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”

• Keeping My Hands Free

  
  The Digital Awakening — Authority: 121
  New acquisition – Jabra BT2035 Bluetooth headset. Technology brings welcome relief to people like me who have lost functional use of our limbs. My legs are extremely weak. My arms are strong. My hand function is limited. I use a wheelchair for mobility. Answering the phone while on the move is not an option. I ...
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• Sex and The Disabled

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 597
  Most people do not believe that disabled people have sexual desires, so in return it is hard for some disabled people to deal with their own sexuality. The truth is most of all people experience some sexual desire on some level. Sex is a very normal and healthy desire and activity, but even in this modern age sex is a ...
  9 hours ago

• Recovery, Scoring and ESA…

  
  Into the system... — Authority: 103
  It’s been a strange week really. I seem to have spent the week being confronted with the fact I’m still a lot more ill than I thought I was. On Wednesday I had an appointment with Dr B. He’s another GP at my local practice and as Dr N is on holiday for two weeks I had to make do with him. He’s okay, but a ...
  15 hours ago

• Sympathy by Jordan Castillo Price

  
  Elisa - My reviews and Ramblings — Authority: 140
  Due to the time of release, Hallowen, and the author, Jordan Castillo Price and her vampires and psycops, I was expecting something "paranormal" from this seasonal novella, and instead, to my surprise and delight, it was a very nice, and normal, romance, with a good love story. Tony was in a bad accident and now, ...
  17 hours ago

• HUNGRY

  
  Meta Watershed — Authority: 125
  (Maggie Jochild at Bean Hollow Beach near Pescadero, California, i980) HUNGRY When Liza found out I had lost 85 pounds over the last two years without knowing it, certainly without trying to, she instantly said "No wonder you write about food all the time. Indeed. I have been starving in many ways. Fat ...
  18 hours ago

• The PACER Center - A Parent Training and Information Center

  
  Disabled World — Authority: 146
  The PACER Center is a parent information and training center for families of children and young people with disabilities whose young ones are between the ages of birth and twenty-one years of age. The center is located in Minneapolis and serves people from across America to include families in Minnesota.
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• The artificial hand that can feel - CNN.com

  
  disabilityresourcelinks.com — Authority: 140
    The artificial hand that can feel - CNN.com
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• Treating trauma victims may cause its own trauma - CNN.com

  
  disabilityresourcelinks.com — Authority: 140
    Treating trauma victims may cause its own trauma - CNN.com
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• Should Baby RB Live or Die?

  
  Pickled Politics — Authority: 524
  This is a guest post by Sarah Ismail. Sarah blogs here . A one year old baby boy, who can be known only as Baby RB for legal reasons, was born with a rare genetic condition called congenital myasthenic syndrome and has been in hospital since birth. Now, the hospital wants to withdraw Baby RB’s life support, ...
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• If I Receive SSD Benefits and I Begin To Work And Earn Below The SGA Limit, How Much Does Social Security Deduct From my Benefits?

  
  My Disability Blog — Authority: 419
  Heres a question that was recently left in a comment on another post by Adam: "If I Receive SSD Benefits and I Begin To Work And Earn Below The SGA Limit, How Much Does Social Security Deduct From my Benefits?"The simple answer to this question is that Social Security never deducts any amount from an individual’s ...
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• 18th Down Under Feminists’ Carnival!

  
  Wallaby — Authority: 459
  Apologies for the lack of DUFC logo – for some reason, I stick in the image and link, hit “update” – and WordPress disappears the whole thing! Welcome to the 18th Down Under Feminists’ Carnival! (And apologies for the delay.) This Carnival has an optional caring theme, thanks to Australian Carers’ ...
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• Let your voice be heard in Albany!

  
  The Roving Activist's Blog — Authority: 112
  Bright and VERY early Monday morning, the Rochester crew will be saddling up to go to Albany, our state Capital, to protest the Governor’s, and state Republicans’ proposed budget cuts. I’ll try hard to blog live from the action. Anyway, here is the Alert that I sent out: Let Your Voice be heard in Albany! As ...
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• They Still Don’t Get It: My Vote Story

  
  The Roving Activist's Blog — Authority: 112
  I got up Tuesday (November 3, 2009) bright and (not so) early so that I could make a quick stop at my polling place and vote before going to work. Thankfully, my polling site is down the street from my house at Andrews Terrace, one of those buildings whose residents are mostly seniors or folks with disabilities, so I ...
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• Testimony before the State Senate Finance Committee

  
  The Roving Activist's Blog — Authority: 112
  Monday, November 2, 2009, I was one of over 50 people from Rochester ADAPT/Center for Disability Rights who went to Buffalo, NY, for the hearing before the State Senate Finance Committee about Governor Paterson’s Deficit Reduction Plan (DRP). Chris, Bruce, and I presented testimony before this body. Here is my ...
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• House Passes Health Care

  
  JFActivist — Authority: 131
  *** Just In *** The House of Representatives passed the Health Care Reform bill this evening, November 7 shortly after 11pm.  Thank you to all the JFA Readers and disability activists who have been following and taking action to support this legislation.
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• Live from Atlanta — the full story

  
  The Roving Activist's Blog — Authority: 112
  On October 9th, Rochester ADAPT hopped on a bus and headed to Atlanta, Georgia, home of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. Georgia is also known as the Olmstead state because it was there that Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson, the original plaintiffs in the Olmstead vs. L.C. and E.W case launched ...
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• Baby RB: heartbreak in Court 50 as life of a one-year-old hangs in the balance

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  A judge in the Royal Courts of Justice must decide the fate of Baby RB, who has a rare genetic condition. His mother believes he should be allowed to die; his father disagrees It is an unceremonious setting for a decision of life or death. Court 50 in the Royal Courts of Justice is a draughty, medium-sized room with ...
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• "Special Olympics... a Civil Rights Movement"

  
  JFActivist — Authority: 131
  From the New York Times (10/24/09): Work at Eye Level As told by Tim Shriver to Patricia R. Olsen WHEN I was growing up, we lived on a farm in Maryland and had dogs, chickens and cattle. In 1962, my mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, started a summer camp in our backyard for children with intellectual ...
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• CA: Victory! Court Protects Teacher-Advocate-Whistleblower from Retaliation

  
  JFActivist — Authority: 131
  Thank you Larry Komar for contributing this information: A new decision, Susan Barker vs. Riverside County Office of Education, (9th Cir., 10/23/09), reversed a federal district courts decision to dismiss the teachers retaliation suit on the grounds that she lacked standing under Section 504 and the ADA.   The ...
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• Can I Find Social Security Disability Forms Online?

  
  Verified Website — Authority: 154
  Go to the SSDI official website.Related posts:Should I Enter My Social Security Card On Online Forms, ??How Do I Get Social Security Forms From Online.?Can You Apply For Social Security Disability Online?Related posts: Should I Enter My Social Security Card On Online Forms, ?? How Do I Get Social Security Forms ...
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