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The contents of a sensory bag at the Acres house, home to the Acres Project, where a growing community is designed by adults with autism for adults with autism, on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. This bag contains items to help engage the senses of individuals to aid participation and focus. Haley Galliano Haley Galliano

The licenses authorise the new institution to commence academic activities. The recent certification now brings the number of the nation’s private institutions to 99 and 193 Universities in total. Recall that the Federal Executive Council approved the universities in February 2021. However, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who presented the licences to the universities on behalf of the federal government, maintained that Nigeria needed more universities to cater for its teeming educati...

Media Advisory What A research team funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a test to evaluate the expressive language skills of people with Down syndrome, a condition resulting from an extra copy or piece of chromosome 21. Expressive language is the use of words to convey meaning to others. Language delays are common in people with Down syndrome, and the study authors believe their test provides a more effective way to evaluate prospective language interventions, compared to...

New ‘north star’ guides University New ‘north star’ guides University Workers poured the concrete deck for the fifth floor of the Frost Institute of Chemistry and Molecular Science last month. Photo: TJ Lievonen/University of Miami By Maya Bell 04-07-2021 Workers poured the concrete deck for the fifth floor of the Frost Institute of Chemistry and Molecular Science last month. Photo: TJ Lievonen/University of Miami New ‘north star’ guides University...

Date Time New test to study language development in youth with Down syndrome Expressive language sampling (ELS) is a useful tool for measuring communication development in youth with Down syndrome, a new multi-site study has found. Youth with Down syndrome may have language delays The study was co-led by Angela Thurman and Leonard Abbeduto from the UC Davis MIND Institute and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. It focused on language as an outcome measure to detect meaningful...

The faculty members, all based in Emory College of Arts and Sciences, include: Laura Otis, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of English, Department of English, won a fellowship in the field of English literature; Katherine Young, assistant professor of composition, Department of Music, won in the field of music composition; and  Tayari Jones, Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Creative Writing, Department of English, won in the fiction category. “In writing, music, scholarship and ...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minis­ter Imran Khan has said the government will approach the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to provide a second relief package to the needy and deserving people of society during the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s time for the second (Ehsaas) package and the head of IMF realises the unique situation. I will personally talk to her,” Mr Khan said at the launch of United Nations Develop­ment Programme’s Pakistan National Human Develop­ment Report on Inequality. “We ...

April 07, 2021 CWN Editors Note: In a message for World Health Day, April 7, the Vatican’s dicastery for Integral Human Development argues that health care is a matter of justice. “Health inequalities are unfair,” says the document, “but they are also preventable through strategies that aim to ensure equal access to health care.” The document is signed by Cardinal Peter Turkson, the prefect of the dicastery. The above note supplements, highlights, or corrects details in the original ...

https://www.unicaf.org/scholarships-for-african-students/?utm_source=GlobalDMP-Africa-ITnewsafrica&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=GlobalDMP-Africa-ITnewsafrica-ASM-26-01-21 Despite the unprecedented challenges for our society and the economy globally caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICAF was able to produce excellent results that are a testament to the underlying strength of UNICAF’s delivery model and innovative programmes. Through the Unicaf Scholarship Programme, thousands of student...

Pakistan to Seek Fresh COVID Relief Package from IMF: Imran Khan Courtesy PID In address at launch of UNDP Human Development Report, prime minister reiterates lifting people out of poverty is among government’s topmost concerns Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday announced plans to approach the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a fresh COVID-19 relief package, noting that the ongoing third wave of the pandemic had proven disastrous for Pakistan’s services sector. “We are going to spe...