Working with a team of ten trained mental health clinicians, the Y Combinator -backed startup Daybreak Health is working with Bay Area high schools to provide mental health support for teens. Alex Alvarado, Siddarth Cidambi, and Luke Mercado, the three co-founders of Daybreak Health, either worked with startups in the health care industry or consulted on ... A federal civil rights lawsuit filed this week claims that severely intellectually and physically disabled patients at a state-operated home in Iowa were used as “guinea pigs” in ****** arousal research experiments.
A 38-page complaint was filed on Monday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. In it, former University of Kansas assistant ... Growing up with blindness or low vision can be difficult for kids, not just because they can’t read the same books or play the same games as their sighted peers; Vision is also a big part of social interaction and conversation. This Microsoft research project uses augmented reality to help kids with vision impairment “see” ... Rohan Silva is obsessed with social mobility and why certain groups are so under-represented in the technology industry. He co-founded Second Home, a coworking space looking to bring together disparate civic-minded, cultural, creative and commercial entrepreneurs at sites in Lisbon, London and (now) Los Angeles, and he has spent years examining how gender, race and class ...
A program, headed by Lego and pitched by two non-profit visually-impaired advocacy groups, seeks to create a fun, interactive way to teach the braille writing system. Read more...More about Mashable Video, Lego, Social Good, Disability, and Blind
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The internet has changed how kids learn about ***, but *** ed in the classroom still *****. In *** Ed 2.0, Mashable explores the state of *** ed and imagines a future where digital innovations are used to teach consent, *** positivity, respect, a... ... Meet Dogbert the German Shepherd.
Such a loving gaze from this German Shepherd to their owner, who's rolling video. Dogbert is rolling, too. Watch it all the way to the end. [via]
The Barbie Fashionistas line offers over 100 looks to reflect a variety of appearances and identities, and the collection is about to get even more inclusive in 2019.
Mattel announced Monday that new dolls will rock a braided hair texture and h... ... When Melissa Elmira Yingst and Socorro Garcia checked in for their flight at Detroit, they were told they'd get a seating assignment together. But at the departure gate, the request was denied—and they claim the gate agent would not communicate with them except by talking at them. Thing is, they're both deaf. The gate agent ... “I was born without my right hand and play guitar with a duct tape pick I made,” says IMGURian abshow. “I play drums too!” Here is the ABShow YouTube channel. This is a clip of my drum cover of Pentatonix' version of this Christmas classic! Hope you enjoy -- feel free to SHARE and let me ...
Posts Tagged ‘Disability’
Daybreak Health launches online mental health therapy for teens amid the pandemic’s mental health crisis
Disabled patients in Iowa state-run home used as “guinea pigs” in ****** arousal experiments, lawsuit charges
Modified HoloLens helps teach kids with vision impairment to navigate the social world
Assistive technologies will be a $26 billion dollar market, and investors are only now addressing it
Lego releases braille bricks to help teach blind, visually-impaired children
*** ed video for teens shatters myths about sexuality and disability
Loving German Shepherd eyes. Wait ’til the end.
Barbie gets more inclusive with wheelchair and prosthetic limb
Deaf couple say Delta agent “refused to communicate” with them, kicked them off flight
Holiday carols, one-handed guitar, stump duct tape pick