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Disabilityscoop News for Accessibly
DisabilityScoop provides daily news coverage, stories about advocacy issues, and analysis of developmental disabilities on their website.
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Wheelchair Care and Cleaning
Taking care of yourself includes taking care of the mobility aids that support your lifestyle. This involves cleaning your device and having good hand hygiene for viral infection prevention. This resource supports learning more about how to do this.
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Emotional Adjustment to Life Changing Events
Someone who has a newly acquired physical condition goes through a range of emotional and physical adjustments. Changes in independence, appearance, relationships and ability to work, drive, and do normal activities at home are all typical and can lead to:
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Henry B. Betts LIFE Center Information
Overview of the Henry B. Betts LIFE Center
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Devices 4 the Disabled
Devices 4 the Disabled (D4D) makes donating medical equipment easy. It collects and redistributes durable medical equipment (DME) and to those in need--quickly and affordably. Also accepts accessible vans.
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Chicago Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities ( MOPD )
The Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities promotes total access, full participation, and equal opportunity for people with disabilities of all ages.
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Wheelchair Skills Video Series
The Wheelchair Skills Video Series from the Northwest Regional SCI System offers excellent advice on proper techniques.
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Transverse Myelitis TM
Transverse myelitis is a rare disorder that is part of a spectrum of neuroimmunologic diseases of the central nervous system.
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Spasticity Treatment with Botulinum Toxins
???????Chemodenervation is a treatment for spasticity that involves injections into the muscle. This treatment is used when spasticity is severe, in specific locations, or is interfering with specific movements.
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What is Fluid Restriction?
Fluid Restriction means that you can only have a certain amount of liquid each day. Sometimes people with certain medical conditions can require changes to their diets that affect the amount of liquids they take in every day. This type of diet change is called a “Fluid Restriction”.
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