Medical Humanities Blog (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
An awesome, awesome conference entitled "Cognitive Disability: A Challenge to Moral Philosophy," is being held Sept. 18-20, 2008, at Stony Brook - Manhattan. Here is the discussion: The realities of cognitive disability pose a significant challenge to certain key conceptions...
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By Vincent Shields What is the best age to purchase long term care insurance? The 50s appear to be the best time to purchase long term care insurance. Premiums for people in their 50s are more affordable and the insurability issues facing people in their late 60s and early 70s are not typically a problem. Is long-term care insurance coverage good in all states? Yes. A few companies sell policies that...
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Robots may be the solution for people with disabilities who are struggling to regain the use of their limbs.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
A federal civil-rights investigation has found that the Shoreline School District discriminated against students with disabilities when it decided in February 2007 to exclude from its classrooms children newly placed at the Fircrest School, a state residential facility for people with disabilities.
Disability Studies, Temple U. (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
From the SDS listserv and H-Disability:The Stony Brook University Department of Philosophy presents Cognitive Disability: A Challenge to Moral Philosophy September 18 – 20, 2008 Stony Brook Manhattan 401 Park Avenue South (Between 27th and 28th Street) Rethinking and revising traditional assumptions about personhood, autonomy, agency, justice, care, human relationships, classification, and
RatifyNow.org (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
China has now become a signatory to the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), as of August 1, 2008. The CRPD is the first legally binding, international agreement among countries that protects the human rights of people with disabilities. Some of the human rights it covers include (but are not [...]
Medical Humanities Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
I'm getting to this late, but the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry's June 2008 issue is a theme on disability and bioethics. A number of the most knowledgeable scholars are featured, including, among others, and in random order, Ron Amundsen, Margaret...
RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | yesterday
'Simple Jack' a bit too complicated for advocates
English Webster (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Torah instructs us in a variety of commandments, to protect our lives and wellbeing, from making a guardrail for your roof [1] to not allowing any dangerous situation to prevail in your home. In being careful and concerned for our lives, “guard rails” [2] can refer to any obstacles that might lead to danger whether to your health or to your life. Maimonides, one of our great rabbis and a doctor,...
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DolBajao.com is a desi social bookmarking site dedicated to promote 'cool' desi stories
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | yesterday
It won't reach theaters for another week, but Tropic Thunder's use of the word "retard" has already incensed disability groups, more than half a dozen of which are scheduled to speak with DreamWorks executives today.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE GOVERNMENT has been urged to introduce urgent changes to the law to resolve decision-making problems facing parents and carers of people with intellectual disabilities who need medical attention. At present, medical or surgical procedures cannot be carried out without the informed consent of a patient over 16 years of age.
In Case You Didn't Know (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Ben Stiller’s portrayal of a mentally handicapped man in new movie Tropic Thunder has provoked anger from disability groups...
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE promoter of sports for people with disabilities, Michael Hamukwaya, has described the Oshana Heroes Sport Club's regional event held at Oshakati last Saturday as a success.
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miles overby | 04/08/2008
Suma Suswaram, a 15 year old graduate of the Landmark Forum, used what she got out of this program to put together a major educational seminar on learning disabilities that was led by special educators and attended by many parents, teachers, and other interested members of the public. The goal of the seminar was to raise awareness about learning disabilities and what young people who have them must
