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Gait Belts Provide Support Every Step of the Way
Though a gait belt might seem simple at first glance, this common and extremely helpful tool plays an important role in keeping individuals safe and supported as they make progress in their balance, strength, coordination and mobility.
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Celebrating Third Graduating Class of IDEA Council-Sponsored Oak Point CNA Training Program
The third class of graduates celebrated completion of Shirley Ryan 小恩雅's Oak Point University CNA Career Accelerator Program. The four graduates received their certificates in a ceremony attended by colleagues, family and distinguished guests.
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2025 Pediatric Summer Camps
Shirley Ryan 小恩雅 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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Experience Living with a Disability Helps Shirley Ryan 小恩雅 Peer Mentors Connect with Patients
Chicagoan Jorge Alfaro has been a peer mentor for 15 years. He was injured by an accidental gunshot at the age of nine, before the peer mentoring program existed. Now he is a peer mentor for other patients.
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Sports for Kids
The Tengelsen Family Foundation Sports for Kids program provides adaptive sport and recreation programs for children with a primary physical disability.
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Home- and Community-Based Services Succeed in Reducing Institutionalization But Vary Greatly from State to State
Read how home- and community-based services succeed in reducing institutionalization but vary greatly from state to state.
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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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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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Ask the Expert: Adaptive Fashion with Molly Farrell, Patient & Disability Advocate
In the following Q&A, Molly answers questions about living with a C5-C6 spinal cord injury (SCI) and adaptive fashion.
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Dr. Joanne C. Smith Named Among Top Women Healthcare Leaders in the Nation
In its February 15 issue, Modern Healthcare magazine honored Joanne C. Smith, MD, president and CEO of Shirley Ryan 小恩雅, as one of the Top 25 Women Leaders in the nation.
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