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Disability Etiquette – Tips On Interacting With People With Disabilities

July 23, 2010

23 July 2010, Article, Newsletter, OT, Parental Involvement, Psychology, PT, SLP, Special Education, Spinal Cord Injury, Student Involvement

By: United Spinal Association Reprinted with the express permission of United Spinal Association as originally published on their website. United Spinal Association has provided us with a wonderful set of tips on how therapists, teachers, other students and any other people they…...

July 21, 2010

23 July 2010, Music Therapy, News, Newsletter

ScienceDaily (July 20, 2010) — Those ubiquitous wires connecting listeners to you-name-the-sounds from invisible MP3 players — whether of Bach, Miles Davis or, more likely today, Lady Gaga — only hint at music’s effect on the soul throughout the ages. Now a…...

July 19, 2010

23 July 2010, News, Newsletter, OT

[Source: CNN / CareerBuilder.com] You’ve probably worked hard to find a job you love. It may have taken you three different majors in college, a couple dozen career tests and a midlife crisis, but you’ve landed in a job you enjoy. Chances…...

July 16, 2010

16 July 2010, Newsletter, SLP, Stuttering, Tip or Resource

Here is a great website to tuck away in your favorites. The National Association of Young People Who Stutter is a great organization that reaches out to kiddos looking for others like them that share their frustrations with stuttering. They publish a…...

The ABCs of Pediatric Physical Therapy

July 16, 2010

16 July 2010, Newsletter, PT, Tip or Resource

This document was created by The Section on Pediatrics at APTA (American Physical Therapy Association)It is an excellent resource to tuck away when asked for a concise description or explanation of what you do, whether it be from parents, colleagues or others…...

July 16, 2010

16 July 2010, Article, Newsletter, SLP, Speech Sound Disorders

Barbara Lewis, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University Published online 03-20-07 in the Canadian Language & Literacy Research Network in their Encyclopedia of Language and Literacy Development The most common types of speech or language problems reported in children…...

NINDS Fact Sheet: Friedreich's Ataxia

July 16, 2010

16 July 2010, Article, Friedreichs Ataxia, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP

By: National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Reprinted from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke as originally published on their website What is Friedreich’s ataxia? Friedreich’s ataxia is an inherited disease that causes progressive…...

NINDS Fact Sheet: Friedreich's Ataxia

July 16, 2010

16 July 2010, Article, Friedreichs Ataxia, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP

By: National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Reprinted from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke as originally published on their website What is Friedreich’s ataxia? Friedreich’s ataxia is an inherited disease that causes progressive…...

Handwriting Research in the News

July 13, 2010

16 July 2010, Handwriting, News, Newsletter

[Source: Brain Blogger] by Jennifer Gibson Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have poor penmanship. In turn, poor penmanship leads to decreased success in communication, failed academics, and a lack of self-esteem. Until now, clinicians and autism experts believed that developmental…...

What Is Caudal Regression Syndrome?

July 9, 2010

9 July 2010, Article, Newsletter, OT, PT, Spinal Cord Injury

Danielle Shaw (May 26th, 2009 ). Action online Magazine of the United Spinal Association. This article was originally published in Action Online and is reprinted here with the express Permission of the United Spinal Association. The author had never heard of this…...