Media Links

Please let us know about media-related disability health research links via email to DHRN.info@ubc.ca. This page is currently under construction and we will be updating this page regularily. We welcome your input.

BCACL Letter to the Editor regarding the use of the term de-institutionalization in a recent speech by Premier Campbell

http://www.bcacl.org/documents/ltr_ed_oct_31.pdf

More than ramps: accessible health care for people with disabilities

http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/175/4/329

Rehab Robot Does Heavy Lifting

At University of British Columbia (UBC), ICORD researcher and School of Human Kinetiks Assistant Professor, Dr. Tania Lam recently unveiled the Lokomat, a state-of-the-art robotic gait device for the development of new rehabilitation strategies for people with spinal cord injury and stroke.

http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/ubcreports/2007/07apr05/robot.html

Arthritis care sorely inadequate – Guidelines, patient-focused initiatives aim to fill primary gap.

http://www.repar.veille.qc.ca/url.php?i=1625&f=News&l=En

Power To Be Adventure Therapy Society wants to share a video with you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICFtEdYKnoI