Fifteen disabled people inured in crash
IOL (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Fifteen disabled people were injured, two seriously, in an accident in Bethlehem, Free State paramedics said.
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Coming soon - Pete's first book!
Spaghetti Gazetti (Free subscription) | yesterday
T his week I finished the first draft of a book I have been writing about the history of Birmingham Disability Resource and it's origins in the Birmingham Disability Rights Group. The book production has been funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and celebrates the development of this unique user led centre at Bierton Road which was set up by disabled people in 1992 following a 7 year campaign to attain...
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Cleveland TV station has bad closed-captioning on the weather
Blog of Hilarity (Free subscription) | yesterday
If there’s one thing I learned at a young age, it’s that people with disabilities are just as capable of success as you or I am (unless there aren’t ramps by the entrance to a building). But many people with disabilities persevere and achieve great things. Unfortunately, we don’t make it easy on [...]
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Commission Blames Kamuli Poll Mess On Poverty, Blindness
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
High levels of poverty, illiteracy and sight incapacitation in Kamuli District are some of factors advanced by the Electoral Commission to explain widespread election malpractices in the 2007 by-election for district chairperson.
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Negative Reports Will Not Detract Ministry, Says Minister
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The Minister of Women, Youth, Children and People with Disabilities Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya has dismissed negative media reports about the ministry, saying they will not detract it from working towards eliminating violence against women and children.
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Editorial: Think safety
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
For more than a decade, Illinois has housed dangerous, mentally ill felons in nursing homes next to elderly and disabled people. The results have been appallingly predictable: Murder. Rape. Assault.
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Rocco Landesman Announces Indiana Arts Commission as Recipient of 2009 National Accessibility Leadership Award
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
WASHINGTON, DC.- Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts , announced today the Indiana Arts Commission is the recipient of the 2009 National Accessibility Leadership Award/grant for their outstanding accessibility work. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA), the award recognizes exceptional initiatives or...
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Seminar on Ayurvedic treatment of ophthalmic problems
Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
KOCHI: The modern lifestyle and food habits are giving rise to a number of ophthalmic problems. Diabetes related blindness (retinopathy), night-blindness and problems of sight in children have increased enormously. With a focus ...
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Patient Group Supports CER Language in Senate Health Care Reform Bill
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC) today applauded Senator Reid’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for including strong patient-centered comparative effectiveness research (CER) language. The CER language is based on the approach taken by Senators Baucus and Conrad in their CER bill (S. 1213), which is supported by over 100 organizations across...
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Tories accused of scaremongering over Labour plan for national care service
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Health secretary Andy Burnham says it is gutter politics to claim benefits for pensioners with disabilities will be cut The government accused the Tories of "scaremongering" and "gutter politics" today for refusing to support its plans for a national care service. The shadow health secretary, Andrew Lansley, welcomed the broad thrust of the plans, saying they were a "step...
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Embryonic stem cell therapy closer to human trials
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Embryonic stem cell therapy got a step closer to the clinic Thursday after US researchers said they filed a request for government approval of human trials. The trials would involve 12 patients losing their sight to a currently untreatable disease called Stargardt, which is one of the most common forms of juvenile blindness. The treatment would consist of a single injection of retinal cells derived...
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November is National Homecare Month--Sign the Petition to Save Homecare
American Association for Homecare (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
During November – National Homecare Month – the American Association for Homecare celebrates the thousands of dedicated professionals who provide cost-effective and consumer-preferred homecare. Thanks to home medical equipment and service providers, millions of seniors and people with disabilities will share Thanksgiving and other holidays with their families in the comfort of their homes....
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Horses for Courses
Living on the Witchy Side (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Dogs have been breed for a very, very long time so that we have different breeds for different purposes. They are all still dogs and can inter-breed but their strengths and weaknesses are more obvious.... Collies and German Shepherds herd sheep. Sight hounds hunt, from deer (deerhounds), wolves (wolfhounds), greyhounds (rabbits and hares) and so on Jack russells and other terriers are used for ratting...
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2.4 million older disabled people are about to be worse off…
Leah Fraser (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Labour want to cut Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance for over 65s, wrecking their chances of living independently. 2.4 million elderly people need support to cope with a physical or mental disability. These people rely on disability benefits – a third of them through the Disability Living Allowance for over 65s, and two thirds [...]
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Disabled riders to Bing: Undo switch in transit service
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
People with disabilities and senior citizens called on Detroit leaders Wednesday to reverse an apparent decision to switch providers of specialized MetroLift rides that serve those who have trouble using regular buses.
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'Precious' makes a 'surreal' premiere in Hollywood
reesuq3nh | 11/07/2009
LOS ANGELES – The cast and crew of "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" continued their unexpected journey from a scrappy little screening 10 months ago at the Sundance Film Festival to a star-studded gala at the legendary Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. "I'm speechless," said director Lee Daniels at an event hosted by the American Film Institute on Sunday. "I'm humbled and speechless....
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Pennhurst State School and Hospital For mental & physical Disabled people
kalyanim | 11/07/2009
Pennhurst State School and Hospital , the institute for the treatment and accommodation of the mentally and physically disabled people, was established back in 1908
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The Fall The 30th Anniversary Concert download mp3
cynthiafreeman2009 | 10/29/2009
The Fall The 30th Anniversary Concert >>>> Download The 30th Anniversary Concert <<<< artist: The Fall album: The 30th Anniversary Concert Tracklist: 1 Coming Down mp3 2 Assume mp3 3 Pacifying Joint mp3 4 Theme from Sparta Pfc mp3 5 Mountain Energei mp3 6 Reformation mp3 7 What About us mp3 8 I Can Hear the Grass Grow mp3 9 Wrong Place Right Time mp3 10 Bo Demmick mp3 11 White Line Fever mp3 12 Mr...
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