News and Notes 476 August 25

birgitta.chaiken - Wed, 08/25/2021 - 12:00

With students going back to school, next week's ADA Live! podcast and the NARIC Spotlight blog have information to start a successful new school year; recording of the NIDILRR-hosted webinar, Never Being Sought After by Anyone for Anything: Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Adults with Serious Mental Illness, is now available; This Just In... features a study on barriers and facilitators to employment among employed and unemployed participants with multiple sclerosis (MS) and spinal cord injury (SCI); Research in Focus looks at long-term marriage stability among people with traumatic brain injury (TBI); the Center on Knowledge Translation on Employment Research (CeKTER) publishes tip sheet, 5 Simple Ways to Create More Accessible Social Media Content, part of its A Researcher's Guide to Making Content Accessible series; research from the Burn Model System Centers is featured in Living Well and Suicidality After Burn Injuries, the latest episode of the Journal of Burn Care and Research (JBCR) podcast; the Pacific ADA Regional Center hosts webcast, ADA National Network Learning Session: Disability Accessibility in Healthcare, What's New? Recent OCR Cases and Guidance; the Southeast ADA Regional Center hosts ADA Live!, Back to School with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in a COVID-19 World; the Center for Research, Training, and Dissemination of Family Support for People with Disabilities Across the Life Course hosts the 2nd Conference on Caregiving Research; the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Wireless Inclusive Technologies (Wireless RERC) seeks participants for two surveys on people with disabilities and first responders; the US Access Board hosts a public briefing to share the results of a study on equipping passenger aircraft with wheelchair securement systems.

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2021-08-25
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Students across the US are heading back to school, from kindergarteners in their very first classrooms to college students decorating their dorm rooms. That first day may look different due to the coronavirus, with everyone wearing masks and desks spread far apart. But some things remain the same - meeting new classmates, learning the class schedule, and getting supplies for the semester. For students with disabilities, this can also mean new or altered accommodations or services, technology challenges, and other adjustments. Check out next week's ADA Live! podcast on getting back to school for some tips and information, and visit our blog for a few resources from the NIDILRR community and elsewhere to start a successful school year!

This Just In: 
Barriers and facilitators to employment: A comparison of participants with multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. NARIC Accession Number: J86007.
New to the NARIC collection, this NIDILRR-funded study compared self-reported barriers and facilitators to employment among employed and unemployed participants with multiple sclerosis (MS) and spinal cord injury (SCI). More than 2,600 participants (1,234 with MS and 1,390 with SCI) completed a self-report assessment regarding barriers and facilitators to employment, as well as their demographics and disability characteristics. Overall, the MS participants reported more barriers, particularly stress, cognition, and fatigue, whereas those with SCI were more likely to report not having the proper education and training, resources, transportation, and attendant care. Findings suggest that the primary barriers for individuals with MS revolve around the condition itself, while the barriers for SCI appear to be more related to modifiable factors. Access the full abstract and ordering information in REHABDATA.
 
Research in Focus: 
New Findings May Offer Insight for Interventions to Strengthen Long Term Marriage Stability for People with Traumatic Brain Injury
This week's Research In Focus looks at marriage stability among people with traumatic brain injury (TBI), which may help in developing interventions to support couples as they navigate the challenges of recovery.
 
Resource Highlight: 
Tip Sheet: 5 Simple Ways to Create More Accessible Social Media Content
The NIDILRR-funded Center on Knowledge Translation on Employment Research (CeKTER) (90DPEM0004) has published a new tip sheet, 5 Simple Ways to Create More Accessible Social Media Content (PDF), the latest in the Center's A Researcher's Guide to Making Content Accessible series. The tip sheet outlines five things that researchers can do immediately to make their social media content accessible to more people. The tip sheet also ranks these methods in order of ease of implementation so researchers can get started with their very next social media post.
 
NIDILRR News and Events: 
Webinar Recording Available: Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Adults with Serious Mental Illnesses
A recording of the NIDILRR-hosted webinar, Never Being Sought After by Anyone for Anything: Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Adults with Serious Mental Illnesses, is now available. The webinar aired on August 5th. NIDILRR-funded researchers Bryan McCormick, PhD, and Mark Salzer, PhD, discussed recent research on social isolation and loneliness among people with serious mental illnesses, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged our beliefs about who is socially isolated and lonely. This was the second in a four-part national webinar series on research related to social isolation and loneliness for people with disabilities hosted by NIDILRR.
 
