Spotlight

It is with heavy hearts that we share this episode of NARIC's Spotlight podcast. Our Director, Mark Odum, passed away unexpectedly on January 15th, just a few short days after recording this episode. In this episode, Mark speaks with Marta Garcia, NARIC's Bilingual Information and Media Specialist. They discuss the exciting things that happened at NARIC in 2024 and they take a look at what's comin...

In this episode of NARIC's Spotlight Podcast, Jess Chaiken speaks with Dr. Sasha Portnova about Dr. Portnova's experiences as a NIDILRR-funded fellow, her work in rehabilitation research, and the inspiration behind her podcast, Gears of Progress. They discuss the importance of scientific communication, mentorship, and the future of research in assistive technology. Resources discussed in this epis...

In today's episode, we begin our new series: Conversations with Our Director. Mark Odum, NARIC's Director, speaks with Marta Garcia, NARIC's Bilingual Information and Media Specialist, about the American's with Disabilities Act (ADA), his experiences as a person with a spinal cord injury before and after the signing of the ADA, and NIDILRR-funded research related with the ADA, amon...

In today's episode, Jess Chaiken speaks with Christine Helfrich, PhD, author of the Life Skills Manual - one of NARIC's most popular items in our collection. Listen in as Mark Odum, NARIC's Director, introduces the episode and Jess and Dr. Helfrich discuss the Manual, Dr. Helfrich's plans for the manual, and her advice to occupational therapists interested in becoming researchers....

In this episode of NARIC's Spotlight Podcast, Mark Odum, NARIC's Director, shares the findings of a NIDILRR -funded study on the rights of parents with disabilities. Researchers at  Parents Empowering Parents: National Research Center for Parents with Disabilities and Their Familie s , interviewed 19 advocates, attorneys, and legislators who were involved in a variety of ways with state le...

Las barreras son algo que las personas con discapacidades enfrentan todos los días. Las barreras se pueden encontrar en la falta de inclusión, financiación, y en entornos físicos, entre otros. En este episodio del Spotlight Podcast de NARIC , Marta Arnold, analista en español de NARIC, discute algunas de las investigaciones financiadas por NIDILRR sobre las barreras que las personas con discapacid...

In today's episode, Mark Odum, NARIC's director, speaks with Tamie Pyle, NARIC's Library and Information Services Coordinator, about NARIC's Knowledgebase. Learn about what this database does, its history, what organizations and other resources are available in it, and more. Since this episode was published, the Knowledgebase has been renamed Community Resources Database. Resources...

En el episodio 12 de nuestro podcast, Marta Arnold, revisora de NARIC, y Marta García, especialista en información y medios bilingües de NARIC, hablan sobre el cuidado. Discuten los diferentes tipos de cuidadores, brindan ejemplos, cómo la pandemia de COVID-19 afectó a los cuidadores e investigaciones financiadas por NIDILRR relacionadas con el cuidado y el COVID-19; entre otros temas relacionados...

In Episode 11 of our podcast, Mark Odum, NARIC's Director, and Catherine Graves, NARIC's Media Specialist, discuss caregiving. They discuss the different types of caregivers, provide examples, share their personal stories related to caregiving, how the COVID-19 pandemic affected caregivers, and NIDILRR-funded research related to caregiving and COVID-19; among other caregiving-related topic...

En este episodio del Spotlight Podcast de NARIC, Marta Arnold, revisora de NARIC, habla con Marta Garcia, Especialista en Información Bilingüe de NARIC, sobre la serie Enfoque De Investigación de NARIC - una serie de artículos que está disponible en inglés (https://www.naric.com/?q=en/rif) y español (https://naric.com/?q=es/rif_es). Discuten qué es la serie, de dónde provienen los artículos de inv...

During this episode of NARIC's Spotlight Podcast, Marta Garcia speaks with Jessica Chaiken and Hafsa Abdirahman about NARIC's Research In Focus series, which is available in English ( https://www.naric.com/?q=en/rif ) and Spanish ( https://naric.com/?q=es/rif_es ). They discuss what the series is, where the research articles come from, Hafsa's writing process, where listeners may find...

En el primer episodio de la segunda temporada del podcast Spotlight de NARIC, Marta Arnold, revisora en español de NARIC, habla con Marta Garcia, especialista bilingüe en información y medios de comunicación de NARIC, sobre la terapia recreativa, sus beneficios, algunas intervenciones utilizadas en este tipo de terapia, y más. También hablan sobre algunos recursos que los oyentes de este episodio...

En el episodio de hoy, el Especialista Bilingüe en Información y Medios de Comunicación de NARIC discute los productos para consumidores basados en la evidencia, relacionados con el transporte para personas con discapacidades, incluyendo los productos financiados por NIDILRR. Los productos discutidos en este episodio se encuentran a continuación después de la descripción en inglés. In today’s epis...

In today's episode, Mark Odum, NARIC's Director, speaks with NARIC's information specialists team. They will share about being an information specialist, the great and hard aspects of calls/chats, their search or start methods in their toolboxes, and more.  The resources mentioned in this episode include:  1. NARIC's website naric.com , along with NARIC's databases: REHABDATA , NIDILRR's...

Este mes, hablamos con Marta Garcia, CRS, especialista bilingüe en información y redes sociales de NARIC. Marta comparte información sobre el boletín semanal de NARIC: News and Notes from the NIDILRR Community and Beyond (Noticias y Notas de la Comunidad de NIDILRR y de Más Allá). Para matricularse a recibir este boletín o para obtener más información, visite naric.com . Si desea enviar eleme...

In this month's episode, we speak to Natalie Collier, NARIC's Library and Acquisitions Manager about NARIC's collection, the REHABDATA database, and more.  To visit the pages that Ms. Collier mentions: REHABDATA search page . New Acquisitions . REHABDATA Connection . Multimedia Collection . Are you a NIDILRR Grantee or researcher from the disability and rehabilitation research community and w...

En nuestro episodio inagural en español de NARIC's Spotlight, compartimos información sobre lo que es y lo que hace el Centro Nacional de Información de Rehabilitación (NARIC, por sus siglas en ingls).  Si necesita más información, visite nuestro sitio web https://naric.com/?q=es/paginaprincipal. O, si tiene preguntas, envíe un correo electronico a naricinfo@heitechservices.com

Today's episode celebrates 10 years and 500 issues of NARIC's weekly newsletter, News and Notes from the NIDILRR Community and Beyond. In this newsletter, NARIC shares the latest news, research, resources, and opportunities to participate in research from the NIDILRR grantee community, and news from the disability and rehabilitation communities. Look for the blue box on our homepage, naric.com , t...

In NARIC's inaugural episode of their Spotlight podcast, NARIC staff introduce listeners to what NARIC does for people with disabilities, families, service providers, and researchers around the world. To learn more about NARIC, visit naric.com/ .  This podcast is a production of the National Rehabilitation Information Center, or NARIC. NARIC is operated by Blackfish Federal LLC and HeiTech Se...