The tough Work Capability Assessment is stopping disabled people get the support they need for a return to employment The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) , which came into operation nearly a year and half ago, is the test that is meant to determine whether people are eligible to receive the new employment and support allowance, which offers support for disabled people and people with long-term conditions...
When John Brennan, President Obama's Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, appeared on the Sunday news shows a few weeks ago to defend the idiotic decisions to try KSM in New York City and to Mirandize the Christmas bomber, the hairs on the back of all our necks stood up as we realized the incompetence and cluelessness of this protector of America's security....
Today, we have 120 posts on the LexBlog Network with one of the better ones being on a certain show that aired Sunday evening—not the Super Bowl, but Undercover Boss. Matt DeVries of Best Practices Construction Law has some lessons learned from Waste Management's President and COO. Arizona Theaters Cry 'Uncle' -- But That May Not Be Good News - Bainbridge Island attorney John Waldo in his Hearing...
Sarah Palin attacked Rahm Emanuel for using the word "retarded" in a pejorative way. Today, we refer to people as having special needs, and don't identify them by their infirmities or deficiencies. Likewise, a new PSA asks people " to think beyond the label ." As a woman in a wheel chair roams her office, she points out the idiosyncrasies each employee has. The point, she tells...
Mental health advisers use sign language on line to give support to deaf people in cases of stress, depression or suicidal thoughts People who are deaf are almost twice as likely to experience a mental health problem as people who can hear, and the very nature of the disability creates problems accessing helplines that could offer support in cases of stress, depression or suicidal thoughts....
Global warming: When in trouble, slime the opposition It's only the self-appointed spokespersons who have made an internet career out of exaggerating what the science says and viciously attacking others who don't agree with them who are flailing around looking for something--anything--to say to change the subject. It isn't working. FOXNews.com - Drip, Drip, Drip -- U.N.'s Climate Claims Are Melting...
(With just a wee bit of help from real life.) Japanese automaker Toyota, stung by criticism from the Department of Transportation and safety advocacy groups, has decided to recall 43,000 of its hourly workers and middle managers. The massive recall, hailed by former Senator Trent Lott and Toyota executives, is expected to shift tens of millions of dollars of blame and bad publicity from Toyota's Board...
More than 1,000 people from all walks of life thronged Marang Super Spar complex in Francistown on Sunday for eye tests and free reading glasses. The testing was part of Lions Club International's First Sight programme, a global initiative to fight the major causes of preventable and avoidable blindness.
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Sins Invalid’s Leroy Moore recently interviewed Terry Rowden, an Assistant Professor of English at the City University of New York, Staten Island. Terry is the author of The Songs of Blind Folk: African American Musicians and the Cultures of Blindness...
Late last week, the Illinois Supreme Court announced its much anticipated opinion in the Lebron v. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital case. The Lebron case involved a young child who was injured as a result of medical errors that occurred at birth. Her life was forever changed through no fault of her own. Abigaile Lebron suffered severe brain damage that is irreversible. She will live her life being fed through...
By Alexander Bolton The Hill 02/09/10 Democrats in Congress are holding White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel accountable for his part in the collapse of healthcare reform. The emerging consensus among critics in both chambers is that Emanuel’s lack of Senate experience slowed President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority. The share of the blame comes as cracks are beginning to show...
Obama's Chief-of-Staff former congressman and Chicago political thug Rahm Emanuel is discovering that, like his boss, he has no actual magical powers, and as Obamacare collapses in Congress his own party is focusing the blame on him : Democrats in Congress are holding White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel accountable for his part in the collapse of healthcare reform. The emerging consensus among...
When you think about corporate social responsibility - i.e., good corporate citizenship - the cigar industry probably isn't the first that comes to mind. The cigar business is small and only appeals to a handful of customers. Though I've been a cigar smoker for close to 15 years and was a consumer business strategist for a major consulting firm, I'd never thought about the possibility of corporate...
PARK CITY, Utah (Hollywood Reporter) –The Lord's ways are mysterious if not downright perverse in "Sympathy for Delicious," an unusual tale of miracles and self-doubt that marks the feature-directing debut of Mark Ruffalo. Although not aimed at the conventional religious audience (its profanity and occasional images of debauchery rule that out), it is straight-faced enough about its metaphor-ready...
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