Drexel Report: Low-income and minority youth with autism face worse outcomes than peers
'The 2018 National Autism Indicators Report: High School Students on the Autism Spectrum' highlights the challenges facing minority youth and ...
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Kessler Foundation awarded federal grant to study wearable robotic in spinal cord injury
Ghaith J. Androwis, PhD, of Kessler Foundation will lead study of the MyoPro device to improve upper extremity motor function ...
UTSA BRAVe program grows research pipeline to help active and military vets
Credit: Photo courtesy of UTSA (March 12, 2019) - The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) will launch a ...
nTIDE Feb. 2019: Economic indicators decline slightly for Americans with disabilities
National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) Report -- Monthly Update -- featuring the work of Inclusion Films in promoting the ...
Spinal cord research symposium
Internationally recognized experts from North America and Great Britain More than a dozen internationally recognized scientists from across North America ...
1 in 3 students with ADHD receive no school interventions, study finds
Largest national study of youth with ADHD reveals gaps between student needs and school services, particularly in secondary school and ...
Unveiling disease-causing genetic changes in chromosome 17
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Potocki-Lupski syndrome is a condition that results from having an extra copy of a small ...
Bungee jumping for science
Researchers measure readiness potential outside a laboratory for the first timeCredit: Soekadar/Charité Immediately before a person decides to launch themselves ...
National MS Society funds Kessler Foundation pilot study of social interaction in MS
MS researchers conduct first study of outcome processing during social interactions in individuals with multiple sclerosisCredit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, ...
Over half of home health care clinicians say they lack adequate information from hospitals
CU Anschutz researchers say this can lead to potentially deadly medical errors AURORA, Colo. (Feb. 25, 2019) - A survey ...
International team of scientists detect cause of rare pediatric brain disorder
A team of American and Canadian scientists lead mutation discoveryCredit: McGill University Health Centre MONTREAL, February 25 2019--An international effort ...
Disability progression in multiple sclerosis linked to income, education
Credit: Courtesy Marilyn Lenzen Neighbourhood income and education level is associated with risk of disability progression in patients with multiple ...
Dr. Dobryakova of Kessler Foundation is the recipient of INS 2019 Early Career Award
Ekaterina Dobryakova, Ph.D., of Kessler Foundation, honored with International Neurological Society's Early Career Award at annual meeting in NYCCredit: Kessler ...
Brain-computer interface, promise of restoring communication discussed at AAAS presentation
Brain-computer interfaces promise to restore communication for individuals with severe speech and physical impairments. Current brain computer interfaces share many ...