The unpopular truth about biases toward people with disabilities
Biases toward people with disabilities increase with age and over timeCredit: Robert Ruggiero via Upsplash Needing to ride in a ...
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New e-skin innovation by NUS researchers gives robots and prosthetics an exceptional sense of touch
Unique sensor system responds 1,000 times faster than the human sense of touch, the fastest ever achieved for an e-skinCredit: ...
Second sight study at Baylor College of Medicine
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine researchers, in collaboration with the University of California, Los Angeles and ...
New technique developed to detect autism in children
Researchers have developed a new technique to help doctors more quickly and accurately detect autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children. ...
nTIDE June 2019: Job numbers show strong gains for Americans with disabilities
June nTIDE Jobs Report highlights initiatives supporting greater independence for people with disabilities; Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire ...
The Lancet: Nerve transfer surgery restores hand function and elbow extension in 13 young adults with complete paralysis
13 young adults with tetraplegia are able to feed themselves, hold a drink, brush their teeth, and write as a ...
More monitoring needed to reduce post-hospitalization urinary tract infections
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Broader monitoring of patients is needed to reduce the number of people who develop a urinary tract ...
URI nursing study examines how premature birth affects health throughout life
$3 million grant extends 30-year study, one of the longest on premature birthCredit: URI photo KINGSTON, R.I. -- June 25, ...
Workers who are unpaid caregivers of older relatives struggle with unmet workplace needs
Employers who don't step up to help with workplace supports may make informal caregiving 'an even tougher role,' Baylor University ...
Kessler researchers explore social cognitive deficits in progressive multiple sclerosis
Study by MS research team finds evidence for differential effects of progressive MS on cognitive and affective Theory of MindCredit: ...
Kessler Foundation receives New Jersey Health Foundation grants for MS and stroke research
Drs. Shenoy Handiru and Lancaster will study novel ways to improve rehabilitative care for disabilities caused by stroke and multiple ...
Tailor-made prosthetic liners could help more amputees walk again
Researchers at the University of Bath have developed a new way of designing and manufacturing bespoke prosthetic liners, in less ...
First-ever successful mind-controlled robotic arm without brain implants
A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with the University of Minnesota, has made a breakthrough in ...
First step towards a better prosthetic leg? Trip people over and over
Vanderbilt team builds device to capture stumble responseCredit: CREATE at Vanderbilt University Andrés MartÃnez strode briskly on the treadmill, staring ...
Cleveland Clinic performs its first in utero fetal surgery
Darrell Cass, M.D., leads multispecialty team of clinicians to repair spina bifida birth defect in a nearly 23-week-old fetusCredit: Cleveland ...
Promising treatment for shoulder pain in wheelchair users with spinal cord injury
Researchers report initial results for a minimally invasive intervention for relief of chronic refractory shoulder pain in upper-limb dependent individuals ...
Research moves closer to brain-machine interface autonomy
Findings could help seamlessly integrate prostheticsCredit: University of Houston A University of Houston engineer is reporting in eNeuro that a ...
Study counters narrative that street homeless are ‘service resistant’
Interviews with New York City homeless by researchers from the NYU Silver School of Social Work show impact of bureaucratic ...
nTIDE May 2019 Jobs Report: Job numbers up slightly for Americans with disabilities
Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire release nTIDE Report -- Monthly Update -- featuring ways to advance competitive integrated ...
Kessler foundation receives $1 million to study novel treatments for spinal cord injury
Tim Reynolds, co-founder of Wall Street's Jane Street Capital, funds new avenue of research at the Center for Spinal Stimulation ...