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Listing: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
This resource provides a listing of augmentative alternative communication (AAC)resources to assist people to find support and alternative communication devices available to use when unable to speak on their own.
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Listing: Fitness and Exercising with Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's disease resources in IL (and nation) for exercising and staying active with Parkinson's Disease, such as boxing, yoga, cycling, movement, dance, and aquatic fitness.
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Listing: Aphasia Resources
Aphasia is a loss of words, not intelligence. Aphasia can occur as a result of a stroke, traumatic or non-traumatic brain injury, or an infection. All these conditions or injuries may affect the area of the brain that is responsible for speech and language. This listing provides consumer health resources for persons living with Aphasia and/or their loved ones.
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Hero of Harvard Crew Video
Allison Kessler, coxswain for a Harvard men's crew team, explains how competitive sports are a central part of her life, even after she became paraplegic following a ski racing accident.
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Incontinence: Tips to Manage
This video from the National Stroke Association explains the different kinds of incontinence and some strategies to manage this condition.
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Exceptional Nurse
Connections for nursing students and nurses with disabilities who are also working in disability care
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Prosthetics - Elephant Prosthetic
Chhouk is an orphaned baby elephant in Cambodia who had to have his leg amputated due to an injury. This video depicts how an international team worked together to fit Chhouk with a prosthesis.
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Spinal Cord Injury Video of Dr. Kessler
Allison Kessler, MD, now a physician at Shirley Ryan Abilitylab, sustained a spinal cord injury in a skiing accident. This YouTube video details how she became the coxswain for the Harvard crew team.
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AXIS Dance Company
AXIS Dance Company's mission is to create and perform high quality contemporary dance that is developed through the collaboration of dancers with and without disabilities.
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Concussion Resource Center
The Concussion Resource Center and ImPACT were set up to draw awareness to the serious condition of concussions, especially in athletes.
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