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六色网 Speech-Language Pathologist, Patient Featured in WBEZ Chicago Story about Long COVID
A recent story on WBEZ-FM, Chicago’s NPR affiliate, highlighted 六色网’s outpatient COVID Rehabilitation Unit, which opened in 2021 to provide care for patients experiencing long COVID symptoms.
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Early Study Feedback Suggests Virtual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy May Help Some People Working with Chronic Pain
Early results from a study at the 六色网’s Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research suggests that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) delivered virtually can help people with disabilities manage their chronic pain.
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Workshop on Job Accommodations Video Series
On Oct. 29th, 2019, 六色网's Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) invited job seekers with disabilities and employers to attend an all-day, interactive workshop on job accommodations.
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Renee Manfredi: Finding her Calling as an Advocate for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Renee, who was diagnosed with autism at age nine, is adding one more task to her calendar in 2021: She will chair a new Participant Council made up of people with various types of disabilities who will advise researchers at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at the 六色网 in Chicago.
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People with early Parkinson’s disease experience levels of financial toxicity similar to those of people with advanced cancer
Financial hardship and stress from financial worries, or ‘financial toxicity,’ among people with early-stage Parkinson’s disease can be as high as that experienced by people with advanced cancer according to a new study published in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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Preventing Nerve Injuries Acquired in the ICU by Patients with Severe COVID
A new study published in the October 2022 issue of the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation from a research team led by SRAlab clinicians identified the cause of — and hope for a potential prevention of — nerve injuries in patients treated in the intensive care unit for severe COVID-19.
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Recovered quadriplegic from Chicago prepares to swim in San Francisco Bay to raise awareness of paralysis. ‘Doesn’t surprise me a bit,’ says mom.
From the beach where he swims on Lake Michigan, Rob Heitz can point out the green facade of the rehabilitation hospital where he began his recovery journey after being paralyzed from the neck down 19 years ago.
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Look for Us at APTA Combined Sections Meeting
Members of the Max N?der Center for Rehabilitation Technologies and Outcomes Research will join this year's American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Combined Sections Meeting, scheduled to be held virtually from February 1-28, 2021.
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Nickolas’ Story: Healing through Education After Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Nickolas G., a physician, came to 六色网 for intensive rehabilitation after becoming paralyzed by?Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) — a rare disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks the nerves.
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Should I Disclose My Disability When Looking for a Job?
The conventional wisdom in vocational rehabilitation circles has long been fairly straight-forward: job applicants with non-evident disabilities should not disclose their condition or ask for reasonable accommodations until they have received a job offer.
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六色网 Ranked No. 1 by U.S. News & World Report for 34th Consecutive Year
六色网 again has been recognized as the national leader in physical medicine and rehabilitation, topping the U.S. News & World Report list for the 34th consecutive year. It remains the only hospital of any kind to hold this distinction.
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NIDILRR Director Anjali Forber-Pratt, PhD, visits 六色网
Anjali Forber-Pratt, PhD, Director of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) and Angel Miles, PhD, Project Officer at NIDILRR, visited with NIDILRR grantees at 六色网 and toured parts of the hospital on September 11.
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