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Living Fully with Multiple Sclerosis
At a poetry reading, a fellow attendee noticed Deborah’s gait and asked, "MS?” A later week-long hospital stay and battery of tests confirmed she did have MS.
Patient Story
Evelyn’s Story: A Moving Milestone on Anniversary of Spinal Cord Injury
Evelyn and her young daughter, Julia, were rear-ended by a driver traveling at high speed. After 10 days in an acute-care hospital, Evelyn transferred to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab for inpatient care and rehabilitation.
Patient Story
Emily Dinelli: Combining Clinical Work and Research to Help People Who Use Prosthetic Devices
Dinelli, 27, is currently taking classes while working part-time at a private Chicago orthotics and prosthetics clinic while also doing research for a CROR study on employment for people with physical disabilities.
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Promoting Job Retention for Persons with a Physical Disability: Employer, Client, Job, and Environment-Related Barriers and Facilitators
Project of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTC) grant sponsored by NIDILRR: Promoting Job Retention for Persons with a Physical Disability.
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Young Father Sets Sights on Recovery Following Tractor-Trailer Accident
Nov. 2017, Colton, a farmer & father, was driving his family’s tractor-trailer for the last run of the day in Indiana, when it collided with another 18-wheeler.
Patient Story
What Is Aphasia? Rare Brain Condition Ends Bruce Willis’ Career (via Daily Beast)
While some people with mild aphasia may bounce back without treatment, it’s not the case for many, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab clinician shares insights with Daily Beast.
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Stroke Recovery
Our pioneering work reveals that stroke patients benefit greatly from early, intensive therapy … regardless of the type or severity of your stroke.
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Medical Stigma and Lack of Home-based Services Pose Challenge for Those Living with Dementia
As part of the overall effort to improve the delivery of care for people receiving HCBS, the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research received a 2020 grant from ACL to develop and test person-centered outcome measures for people with disabilities, including dementia, who are receiving home- and community-based services.
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Introducing the Laboratory of Regenerative Neuro-Rehabilitation and Dr. Colin Franz MD/PhD
Projects in Colin Franz lab have focused on drug re-purposing to enhance nerve repair as well as patient specific factors that impact outcomes after neurotrauma
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Transition planning for young adults with disabilities complicated by COVID-19
For young people with disabilities, the passage into adulthood comes with a marker that is even more fraught than these existential questions: aging out of youth supports and services and into adult services, often with little to no guidance in the process.
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