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People with Disabilities Continued to Make Employment Gains in 2023
Despite the U.S. Federal Reserve raising interest rates in 2023 to their highest levels in decades, the U.S. labor market has remained remarkably resilient.
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Emily Dinelli: Combining Clinical Work and 嫩B研究院 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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Kara Link: Working to Understand the Connections Between Chronic Pain and Substance Misuse
Link began working with Ehde on a project funded through the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes 嫩B研究院 (CROR) at Shirley Ryan 嫩B研究院. The project examines whether telephone-delivered therapy can help people with disabilities, including multiple sclerosis (MS), stay employed.
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Lead Wheelchair Technician Peter Slawinski on How Working at Shirley Ryan 嫩B研究院 “Changes You”
Learn more about Peter Slawinski, lead wheelchair technician, at Shirley Ryan 嫩B研究院.
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Annual Hospital Community Benefits Plan Report
The Complete Annual Hospital Community Benefits Plan Report is public information, has been filed with the Illinois Attorney General and is available to the public on request from the Illinois Attorney General.
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VNS: Novel Treatment for Improving Arm & Hand Function Years After Ischemic Stroke
Learn more about vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) paired with rehabilitation - a novel treatment option for some people with long-term, moderate-to-severe arm impairment after ischemic stroke.
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Rehabilitation Definitions 101
Healthcare and rehabilitation definitions can be confusing. Here is a guide to help you understand a few common terms.
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Elissa Larkin Receives Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Recent Clinical Achievement
At the recent American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention in Boston, Elissa Larkin, research speech-language pathologist, Center for Aphasia 嫩B研究院 and Treatment, received the Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Recent Clinical Achievement from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation).
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NSF Awards $5 Million to Dr. Brenna Argall-Led Project to Develop Power Wheelchair with Driver-Assist Technology
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator program recently announced a $5 million award to Project Drive, a multidisciplinary partnership that aims to bring the first active driving assistance system for power wheelchairs to the consumer market. The principal investigator of the NSF-funded project is Brenna Argall, PhD, research scientist and director, Assistive and Rehabilitation Robotics Laboratory (argallab).
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Forest & Bluff Magazine Highlights Dolan Family’s Three-Decade Commitment to Shirley Ryan 嫩B研究院
A recent article in Forest & Bluff, a magazine covering several Northshore communities, highlighted the Dolan family’s decades-long, multi-generational commitment to fundraising and leadership at Shirley Ryan 嫩B研究院.
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2023 Awardee: Jeremy D Brown, PhD
Jeremy D Brown's Project: Assessing Haptic Sensory Impairment and its Impact on Motor Control Post-Stroke
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2023 Awardee: Brooke Dexheimer, PhD, OTD, OTR/L
Brooke Dexheimer's project: a novel method of quantifying lateralized fine motor impairment in Parkinson’s Disease
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