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HHM: The Family and Living with Disabilities
We are in the prime of Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15- Oct 15) and what better time to address issues involving disabilities within the Hispanic community. The Hispanic culture is lauded for its passion and strong ties within la familia. … Continue reading
People-First from a Personal Perspective
Coming from a journalistic background, I knew all about the power of words and the importance of wording. When I first started at NARIC and was introduced to People-First Language, I understood the notion but the ethos of the community … Continue reading
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Tagged add, ap stylebook, apa, associated press, attention deficit disorder, blogging, guidelines, inclusion, journalism, journalist, language, NARIC, owusu, people-first, person first, reporting, research, society, teddowusu, teddy, writing
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KTDRR Upcoming September Webcast
The NIDRR-funded Center on Knowledge Translation for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (KTDRR) will host a webcast presented by Dr. Marcel Dijkers on Assessing the Quality and Applicability of Systematic Review (AQASR) September 18, 2013 from 3-4:30pm EDT. AQASR is a … Continue reading
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Exercise Guides for People with Disabilities
If you’re interested in free information on how to live healthily and exercise with disability, the National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability (NCHPAD) offers guides to exercise for people with disability. NCHPAD’s guides range from Pilates for individuals … Continue reading
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Tagged adults, children, disability, down syndrome, exercise, free, free guides, health, healthy living, national center on health physical activity and disability, nchpad, need-specific, owusu, physical activity, pilates, seniors, special needs, strengthening exercises, teddowusu, teddy
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People-first: Language of Progress
People-first language isn’t just semantics; it’s a way of referring to people with disabilities without intentionally or unintentionally expressing negative and disparaging attitudes. By using people-first language, we acknowledge the person (first) rather than the disability. “Over the years bloggers, … Continue reading
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Tagged ap, AP 2013 Stylebook, apa, associated press, beauty queen, current-events, gymnastics, gymnist, lefty, model, owusu, people-first, person first, politics, research, research and training centers, society, teddowusu, teddy, tennis, university of kansas, university of kansas research and training center on independent living, wheelchair users, wrestling
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Psoriasis Awareness Month
August is Psoriasis Awareness Month. As many as 7.5 million Americans have psoriasis making it the most common autoimmune disease in the United States. Psoriasis occurs when the immune system sends out faulty signals that speed the growth cycle of … Continue reading
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ESPN’s Carry On: Brotherhood, Struggle, Success within Disability
ESPN recently aired “Carry On: Why I Stayed”, a follow-up to its 2009 documentary “Carry On” featuring Cleveland-native high school wrestler’s Dartanyon Crockett and Leroy Sutton. In 2009 the sports network’s cameras followed both young men and chronicled their journey … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, blindness, carry on, crockett, dartanyon, documentary, donate, education, espn, fenn, leber's disease, leroy, lisa, low vision, mixed marial arts, mma, owusu, paraplegia, physical accessibility, sports, sutton, teddowusu, teddy, television, wrestlers, wrestling
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Custom Strides
Bespoke Innovations, Inc. is on a mission to bring an individualized, human aspect to prosthetics for people who have congenital or traumatic limb loss. Bespoke designs “Fairings”, specialized coverings created using three-dimensional scanning that surround existing prosthetics, to capture every … Continue reading
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Tagged bespoke innovations, customization, fairings, kenneth trauner, limb loss, owusu, paul g. lego, prosthetics, scott summit, teddowusu, teddy
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Iris Halmshaw: Pint-Sized Picasso
Three-year-old Iris Grace Halmshaw has set the art world abuzz. Iris has autism and is non-verbal, but her paintings speak volumes! Iris is just like any toddler—carefree, dancing in her own little world, but she struggles to interact with others … Continue reading
Living with SCI: A Legless Summer
Pascale Honore and her sons Morgan and Tom are hitting the road this summer on what they call a “Legless Summer” trip. The 50-year-old Australian native remembers growing up along the coastal town of Elliston, doing what she loved—surfing. That … Continue reading
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