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It’s More Than Curb Cuts and Ramps: Support at Work Is Key to a Successful Re-entry for People with Disabilities
To find out why employment levels among people with disabilities have remained stuck at less than 40% in recent decades and identify best practices among employers, Heinemann and a team of researchers conducted an online cross-sectional survey of almost 350 people with disabilities in the Chicago area. The vast majority of them, 270, were employed.
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Anne Picchiotti, OTR/L
Occupational Therapist
Kathryn Boatwright, PT, DPT
Staff Therapist
Racial Disparities in Health Care Extend to Medical Research; Researcher Dominique Kinnett-Hopkins Wants to Change That
Learn more about racial disparities in health care extend to medical research and how researcher Dominique Kinnett-Hopkins wants to change them.
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Working with Parkinson’s: Complex Questions Surrounding the Decision to Disclose Diagnosis
After receiving a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease (PD), many people assume that their working lives are over -- or soon will be. But many want to continue to work, either because they are in their prime earning years, they need the insurance coverage, or they love what they do and thrive on the stimulation of being around other people.
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Computerized Motion Analysis Services
At Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, computerized motion analysis focuses on the analysis of human walking (gait analysis) and upper-extremity function during activities of daily living.
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James L. Patton, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Professor, Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
