Communication

Treating Adults with Physical Disabilities: Access and Communication

February 22, 2012

A Training Curriculum for Medical Professionals on Improving the Quality of Care for People with Disabilities Location: See Website Administering Organization: World Institute on Disability (WID) Contact: Marsha Saxton, Ph.D Alice Wong Visit Website

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FCC Proposes to Update Rules Promoting Accessibility to Advanced Communications for People with Disabilities

June 1, 2011

As part of its implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA), the Federal Communications Commission issued three Notices of Proposed Rulemaking. The CVAA is considered the most significant piece of accessibility legislation since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. The CVAA has modernized existing communications… Read More »»

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Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Communication Enhancement (AAC-RERC)

February 16, 2011

National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) Format             Center   AAC-RERC a collaborative research group dedicated to the development of effective augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technology, which refers to ways (other than speech) that are used to send a message from one person to another.  AAC-RERC also promotes AAC technologies and supports the… Read More »»

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Examining the contribution of social communication abilities and affective/behavioral functioning to social integration outcomes for adults with traumatic brain injury.

January 28, 2011
BY: Struchen MA, Pappadis MR, Sander AM, Burrows CS, Myszka KA. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA. struchen@bcm.edu J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2011 Jan-Feb;26(1):30-42.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the contribution of social communication abilities and affective/behavioral functioning to social integration outcomes for persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI). DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 184 adults with TBI (72.8% men) evaluated at least 6 months postdischarge from acute care or inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and after living at least… Read More »»

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Toward mobile phone design for all: meeting the needs of stroke survivors.

October 1, 2010
BY: Morris J, Mueller J, Jones M. Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Wireless Technologies (Wireless RERC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Top Stroke Rehabil. 2010 Sep-Oct;17(5):353-61.

In the July-August 2008 issue of Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, Greig and colleagues described a small, qualitative study of features of mobile phone handset design, documentation, and use that either enhance or hinder usability for people with aphasia. The authors noted that, despite considerable difficulties, study participants appreciated the social participation that mobile phones support.… Read More »»

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Exploring communication assistants as an option for increasing communication access to communities for people who use augmentative communication.

March 1, 2010
BY: Collier B, McGhie-Richmond D, Self H. Augmentative Communication Community Partnerships-Canada, Toronto, Canada. Barbara.collier@sympatico.ca Augment Altern Commun. 2010 Mar;26(1):48-59.

This paper describes the results of a one-year intervention project that aimed to (a) learn about the communication supports required by people who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) when accessing their communities, (b) develop and implement a funded communication assistant service as an accessibility support option for people who use AAC when communicating in… Read More »»

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Social Participation Resources & Programs: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

February 22, 2010

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) webpage The Barkley AAC Center and the Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation at the University of Nebraska   Format             Webpage   AAC strategies help people with severe communication disabilities participate more fully in their social roles and interpersonal interaction such as learning, community activities, employment, volunteerism, and care management.… Read More »»

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Disability Etiquette: How to Interact with People Who Have Disabilities

February 16, 2010

Tennessee Disability Coalition Format             Brochure   The basic premise of this brochure is that one should not let fear and uncertainties keep one from getting to know people with disabilities.  The brochure provides specific tips on interacting with people with learning, hearing, speech, and visual disabilities and people who use wheelchairs.   Contact URL  http://www.tennessee.gov/humanserv/pubs/disab-etiq.pdf… Read More »»

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Disability Etiquette: Employers

February 16, 2010

Disability Awareness: Increasing Employers Understanding of the ADA, Accommodations and Other Supports in the Workplace.  Disability Etiquette: How to Accommodate Virginia Commonwealth University RRTC on Workplace Supports and Job Retention   Format             Online course   This online course includes a fact sheet of information and an accompanying short online test at the end with questions… Read More »»

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Real-Time Communication Etiquette for Communicating with Customers with Disabilities

February 16, 2010

Updated 03/24/10 Job Accommodation Network   Format             Fact sheet       Included in this fact sheet is a discussion on the importance of treating all customers, including those with disabilities, with courtesy and respect and remembering that all customers are individuals. Customers with disabilities will return to businesses that are welcoming, helpful, and accessible.  General etiquette… Read More »»

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