CIR Launches New Online Community
IDEAnet to Offer New Tools and Content
The Center for International Rehabilitation has launched a new interactive website geared towards serving the needs of the Rehabilitation Services and Disability Rights Communities. Read more>> Ensuring No One Left Behind
CIR Urges Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Emergency Planning and Response
The impact of natural disasters and other emergency situations is especially harsh for people with disabilities, who in many areas have been largely excluded from relief and reconstruction plans. Read more>> CIR Initiates ConventionYES! CampaignFighting for International Disability Rights Protections
The Center for International Rehabilitation has launched ConventionYES!, a campaign designed to disseminate information and coordinate advocacy efforts in support of the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Read more>> Improved Prosthetics For Landmine Survivors
Field-Testing of Innovative New Technology Underway
The CIR’s Engineering Center is completing a field study in Nicaragua that evaluates the efficacy of three new alignment systems for the fitting of transtibial (below-knee) prostheses. The purpose of the research is to devise a cost-effective and portable system for making well-aligned, comfortable single-unit prostheses called monolimbs. |
Setting The Standard
The Development of International Wheelchair GuidelinesThe Center for International Rehabilitation (Chicago), Whirlwind Wheelchair International (San Francisco) and Motivation Charitable Trust (Bristol, UK) have formed a committee to develop a set of international guidelines for wheelchair provision. Members of the committee hope to increase access to appropriate wheelchairs and improve quality of life for wheelchair users.Read more>> Bosnian Students Receive Prestigious ISPO CertificationIn January 2006, the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO), a leading certification body, awarded Category II certification to graduates of the CIR’s distance education program in Bosnia. This marked the first time that students in Bosnia have received this certification.Read more>> CIR And Rotary To Provide Improved Casting Systems
In the fall of 2006, the CIR will conduct a training workshop in India on the CIR Transtibial Prosthetic Casting System, which offers a faster, cheaper and more effective method of creating prosthetic sockets. Read more>> CIR Wheelchair Study Collects User FeedbackThe CIR’s Engineering Center has launched a study to examine use of the CIR-Whirlwind Wheelchair in Afghanistan. Feedback from the study will be used to further refine the wheelchair's design.Read more>> |
