Disabled Persons

RIT/NTID team examines Nicaraguan sign language to determine whether languages change so they are easier to produce or to understandCredit: Mark Benjamin/NTID New research is helping scientists around the world understand what drives…

'The 2018 National Autism Indicators Report: High School Students on the Autism Spectrum' highlights the challenges facing minority youth and those from low-income households with autismCredit: Drexel University Youth with autism are…

Ghaith J. Androwis, PhD, of Kessler Foundation will lead study of the MyoPro device to improve upper extremity motor function in people with incomplete spinal cord injuryCredit: Kessler Foundaton East Hanover, NJ - March 12, 2018 -…

Credit: Photo courtesy of UTSA (March 12, 2019) - The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) will launch a new program aimed at boosting student engagement and retention. The Biomedical Engineering Research for Active military…

National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) Report -- Monthly Update -- featuring the work of Inclusion Films in promoting the talents of jobseekers with disabilities to the entertainment industryCredit: Kessler Foundation East…

Internationally recognized experts from North America and Great Britain More than a dozen internationally recognized scientists from across North America and Great Britain working at the forefront of cell and molecular biology of…

Largest national study of youth with ADHD reveals gaps between student needs and school services, particularly in secondary school and for non-English speakers and lower-income families.Credit: Lehigh University At least one in…

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Potocki-Lupski syndrome is a condition that results from having an extra copy of a small piece of chromosome 17 in each cell. A different condition, known as Smith-Magenis syndrome, results when a…

Researchers measure readiness potential outside a laboratory for the first timeCredit: Soekadar/Charité Immediately before a person decides to launch themselves off a bridge for a bungee jump, there is a measurable increase in…

MS researchers conduct first study of outcome processing during social interactions in individuals with multiple sclerosisCredit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ, February 25, 2019. Ekaterina Dobryakova, PhD, and Pei-Pei Liu, PhD,…