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Ask the Expert: Adaptive Fashion with Molly Farrell, Patient & Disability Advocate
In the following Q&A, Molly answers questions about living with a C5-C6 spinal cord injury (SCI) and adaptive fashion.
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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Chief Operating Officer Speaks about Expansion in Detroit on WJR-AM
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Chief Operating Officer Laura Ferrio recently appeared as a guest on JR Sunday with Mark Hollis on WJR-AM for a conversation about how the rehabilitation hospital’s expansion into Detroit will benefit healthcare in the region.
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Ask the Expert: Edie Babbitt, PhD, on Aphasia
Dr. Babbitt provides insight about different types of aphasia, how families and caretakers can support people with aphasia, and more.
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AbilityLab Receives Center Grant to Test Effectiveness of Home and Community Services
A new center grant recently was awarded to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab to create a system to evaluate home and community-based services. The grant — with funding of $4.4 million over five years — started on Sep. 1 and is through the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Pediatric Guidelines
The below guidelines can decrease length of stay and facilitate discharge to acute rehab facilities
sooner. Place Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) consult early on these diagnoses:
spinal cord injury, stroke, amputations, brain injury.
sooner. Place Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) consult early on these diagnoses:
spinal cord injury, stroke, amputations, brain injury.
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Enhancing Accessible and Inclusive Airline Travel for People with Physical Disabilities
The goal of this proposal, developed by an interdisciplinary team led by Shu Cole, PhD, professor of health and wellness design at Indiana University, is to conduct research to generate new knowledge that can be used to improve the airline travel experiences of people with disabilities, including those with the greatest support needs.
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Quality Outcomes
We pride ourselves on being accountable for the care we provide and measure outcomes - proving our translation care model.
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Real-Time Mobile Cognitive Assessments for Stroke Rehabilitation
This research project will look at the use of mobile cognitive assessments (MCAs) as complementary tools to traditional neuropsychological assessments with the potential to change the way research is conducted for persons after stroke and, ultimately, others with neurological conditions.
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Brain Injury Recovery
People from all over the world seek our 60 years’ experience in treating the most complex traumatic brain injuries and illnesses.
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Creating an Adjustable Prosthesis for Aquatic Therapy
In 2023, Shenan set out to find a solution for an adjustable prosthesis that would allow patients with limb loss to participate in aquatic therapy safely and easily.
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Renee Manfredi: Finding her Calling as an Advocate for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Renee, who was diagnosed with autism at age nine, is adding one more task to her calendar in 2021: She will chair a new Participant Council made up of people with various types of disabilities who will advise researchers at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago.
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An Inspirational Man who Paints with His Mouth
Past patient, Antonio meets Steve Harvey. Learn about Antonio's extraordinary story of his tragedy turning into triumph realizing his talent in the process.
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