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Advocates push for inclusive emergency response planning as natural disasters become more frequent in the U.S.
Last year was the eighth consecutive year the United States had 10 or more severe weather events, known as ‘billion-dollar disaster events’ due to the amount of damage they cause.
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Parkinson’s Works: Peer Support Group and Education Series
Peer support group for people with Parkinson’s disease who are working or job seeking
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Pain and Mental Health - When chronic pain strikes, depression and anxiety can follow
Chronic pain is more than physical. Those who suffer from long-term pain often experience emotional & psychological aspects, particularly depression & anxiety.
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How can patients make life decisions when it’s tough to talk?
Individuals with aphasia can demonstrate their decision-making capacities with the assistance of skilled conversation partners and supportive communication techniques. Supporting patients in this way is a critical step in allowing them to maintain autonomy.
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Deborah Crown: A Career in Healthcare Dedicated to Helping Others
Learn more about Deborah Crown and her career in healthcare that she dedicates to helping others.
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Congratulations to Our 2023 Pilot Projects Awardees!
Meet our project awardees that were selected to receive funding as part of the Center for Smart Use of Technology to Assess Real-World Outcomes (C-STAR) Pilot Project Program.
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Steven Lutzky: Helping Create Systemic Change in Home- and Community-Based Services
Learn more about Steven Lutzky and how he helps create systemic change in home- and community-based services.
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2025 Pediatric Summer Camps
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is offering several pediatric summer camps. They will have fun activities and each will have an area of focus: speech, feeding, gait and upper extremity function.
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Meet the Mentees
Meet the Mentees. Our Mentorship Funding Program provides junior faculty and early-career rehabilitation researchers with mentoring and career advancement guidance from senior scientists and clinicians at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
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Chronic Pain Affects Many in the U.S. Workforce New Self-Management Techniques Show Promise
Often defined as any pain lasting more than 12 weeks, chronic pain may be the result of an injury like a sprain, MS, spinal stenosis.
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Promoting Patient-Centered Care through use of Standardized Assessments
KT DRRP is a grant supported research project involving a cooperative of research scientists and researchers joined for the advancement of science.
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David’s Story: The Power of Possibility after Guillain-Barré Syndrome
One Saturday evening, David started to notice tingling in his feet. He assumed he had sat for too long in one position and expected it to fade by morning — but it didn’t. Instead, it spread and intensified throughout his body. He got himself to the emergency room — and collapsed at the front desk.
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