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Toward a new understanding of mental illness: Thomas Insel

Toward a new understanding of mental illness: Thomas Insel

Today, thanks to better early detection, there are 63% fewer deaths from heart disease than there were just a few decades ago. Thomas Insel, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, wonders: Could we do the same for depression and schizophrenia? The first step in this new avenue of research, he says, is a crucial reframing: for us to stop thinking about “mental disorders” and start understanding them as “brain disorders.”

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D C on April 20, 2013

Initiative to Provide Technology-Enabled Communications Channel to Support Consumers with Disabilities

Initiative to Provide Technology-Enabled Communications Channel to Support Consumers with Disabilities

globalaccessibilitynews.com –

Greyhound Lines, Inc., is taking part in a new coalition loyalty initiative that will help the largest provider of intercity bus service in North America reach out to and better serve people with disabilities, a market segment that comprises more than 60 million North Americans and $270 billion in discretionary spending. The coalition loyalty initiative, developed by eSSENTIAL Accessibility, centers around an assistive technology-enabled communications channel that lets Greyhound and other more...

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D C on March 21, 2013

Mind-controlled exoskeleton to help persons with disabilities walk again

globalaccessibilitynews.com –

Every year thousands of people in Europe are paralysed by a spinal cord injury. Many are young adults, facing the rest of their lives confined to a wheelchair. Although no medical cure currently exists, in the future they could be able to walk again thanks to a mind-controlled robotic exoskeleton being developed by EU-funded researchers. But by bypassing the spinal cord entirely and routing brain signals to a robotic exoskeleton, they should be able to get back on their feet. That is the more...

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D C on March 21, 2013

ICT helps to overcome disabilities

ICT helps to overcome disabilities

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As a result of technological progress ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) has created the so-called digital divide. Some people are unable to individually respond to this progress, but the proper use of ICT can help them overcome this handicap. One of the possibilities is to create accessible and usable applications depending on the character and level of disability. In accordance with the European CertiAgri project, e-learning tools are used for integrating people with more...

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D C on March 14, 2013

A Guide for Hiring Contractors to Develop Accessible Websites and Web Content

A Guide for Hiring Contractors to Develop Accessible Websites and Web Content

A guide for hiring contractors to develop accessible websites and web content The Government of Ontario (Canada) passed the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act in 2005, with the goal of making Ontario accessible for people with disabilities by 2025. Accessibility standards are being created as part of the act. The standards are rules that organizations in Ontario have to follow to identify, remove and prevent barriers so that people with disabilities will have more opportunities more...

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D C on February 19, 2013

Chinese scientists develop affordable e-notebook for people with vision disabilities

Chinese scientists develop affordable e-notebook for people with vision disabilities

globalaccessibilitynews.com –

Chinese scientists have developed and tested a prototype electronic notebook for people who are blind that is designed to be cheap to manufacture.The e-notebook, called B-Notes, allows people to take notes or memos using Braille or by recording speech. It is similar in size to a mobile phone. B-Notes makes use of technologies developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Computing Technology (ICT), including translation software.The blind people who tested the prototype notebooks more...

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D C on February 19, 2013

28th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference

28th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference

The world’s largest and only university-sponsored tech event dedicated to persons with disabilities will again take place at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego, California, United States, February 25, 2013 to Friday, March 2, 2013. Thousands of people from around the world - from technology companies, entrepreneurs, executives, academics and persons with disabilities - are expected to gather in mid-March in San Diego to explore new ways technology can help persons with disabilities more...

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D C on February 19, 2013

Accessible Information and Communication: A Guide for Small Business

Accessible Information and Communication: A Guide for Small Business

As a small business operation offering design services to your clients, probably the last thing you’re thinking about adding to your 'to do' list, is making your promotional materials, telephone system or website accessible to people with disabilities. However, it could be a very good business decision! In fact, in Canada one in seven people have a disability. In the coming 20 years, that number will increase to one in five as our population ages... that’s about 7,000,000 people! With the more...

