareness of the gains … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, ADA, ADA Live!, assistive technology, Disabilities, disability, disaster risk reduction, emergency responses, employment, enabling work environments, IDPD, inclusion, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, people with disabilities, Sustainable Development, technology, UN, UN Enable Film Festival, United Nations, webinar
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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 ASD, autism, autism spectrum disorder, children, developmental disabilities, Disabilities, disability, education, employment, further research, Lorenzo's Dipper, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, people with disabilities, rehab, rehabilitation, research, Resources, Spanish, Spanish-language, technology
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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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Software explains how people who are color blind see the world
At the University of Alicante (UA) in Spain, scientists have designed software that helps analyze the vision of people who are color blind and it simulates how people with colorblindness really see. The software helps to redesign images or objects … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Publications
Tagged assistive technology, colorblindness, Disabilities, disability, employment, people with disabilities, software, Spain, technology
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Registration is now open for the RERC on Telerehabilitation State of the Science Conference on June 13th and 14th, 2013!
Registration is now open for the RERC on Telerehabilitation (RERC TR) State of Science (SOS) conference on June 13th and 14th. The conference will be presented virtually allowing health and rehabilitation professionals, industry partners, government agencies, and consumers to attend … Continue reading
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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Wireless RERC launches its Survey of User Needs in Spanish
The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Wireless Technologies (Wireless RERC) has launched a Spanish language version of its Survey of User Needs for Wireless Technologies. The survey’s objective is to know how all people use wireless technology and its principal … Continue reading
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Tagged Disabilities, disability, minorities, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, people with disabilities, Spanish, Spanish-language, survey, technology, Wireless RERC
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