News items: 
Burn Model Systems Research Featured in JBCR Podcast
Research from the NIDILRR-funded Burn Model System Centers is featured in Living Well and Suicidality After Burn Injuries, the latest episode of the Journal of Burn Care and Research (JBCR) podcast. Gretchen Carrougher, RN, MN, from the Northwest Regional Burn Model System Center (90DPBU0004) and Diana Tenney from the Boston Harvard Burn Injury Model System Center (90DPBU0001) were interviewed about their article, "Living Well" after burn injury: Using case reports to illustrate significant contributions from the Burn Model System Research Program, the Editor's Choice article for the May/June 2021 issue of JBCR. The article is available in full text from the publisher.
 
Grantee event: 
Webinar: Disability Accessibility in Healthcare, What's New - Recent OCR Cases and Guidance TOMORROW
The NIDILRR-funded Pacific ADA Regional Center (90DP0086) will host a webinar, ADA National Network Learning Session: Disability Accessibility in Healthcare, What's New? Recent OCR Cases and Guidance, August 26th, 2:30-4 pm ET. Presenters will discuss how the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services enforces federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, sex, religion, and the exercise of conscience. Presenters will discuss how those laws protect the rights of people with disabilities to have an equal opportunity to participate in health care program activities and services. Registration is free and required.
 
Webinar: Back to School with the ADA in a COVID-19 World
The NIDILRR-funded Southeast ADA Regional Center (90DP0090) will host the next episode of ADA Live!, Back to School with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in a COVID-19 World, September 1st, 1-2 pm ET. As the school year begins amid a rise in the Delta variant of COVID-19, parents and children may be anxious for what the year holds. New mask mandates, hybrid and virtual learning, and fewer special education services, plus stresses at home, may impact learning success. Presenters will discuss tips to help manage children’s worries, navigating education in a COVID-19 world, and resources to guide and support a successful school year. Registration is free and required. Questions may be submitted in advance.
 
Conference on Caregiving Research
The NIDILRR-funded Center for Research, Training, and Dissemination of Family Support for People with Disabilities Across the Life Course (90RTGE0002) will host the 2nd Conference on Caregiving Research, March 3rd-4th, 2022 in Pittsburgh, PA. The conference will bring together a multidisciplinary group of national leaders in caregiving research, policy, and practice across the lifespan. The Center is now seeking abstracts for poster and podium presentations. More information, including conference themes and key dates, is available on the Center’s website.
 
Participate: 
Wireless RERC First Responder Surveys
The NIDILRR-funded Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Wireless Inclusive Technologies (Wireless RERC) (90RE2025) seeks participants for two surveys on people with disabilities and first responders. The first survey will help researchers understand the experiences of people with disabilities when they interact with first responders. Participants must be at least 18 years old, fluent in English, and live outside of the European Union (EU). The second survey will help researchers understand the experiences of first responders when they interact with people with disabilities. Participants must be at least 18 years old, fluent in English, an active first responder, and live outside of the EU. Active first responders may participate even if they have had limited or no interactions with people with disabilities. Surveys close August 26th (TOMORROW). For more information, contact Emily Gleaton at emily.gleaton@cacp.gatech.edu.
 
Elsewhere in the Community: 
Public Briefing: Feasibility of Wheelchair Securement System in Aircraft
The US Access Board will host a public briefing to share the results of a study to assess the feasibility of equipping passenger aircraft with wheelchair securement systems, September 22nd, 1-3 pm ET. For many people with disabilities, the inability to use one's wheelchair on airplanes makes travel very difficult, if not impossible. Risks include injury from multiple transfers between boarding chairs and aircraft seats, damage to devices in transit, and others. Presenters will discuss the commissioned study, which focused on the design, engineering, and safety requirements for equipping aircraft with securement systems so that passengers can remain in their wheelchairs on flights. Registration is free and required.
 
Archive link: 
http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=654309&f=1190&s=26993&m=924872&t=635cba0a9267f719dd304fcd1ae764b160681b0bc4432192fe4b80b0dffecb7c