Sentences with phrase «independent life and disability»

He organizes annual Youth Leadership Summits for high school students with disabilities and facilitates workshops, presentations, and Independent Living Skills classes on sexuality, relationships, independent living and disability history.

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Disability Rights Advocates, on behalf of the Independent Living Resource Center and two people who use wheelchairs, filed a class - action lawsuit today against Lyft.
In March, Disability Rights Advocates, on behalf of the Independent Living Resource Center and two people who use wheelchairs, filed a class - action lawsuit today against Lyft.
Federal, state and local officials have also teamed up with the Independent Living Center and other disability organizations to serve as a resource for individuals with disabilities, access and other functional needs.
Developmental Special Needs www.tri-counties.org Tri-Counties Regional Center provides supports and services for individuals with developmental disabilities living in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties so that they may live fully and safely as active and independent members of our community.
This may be a particularly attractive option for adolescents who are preparing to leave the family home for a more independent living arrangement, for young adults with disabilities who prefer to be with people their own age, or even aging populations with mild to moderate memory loss because it gives them an opportunity to experience new surroundings, different expectations, peer relationships and even cognitive and emotional stimulation.
Support Easterseals» work to help people with disabilities, veterans, caregivers and their families live full, independent lives and reach their goals.
Some babies will have a nearly unnoticeable disability that barely interferes with a normal fulfilling life, others will be disabled to the point that they will be incapable of being independent and face the prospect of a very poor quality of life.
To enact these principles we believe there would have to be a statutory right to independent living (with the right to the support required to achieve that), a culture change to respect people's existing rights, such as ensuring those with learning disabilities are not denied their legal right to vote, and supporting people to have friends and relationships.
New York State Senator Tom O'Mara (R,C,I - Big Flats), said, «We are grateful for this investment to enhance the long - standing mission of CDS Life Transitions and the AIM Independent Living Center to provide safe, affordable, high - quality housing for people with disabilities, seniors, families, veterans, and other residents throughout the Southern Tier.
RuthAnne Visnauskas, Commissioner of New York State Homes and Community Renewal said, «Congratulations to the Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley and to people with disabilities throughout the Capital Region who will benefit from the Center's enhanced accessibility and space, and have a greater opportunity to live independently and thrive in their communities.
With the support of AIM Independent Living Center, CDS Housing will provide support services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including Medicaid Service Coordination, individualized person - centered planning and health education lectures and seminars, among others.
Unity House of Troy, the lead agency in the coalition, has worked for the last 4 years with Samaritan Hospital's Office of Sexual Assault and Crime Victim's Assistance (part of St. Peter's Health Care Partners), and the Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley, to educate providers on creating services that are disability appropriate.
She was also cited for her work as a board member of the Queens Independent Living Center and a past recipient of the Borough President's Award for People with Disabilities.
Extending that across the country could allow 1000 more stroke survivors every year to avoid disability and lead independent lives.
The hard - won rights of people with a learning disability to live independent lives are being eroded as a result of government cuts to benefits and social care services, charities have warned.
«Disability living allowance will be replaced by the personal independence payment (PIP), which is a new, more transparent and sustainable benefit underpinned by an objective assessment of the barriers disabled people face in living full and independent lives.
This is feeding the demonisation of people on benefits Disabled people have already suffered the most under this government's cuts to social security — with the failed Work Capability Assessment for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), the cuts to Disability Living Allowance (DLA), the closure of Remploy and the forthcoming abolition of the Independent Living Fund.
James will be joined by Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York (CIDNY), Bronx Independent Living Services, Disability Rights Advocates (DRA), and Harlem Independent Living Center.
The Trump plan would also transfer the National Institute of Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research from the HHS's Administration for Community Living, and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to the NIH from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
After a hemorrhagic stroke, caused by a brain bleed, 49.3 percent had functional disability and 18.2 percent didn't have the skills for independent living.
Research is an essential part of our mission to help people with disabilities gain as independent and fulfilling lives as possible.
NNJTBIS is supported by grant #H133A120030 from the National Institute Disability, Independent Living & Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).
This research is supported by funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Development (4R00HD065957 - 05) and National Institute for Disability Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (H133N110020).
This research supported by Kessler Foundation, the Wallerstein Foundation for Geriatric Improvement, Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey, and the National Institute on Disability Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (H133G120203) and the National Institutes of Health (K24HD062647).
nTIDE is funded, in part, by grants from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)(H133B130015 & H133B120005) and Kessler Foundation.
The program is supported by Kessler Foundation, along with the National Institutes of Health, Children's Specialized Hospital, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research.
January 7, 2016, WEST ORANGE, N.J. — A joint team from Kessler Foundation and the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is developing new applications for wearable robotic exoskeleton devices with a $ 5 million federal grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research.
Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, of Kessler Foundation is the principal investigator of a Field - Initiated Program award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).
NTIDE is funded, in part, by grants from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)(90RT5022 -02-00 & 90RT5017) and Kessler Foundation.
Funded by National Institute on Disability Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research through RRTC on Individual Characteristics Related to Employment among Individuals with Disabilities under cooperative agreement H133B100011.
NTIDE is funded, in part, by grants from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)(9ORT5022 -02-00 & 90RT5017) and Kessler Foundation.
The study was funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living & Rehabilitation Research (H133A070037 and H133G090078), and Kessler Foundation.
May positive trends continue in May and beyond,» according to Hugh Berry, Ed.D., research analyst at the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).
Trends in Disability Employment — National Update is funded, in part, by grants from the National Institute on Disability Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) & 9ORT5022 -02-00 & 9ORT5017), and Kessler Foundation.
Funded by National Institute on Disability Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research through RRTC on Statistics & Demographics grant (H133B12006) to Kessler Foundation
is funded, in part, by grants from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)
Funders include the Department of Defense, NJ Commission on SCI Research, Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living & Rehabilitation Research, Veterans Administration, Acorda Therapeutics, and Kessler Foundation.
Dr. Dobryakova, a research scientist at Kessler Foundation, was a recipient of a 2016 Switzer Research Fellowship by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), and a 2015 Independent Investigator Grant from the National MS Society.
90SI5026 from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).
Research is funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living & Rehabilitation Research, National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, Reeve Foundation, New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Injury Research, Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, New Jersey Health Foundation, and Children's Specialized Hospital.
East Hanover, NJ — December 6, 2017 — Peii Chen, PhD, research scientist at Kessler Foundation, has been awarded a 2017 Switzer Research Fellowship by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).
Stroke research receives funding from the National Institute on Disability Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research, Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health / NICHD / NCMRR, New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research, Kessler Foundation, the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey, and the Wallerstein Foundation for Geriatric Life Improvement.
Research funding sources include the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living & Rehabilitation Research, the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Defense, the Veterans Administration, the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, the New Jersey Commission for SCI Research, and Kessler Foundation.
Amanda Botticello, PhD, MPH, received a $ 605,000 subaward from the National Institute on Disability Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research to study a cognitive - behavioral intervention in the outpatient population with spinal cord injury (SCI).
Funding source: National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research grant
For more information, visit: http://cdmrp.army.mil; and the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research grant 90SI5026.
Kessler Foundation's cognitive rehabilitation research in MS is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, National MS Society, Consortium of MS Centers, the Patterson Trust, Biogen Idec, Hearst Foundations, the International Progressive MS Alliance, and Kessler Foundation.
Funding source: National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research grant 90SFGE0001
by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).
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