Around 5% of the population, or 1.2 million Australians have a communication disability. Communication disability can arise if a person has a health condition affecting their speech, language, listening, understanding, reading, ...
Social Sciences
Aug 28, 2018
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A new Portland State University study suggests that the disproportionate placement of racial minorities into special education for learning disabilities is largely because of social inequities outside of schools rather than ...
Social Sciences
Aug 21, 2018
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Researchers of the Biomedical Neuro-engineering group of the Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH) of Elche, Spain, have developed a robotic exoskeleton which, attached to a robotic wheelchair, helps people with varying degrees ...
Engineering
Jul 5, 2018
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In recent years, researchers have focused on the enzyme TLK2, suspecting it of playing a main role in several diseases. A new study conducted at the University of Copenhagen now reveals that the enzyme exhibits lower levels ...
Biochemistry
Jul 2, 2018
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Almost half of all young people in England now go on to higher education. This means that teenagers in the UK are more likely to go to university than ever before.
Social Sciences
Jun 27, 2018
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In a recent landmark case, a mother received the first conviction in England for forcing someone to marry. She had tricked her daughter, then aged 17, into travelling to Pakistan to be married as soon as she turned 18. The ...
Social Sciences
Jun 11, 2018
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According to the U.S. Census, nearly 20 million people of working age live with a disability. While past research has indicated that people living with disabilities face barriers in workplace participation, researchers from ...
Social Sciences
May 30, 2018
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By federal law passed in 1975, children with intellectual disabilities are supposed to spend as much time as possible in general education classrooms.
Social Sciences
May 8, 2018
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Scientists at the University of Dundee have identified the effects of a mutation that gives rise to a form of intellectual disability.
Biochemistry
Apr 2, 2018
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Stephen Hawking's ashes will be buried near the graves of fellow British scientists Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin at Westminster Abbey, it was announced Tuesday.
General Physics
Mar 20, 2018
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