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Project of The Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA). Operates the Technical Assistance Project under a new grant from the Rehabilitation Services Administration, U.S. Department of Education.

Assessibililty issues, advocacy, assistive technology and general technology news for people with disabilities

Disabled World - Disabled World Community Newsletter - Disability and Health News

Medscape Medical News - 2010 Article - New AAN/CNS Guideline on Treatment of Spasticity in Cerebral Palsy

"The focus of the study is on the plentiful neurons that communicate with each other through the neurotransmitter glutamate. While glutamate is a necessary excitatory substance in the nervous system, in excess, it overstimulates and becomes toxic - excitotoxic - to neurons. Fortunately, neighboring astrocytes can mop up the excess via molecular transporters embedded in their outer membranes. The chief transporter is a protein called EAAT2. Earlier Rothstein's group showed that astroglia - and their EAAT2 protein - are critical for normal neuron activity. In test rats whose astroglia lack the EAAT2 equivalent there's not only a flood of toxic glutamate but a resulting neuron death that leads to paralysis."

NINDS - what's Old is New Again - Antibiotic Protects Nerves By Removing Excess Glutamate

2010 Ongoing study being conducted by NICHD - STAN Fetal Heart Monitor trial at clinicaltrials.gov - Research to test a new instrument, called a fetal STAN monitor, that may be used during labor to monitor the electrical activity of the baby's heart. This new instrument is designed to help the doctor determine how well the baby is doing during labor. It will be used along with the existing electronic fetal monitor used to measure the baby's heart rate and the mother's contractions during birth. The specific purpose of this research study is to see if this new instrument (fetal STAN monitor) will have an impact on newborn health.

The New England Journal of Medicine Abstract: Can We Prevent Cerebral Palsy, Oct 2003

PEDIATRICS - Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics - Abstract of Article PEDIATRICS Vol. 102 No.1 July 1998 - A New Definition of Children with Special Health Care Needs

The web site for New Mobility Magazine and the leading online resource for Disability Culture and Lifestyle. Research and communication tool for anyone with an interest in disability issues.

Consumer oriented magazine about accessible travel. Primary focus is travel for people with mobility disabilities; everybody from wheelchair-users to slow walkers. Lots of access information, resources, news and travel tips.

Bi-monthly update about the Civil Rights Division's activities in the area of disability rights. The Division enforces laws prohibiting discrimination based on disability in employment, housing, access to businesses serving the public, access to government programs and services including voting and public transportation, and unconstitutional conditions in institutions of confinement.

Indiana University - University Information Techology servies - Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers. Hedlines and excerpts of the latest news in accessibility, adaptive technology and assistive devices

Information and news on study funded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) helps explain why newborn brain responds differently to anticonvulsant medications.

Study is to evaluate the pharmacokinetics (blood levels), pharmacodynamics (how the drug acts on the body), and the safety of rabeprazole sodium for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in new borns and pre-term infants (less than 44 weeks of age).

The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's Brain Science Institute (BSi) brings together both basic and clinical neuroscientists from across the Johns Hopkins campuses. The BSi represents one of the largest and most diverse groups in the University. The goals of our research is to foster new programs in basic neuroscience discovery, initiate a translational research program that will develop new treatments for brain-based diseases and encourage collaboration, interdisciplinary teams, and new thinking that will have a global influence on research and treatment of the nervous system.

News from Johns Hopkins Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery

MedWatch - FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Report Program - MedWatch alerts provide timely new safety information on human drugs, medical devices, vaccines and other biologics, dietary supplements, and cosmetics. The alerts contain actionable information that may impact both treatment and diagnostic choices for healthcare professional and patient.

Preventing Seizure Progression - Carnegie Mellow University researchers have identified a new anticonvulsant compount that has the potential to stop the development of epilepsy. Findings are published in the journal Epilepsia.

LD online Research and Reports - Thirty years ago, the term "learning disability" did not exist. Thanks to researchers around the world, we have made great progress at understanding and giving names to the various disorders that are now recognized as learning disabilities. New research continues, and we're learning new information all the time. We have gathered together both the latest and most ground breaking articles for this research and reports section.