Disability

In years past, an individual with a disability in the United States and in most western nations faced poor job prospects, financial hardship, problems with transportation and even building access.  Thanks to efforts on the part of disability rights advocates, disabled individuals have more opportunities and legal rights than their forbearers could have ever imagined.

In the United States, Social Security disability provides individuals who are unable to work with income benefits and medical care. Nations around the world have similar programs to support those affected by a disability.

While a physical or mental health disability will continue to create challenges for affected individuals, legal barriers to employment, housing and opportunity have been greatly reduced.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Disability”

• Facing Alienation and Isolation — Turning Confusion into Clarity Part 3

  
  Second Chance to Live — Authority: 120
  Please read Part 1 , Part 2 for context. Thank you. What made Rudolph different from the herd drew him to a unique place of service. Rudolph’s gift empowered him to fulfill what none of the other reindeer could hope to do. What made Rudolph different equipped him to be of maximum service to Santa, to his ...
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• Physician Assisted Suicide - Perspective from Advocates for People with Disability

  
  Disabled World — Authority: 440
  Although public opinion in the United States on physician-assisted suicide is evenly divided, about half of states have either defeated bills to legalize assisted suicide or have passed laws explicitly banning it and only two states (Oregon and Washington) have legalized it.
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• Good Rx for Employers

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 690
  If you thought keeping your office swine-flu-free was all you needed to worry about this flu season, you may be headed for a rude awakening. Labor and employment attorneys are fielding an epidemic of questions from clients about how to best inoculate themselves against liability regarding their office policies about ...
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• On Centering Voices

  
  this ain't livin' — Authority: 557
  copyright meloukhia One of the things which the white progressive blogosphere likes to do a lot is to have Serious Discussions about things which affect marginalized communities. Sometimes there are even blogging events, where everyone picks a day to write about the same thing, and there is much patting on the back ...
  8 hours ago

• Free Financial Service for Disability Community Speaks on Disability-Poverty Link

  
  JFActivist — Authority: 131
  Excerpt from the Florida Times-Union (12/9/09): Tours stop in Jacksonville sheds light on link between poverty, disability Group raises awareness of link between the two By Kevin Turner Johnette Hartnett, director of research for the National Disability Institute, choked up on emotion while going through ...
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• Upcoming Call - Service Animals: Unraveling the Differences and Best Practices

  
  JFActivist — Authority: 131
  From JFA Reader-Lorre Leon: ServiceAnimals: Unraveling the Differences and Best Practices   Tuesday, January 19th, 2010, 2:00 PM- 3:30 PM The rights of people with disabilities who use service animals vary, dependingon which law applies. The Americans with Disabilities Act, the Air CarrierAccess Act, and ...
  9 hours ago

• Critics blast Alberta disability cutbacks as a disaster

  
  NJN Network — Authority: 147
  Alberta government wants funded organizations to repay two per cent of their annual budgetBy KRISTA SYLVESTER. METRO CALGARY Gary Coombe watched his deaf and developmentally delayed son’s progress succeed with support but is concerned his progress will crumble when the Alberta government yanks funding.Coombe ...
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• Caltrans Reaches $1.1 Billion Settlement With Disabilities Groups

  
  NJN Network — Authority: 147
  B.J. Hansen, MyMotherLode.comSacramento, CA — Caltrans has settled a class action lawsuit filed by Californians for Disability Rights and the California Council for the Blind regarding access to sidewalks and facilities.The organizations had sued Caltrans, alleging that the state had denied access to people with ...
  14 hours ago

• Company for Christmas: Part One

  
  ohmidog! — Authority: 553
    My first Christmas guest has arrived and, after bumping into everything there is to bump into, has made herself right at home. Cheyenne, raised to be a guide dog for the blind, never got to fulfill that role. The possibility that she was going to develop hip problems prevented her from going on with her training. ...
  16 hours ago

• Athena: Building the Inclusive Tourism Sector in the Czech Republic

  
  Rolling Rains Report — Authority: 135
  Project goal The main goal of the ATHENA project is the creation of conditionsand tools for human resources development and employment in theaccessible tourism sector in the Czech Republic. This will be achieved by transnational cooperation with ENAT andexchange of experience and good practice with European ...
  23 hours ago

• Poor Face Greater Health Burden than Smokers or the Obese

  
  Disabled World — Authority: 440
  The average low-income person loses 8.2 years of perfect health, the average high school dropout loses 5.1 years, and the obese lose 4.2 years, according to researchers at Columbia Universitys Mailman School of Public Health.
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• New Digital Audio Books from Library for Blind and Physically Handicapped

  
  Disabled World — Authority: 440
  Carnegie Library of Pittsburghs Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (LBPH) has announced it is beginning distribution of new digital audio books and digital players to its customers.
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• Number of 85-year-olds will Increase by a Third by 2020

  
  Disabled World — Authority: 440
  Health and social care provision needs to be put in place for a large increase (33%) in the 85 year old population in the UK by 2020, according to a study published today on bmj.com.
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• The real Rain Man dies of heart attack aged 58

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Kim Peek, the real Rain Man whose almost unimaginable powers of memory were coupled with severe disabilities and who inspired the Oscar-winning film role played by Dustin Hoffman, has died of a heart attack in his home town of Salt Lake City, aged 58. Peek has been called a "mega-savant" for his ability to memorise ...
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• British soldiers going deaf in Afghanistan

  
  The Final Redoubt — Authority: 436
  As NOT reported in the MSM... More than two-thirds of British combat troops returning from Afghanistan are suffering from permanent and severe hearing damage, a study has found.
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• Most recent Atkins decision. Garcia v Thayer (Texas, 2009): Should more have been done to explore discrepant IQ scores?

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 134
  Garcia v Thayer (Texas, 2009) has been added to the Atkins-related Court Decisions blog sidebar.   A copy of the decision can be found by clicking here .  In addition, a copy of an psychological report can be found by clicking here .  Thanks to Kevin Foley for the files. This case is interesting, if for no ...
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• Good Rx for Employers

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 690
  If you thought keeping your office swine-flu-free was all you needed to worry about this flu season, you may be headed for a rude awakening. Labor and employment attorneys are fielding an epidemic of questions from clients about how to best inoculate themselves against liability regarding their office policies about ...
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• BC HRT crushing private business with loss of “dignity” penalty

  
  No Apologies — Authority: 147
  “Hurn has been awarded $4,100 for lost wages and another $8,000 for damage to her dignity and self-respect.” December 21, 2009 Disabled woman fired from health store job wins discrimination ruling Canadian Press Newswire VANCOUVER – The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal says an Enderby woman with a serious back ...
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• State special education definitions of MR/ID

  
  Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) — Authority: 130
  Thanks to Randy Floyd for sending this article to me.  The article summarizes state eligibility guidelines for MR/ID as promulgated by state education agencies--thus covering the school-age population of students with potential MR/ID and special education services.  State law governing the definition and criteria ...
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• State special education definitions of MR/ID

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 134
  Thanks to Randy Floyd for sending this article to me.  The article summarizes state eligibility guidelines for MR/ID as promulgated by state education agencies--thus covering the school-age population of students with potential MR/ID and special education services.  State law governing the definition and criteria ...
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