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.
Not exact matches
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).