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Working at expanding the accessibility of tools, resources and technology that will help increase independence, improve personal productivity, and enhance the quality of life for all Californians. Provides information, referrals, training, and technical assistance to those who share an interest in and commitment to the practical and effective use of technology by people with disabilities. California AT System (CATS) is a statewide project which promotes access to assistive technologies, related services, and information to enable people with disabilities to be successful, independent and productive.

PEDIATRICS - Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics - Declining Diagnosis of BirthAsphyxia in California: 1991-2000 PEDIATRICS Vol. 114 No. 6 Dec 2004

The California Evidence-Based Clearninghouse for child welfare - Screening and Assessment Tools for child welfare - Parenting Stress Index (PSI) and Parenting Stress Index-Short Form

Provides assistive technology, occupational therapy, and speech therapy in the home, school, and community. Offers mobile assistive technology services for schools, agencies, and private individuals throughout Los Angeles and the Southern California area. Believe Ability, Inc. provides therapy services for children and adults with disabilities.

University of California - Irvine conducted successful study involving two compounds developed by UC Irvine and Northwestern University scientists that prevented cerebral palsy in preclinical animal trials, giving hope that a new drug for humans may be on the horizon

Future planned study being conducted by the University of California to determine the safety and pharmacokinetics of moderate to high doses of erythropoietin in newborn infants with birth asphyxia.

University of California, Irvine research project to determine which combination of tests will enable physicians to predict whether a patient with symptoms of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) will improve with a shunt.

University of California, UCSF Medical Center - Medical Tests - Fetal Heart Monitoring - Definition - Types - Information

Public, nonprofit multidisciplinary rehabilitation center operated by the county of Los Angeles, and located in Downey, California, ten miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. The Rehabilitation Engineering Program (REP) is grant supported and is located on the grounds of Rancho.

Information regarding ongoing study being sponsored by University of Southern California assessing the effect of an exercise program using stationary bicycling for children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy

University of California study compare two types of treatment of hydrocephalus: placement of a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt versus an endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV). A second goal of this study will be to understand how the two different types of procedures, VP shunt versus ETV, affect brain blood flow and pressures.