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D C on February 19, 2013

Google Lime Scholarship for Computer Science & Engineering Students with Disabilities

Google Lime Scholarship for Computer Science & Engineering Students with Disabilities

globalaccessibilitynews.com –

Application deadline: Midnight PST on Monday, February 18th! Recipients of the 2013 Google Lime Scholarship will each receive a scholarship for the 2013-2014 academic year. Selected students will also be invited to attend the annual Google Scholars’ Retreat at the Googleplex in Mountain View, California, in 2013. All candidates will also be considered for software engineering internship opportunities wiht Google. Scholarships will be awarded based on the strength of candidates’ more...

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D C on February 17, 2013

Social capital and mental health among mothers in Vietnam who have children with disabilities

Social capital and mental health among mothers in Vietnam who have children with disabilities

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By Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy, Helen L. Berry Background: Having a child with a disability is a heavy burden for mothers, especially in developing countries, where there is little available financial or other government support. Having a child with a disability is also linked to mental health problems and poor quality of life. Communities rich in social capital and individuals who have high levels of personal social capital generally enjoy day-to-day and long-term health and social benefits but this more...

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Umeå Centre for... on February 11, 2013

Accessibility Design Guide: Universal design principles for Australia's aid program

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Accessibility Design Guide: Universal design principles for Australia’s aid program provides guidance on enabling people with disability to participate equally in social and economic life through the design and implementation of development initiatives. This guide is a rich resource of ideas which development practitioners can consider when applying universal design. The aim is to support Australia’s aid program so it minimises barriers and becomes more accessible to people with disability and more...

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D C on February 5, 2013

We Will Speak Out Coalition: Working Together to End Sexual Violence

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"We recognise that responding to sexual violence is essential in our work, in our communities and in our world. We commit to addressing sexual violence in our contexts to the best of our ability, aiming to end it in all its forms, together." From the We Will Speak Out Pledg. We Will Speak Out is a coalition of like-minded faith-based groups, international aid agencies, and an alliance of individuals who together commit themselves to work towards the end of sexual violence (SV). This more...

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D C on January 17, 2013

Breakthrough Nanoparticle Halts Multiple Sclerosis in Mice, Offers Hope for Other Immune-Related Diseases

Breakthrough Nanoparticle Halts Multiple Sclerosis in Mice, Offers Hope for Other Immune-Related Diseases

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"In a breakthrough for nanotechnology and multiple sclerosis, a biodegradable nanoparticle turns out to be the perfect vehicle to stealthily deliver an antigen that tricks the immune system into stopping its attack on myelin and halt a model of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) in mice, according to new Northwestern Medicine research." ScienceDaily (Nov. 18, 2012)

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John Daly on November 19, 2012

The role of context and the interpersonal experience of loneliness among older people in a residential care facility

The role of context and the interpersonal experience of loneliness among older people in a residential care facility

By Vera Roos, Lelanie Malan Older people are more prone to experience loneliness when living in residential care facilities. The purpose of this study was to explore older people’s experiences of loneliness in the context of institutionalized care. Avoluntary and convenience-based sample of 10 white South African older people (age range 62 to 82 years; three men and seven women) was drawn. Data on the subjective experience of loneliness were then gathered through the Mmogo-method®, whereby more...

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Umeå Centre for... on October 12, 2012

New International Journal: Disability and the Global South (DGS)

New International Journal: Disability and the Global South (DGS)

dgsjournal.org –

We are very pleased to announce the new international journal: Disability and the Global South (DGS) Disability and the Global South (DGS) is the first peer reviewed journal committed to publishing high quality work focused exclusively on all aspects of the disability experience in the global South. It provides an interdisciplinary platform prioritising material that is critical, challenging, and engaging from a range of epistemological perspectives and disciplines. We welcome material from a more...

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Shaun Grech on September 9, 2012

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