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Physical Therapy
HuffPost What’s Working Honor Roll: An Ingenious Invention Is Getting Disabled People Back On Their Feet
Cole Galloway, a professor at the University of Delaware, has developed a harness that helps physically impaired patients move around a room on tracks affixed to the ceiling. The harness […]
Physical Therapy
The Ingenious Way That Those with Traumatic Brain Injuries Are Getting Back on Their Feet
The news seemed like a death sentence: In 1998, Anne Dunlap, a pretty young woman in Delaware, suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car crash, severely impairing her daily functioning. Even […]
Physical Therapy
GoBabyGo: A Mobility Initiative
The UCF College of Health and Public Affairs brings a new idea to help children with mobility impairments socialize and interact.
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Embracing Freedom: UCF Clinic Helps Woman Achieve American Dream
[Update: Also see a video, Stroke victim overcomes great obstacles while applying for U.S. citizenship, produced by the Orlando Sentinel – July 2, 2015] This Fourth of July, Fernanda Mello […]
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Department Has Strong Showing at 2015 FLASHA Convention
The 2015 Annual Convention of the Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists took place May 28-31 in Fort Lauderdale. The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders had a strong […]
Physical Therapy
UCF Provides Modified Kiddie Cars to Special Toddlers, Only the Beginning
Barnabas Dowdell was born with Down syndrome, and moving his lower body is a challenge. So his mom was astonished when the 13-month-old drove his new retrofitted motorized toy racecar […]
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Clinic Welcomes Cosby as New Audiologist
The Communication Disorders Clinic is pleased to welcome Janel Cosby, Au.D., Ph.D., CCC-A, F-AAA, as its new audiologist and a clinical lecturer. Cosby is a native of Orlando and UCF […]
Health Sciences
Health Awareness and Prevention Society Among UCF’s Fastest Growing Student Organizations
UCF registered nearly 100 new student organizations this academic year, and perhaps the fastest growing was the Health Awareness and Prevention Society, or H.A.P.S. H.A.P.S. began last fall with 30 […]
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Laryngectomy Support Group Helps Educate Students
A laryngectomy support group named the New Voice Club of Orlando provides patients who have undergone laryngectomies with a chance to connect and share their experiences as cancer survivors. Club members meet once […]
Athletic Training
Photo Essay: Athletic Training Students Practice Spine Boarding
Each spring, seniors in the Athletic Training Program hone their emergency skills during a semester-long course named Acute Care in Athletic Training. “They get a one-credit refresher course on emergency skills […]
