CROR Outcomes, MRSCICS Matters
CROR Outcomes is a quarterly newsletter featuring research updates on our projects at our RRTC on Employment and Disability.
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New paper: Text messaging for fatigue management
CROR research scientist Alex Wong, PhD, OT and colleagues published a paper in Disability & Health Journal titled Text messaging intervention for fatigue self-management in people with stroke, spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis: A pilot study.
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Episode 09: Inclusive Disaster Planning
On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Âé¶¹APP Podcast, we talk with Dawn Skaggs director of emergency, disaster and climate resilience at the World Institute on Disability.
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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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CROR Âé¶¹APP Scientist Alex Wong, PhD, DPhil, OT, CRC is new Chair of ACRM Measurement Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group
CROR Âé¶¹APP Scientist Alex Wong, PhD, DPhil, OT, CRC is new Chair of ACRM Measurement Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group.
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Hiring People with Disabilities: the Chicago Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, RUSH University Medical Center and Shirley Ryan Âé¶¹APP
On July 26, 2022, the 32nd anniversary of the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot opened the Mayor¡¯s Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) Career Center.
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Q & A with Lisa Helma, Manager of Vocational Rehabilitation Services at Shirley Ryan Âé¶¹APP
Learn more about vocational rehabilitation, or voc rehab as it¡¯s sometimes known, a discipline that works with individuals with disabilities to help them achieve their vocational goals. Voc rehab services revolve around training, education, employment and job retention.
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Elise Olsen: Early experiences and connections to Shirley Ryan Âé¶¹APP make her job 'very full circle'
You could say it was inevitable that Elise Olsen would find her way to Shirley Ryan Âé¶¹APP where she is a research assistant in the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Âé¶¹APP (CROR).
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