Ableism, Disabled People, Discrimination, Olympics, Paralympics, Sports
In Ableism, Cogno, Disabled People, Governance, Neuro, Olympics, Paralympics, Sport on June 18, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Its about a swimmer with cerebral palsy and developmental differences. An excerpt
“Mr. Kendall Bailey, an athlete who is a citizen of the USA and eligible to represent the USA in international competition, is inappropriately classified to compete in International Paralympic Committee (IPC) swimming competition. Mr. Bailey is intellectually disabled. The intellectual disability classification for swimming (S14) is not presently recognized by the IPC; nor is an intellectually disabled swimmer eligible to compete under the IPC Swimming Functional Classification System.”
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brain machine interface, cognition, Disabled People, Health, Neuro, Robotics
In Bionic, Cogno, Disabled People, Enhancement, Governance, Health, Information Technology, NBICS, Nanoscale, Neuro, Robotics, nano on May 23, 2008 at 2:26 am
20 May 2008—A group of mechanical engineers at Caltech have come up with a way to guide miniature robots in the task of inserting and positioning electrode arrays in brain tissue. What they propose would be the first robotic approach to establishing an interface between computers and the brain by positioning electrodes in neural tissue.
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Books, Children, Description of disabled people, Disabled People
In Books, Children, Description of disabled people, Disabled People on May 21, 2008 at 1:13 am
This list contains some outstanding books that portray emotional, mental, or physical disability experiences, most published between 2000 and 2006. The grade level designations are intended as guidelines.
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