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Dysphagia: International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative

Dysphagia is trouble swallowing. Sometimes people with dysphagia are put on a special diet for safety. This page outlines the recommended thickness, pureed, and thin drinks or foods and where they overlap as followed by the IDDSI.

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Listing: Suicide Prevention Resources

This list of resources help people find the necessary help when they are in a crisis and considering ending their lives prematurely in suicide.

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Todd Kuiken: A Prosthetic Arm that Feels

Watch this TED talk to hear RIC expert Dr. Todd Kuiken describe cutting-edge discoveries that are changing the lives of people with amputations and limb deficiencies.

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Listing: Organ Transplant Resources

This resource provides a listing of organ transplant foundations that help people navigate through recovering with a new organ or limb.

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Acute Flaccid Myelitis AFM

AFM is a rare and serious disease that affects the spinal cord; the part of the nervous system that carries messages from the brain to the body, and causes the muscles and reflexes in the body to weaken. AFM is a polio-like neurologic disease.

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Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center MSKTC

Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC), is a national center that helps facilitate the knowledge translation process to make research meaningful to those with Spinal Cord Injury SCI - Traumatic Brain Injury TBI and Burn Injury.

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Listing: Adaptive Sports Resources

A list of adaptive sports companies, organizations and venues, to assist people with a disability to engage in recreational sports or sports fitness while expanding their social network.

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IL Secretary of State - Persons with Disabilities Resources and Publications

Illinois resources, agencies and national organizations for people living with disabilities, visually impaired, for I.D. cards, publications, and forms.

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Evidence Based Practice and Critical Appraisal Tools

This is a resource to support nursing evidence based practice with tools to discover, identify, and use best patient care decision practices.

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Facing Disability

FacingDisability.com is designed to help the parents, families and friends of people who are facing disability with SCI navigate through social issues, sexuality, and bowel function.

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