Uplifting Video: Disabled Man’s Restaurant Specializes in Breakfast, Lunch, and Hugs

Uplifting Video: Disabled Man’s Restaurant Specializes in Breakfast, Lunch, and Hugs

Tim Harris, owner of the three-year-old restaurant Tim's Place in Albuquerque, has Down syndrome, but says he is undeterred by his disability. He even dances to work. When the Huffington Post caught up with the 26-year-old last year, he told them he had given away more than 19,000 hugs. He knows, it turns out, because he has a hug counter hanging in the dining room. (That number is now at 39,000 and counting.) "The hugs are way more important than the food," Harris tells AOL, in the video that's straight ahead. "The food is food."

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TARGET Discovery Series on YouTube - AT success story

The TARGET Center, under the US Department of Agriculture, provides a Discovery Series that presents a lot of good information about assistive technology and electronic information accessibility. Here’s a recent announcement about their YouTube series:

The TARGET Discovery Series will return with a new session on December 8th, but in the meantime we are excited to announce that our first Profiles in Technology video is available at USDA YouTube.

Through this video series, individuals with disabilities will share brief stories about how technology has impacted their career.

In our first episode, we introduce Dr. Denise Decker, an NRCS employee who has a successful career at Agriculture during which she has travelled the world and written a published book about her guide dog, all with the help of assistive technology.

Look for additional episodes coming soon.

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Aditi Shankardass talk: A second opinion on learning disorders

TED. Ideas Worth Spreading. 7 min talk.
"Developmental disorders in children are typically diagnosed by observing behavior, but Aditi Shankardass knew that we should be looking directly at their brains. She explains how a remarkable EEG device has revealed mistaken diagnoses and transformed children's lives.

Aditi Shankardass is a neuroscientist trained across three disciplines of the field: neurophysiology, neuroanatomy and neuropsychology. She has also worked across different levels of the field, from cellular to cognitive neuroscience, and been based in research labs as well as diagnostic clinics. Currently, she leads the Neurophysiology Lab of the Communicative Disorders Department at California State University.

Much of Shankardass' work has been devoted to the use of an advanced form of digital quantitative EEG (electroencephalography) technology that records the brain's activity in real time, and then analyzes it using complex display schematics and statistical comparisons to norms, enabling far more accurate diagnoses for children with developmental disorders. She is also actively involved in public outreach to increase understanding of brain disorders as a board member of the Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation and a consultant for the BBC Science Line."
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Temple Grandin talk: The world needs all kinds of minds

TED. Ideas Worth Spreading. 20-min talk

"Temple Grandin, diagnosed with autism as a child, talks about how her mind works -- sharing her ability to "think in pictures," which helps her solve problems that neurotypical brains might miss. She makes the case that the world needs people on the autism spectrum: visual thinkers, pattern thinkers, verbal thinkers, and all kinds of smart geeky kids.

An expert on animal behavior, Temple Grandin has designed humane handling systems for half the cattle-processing facilities in the US, and consults with the meat industry to develop animal welfare guidelines. As PETA wrote when awarding her a 2004 Proggy: “Dr. Grandin's improvements to animal-handling systems found in slaughterhouses have decreased the amount of fear and pain that animals experience in their final hours, and she is widely considered the world's leading expert on the welfare of cattle and pigs.”

Grandin’s books about her interior life as an autistic person have increased the world's understanding of the condition with personal immediacy -- and with import, as rates of autism diagnosis rise. She is revered by animal rights groups and members of autistic community, perhaps because in both regards she is a voice for those who are sometimes challenged to make themselves heard."
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New Medicare Videos on NIHSeniorHealth.gov

Seven new videos have been added to Medicare Basics for Caregivers on NIHSeniorHealth.

* Who Is Eligible for Medicare?
* Getting Medicare
* Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B
* Do You Have to Pay to Get Medicare Part A and Part B?
* Choosing How to Get Your Medicare Coverage
* Medicare Part D: Prescription Drug Coverage
* Getting Extra Help

To view the seven new videos, please click on the link above or visit:
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/videolist.html#medicare.