| 04/30/2008
08:57 AM
Girl gives dramatic details in abuse case MASSACHUSETTS
Haleigh Poutre, a 14-year-old girl once diagnosed as being in an "irreversible vegetative state," has provided police with dramatic testimony about frequent use of corporal punishment during her childhood, but she has not given any specifics about what caused her to suffer a near-fatal head injury more than two years ago, according to two people with direct knowledge of her statements.
04/30/2008
08:55 AM
Brain-injured patients left waiting two years for rehabilitation IRELAND
A Dail debate on acquired brain injury (ABI) organised by the Labour Party heard that people with the condition are waiting up to two years for a place in the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire, the only hospital of its sort in the country.
04/30/2008
08:54 AM
Accident victim's 'miracle' puts her faith at head of prayer day TENNESSEE
Nancy Bryant can walk and talk again. She can bathe and dress and drive a car. "That is one reason I'm so adamant about prayer," said the former dental hygienist, who suffered a near-fatal head injury in the 1978 accident.
04/30/2008
08:52 AM
Off to Alberta for care he can't get here CANADA
A brain-stem stroke put Jack Orange in the Kamloops hospital for four months while medical professionals kept the completely paralysed veterinarian alive.
04/30/2008
08:49 AM
Back at the Wheel NEW JERSEY
Longtime readers of redbankgreen - or those who've discovered the pleasure of exploring our archive - may recognize the name Jim Frechette. When we first encountered him, Frechette was trapped in a broken body, unsure how he'd gotten that way, and facing an uncertain future as a result of a motorcycle accident. He'd suffered a traumatic brain injury that put him a coma for two weeks. When we met him two months later, he couldn't even remember having left his house the day of the crash, let alone what happened.
04/30/2008
08:47 AM
Toddler with brain injury makes steps toward recovery CALIFORNIA
Caelum Miller loves his books. At 2 years old, this thick-haired toddler has the ability to read at the level of a 6-year-old. But what makes Caelum different is that he is recovering from a severe brain injury that left him in a vegetative state after he drowned New Year's Eve 2006. It took more than 30 minutes for paramedics to resuscitate him at his La Verne home.
04/30/2008
08:44 AM
Schools have started taking head injuries more seriously NEW HAMPSHIRE
Bedford High School officials did something this spring that only a few high schools in the state have attempted. During the pre-season, they put all of their lacrosse players, both boys and girls, through a series of cognitive and physical tests.
04/30/2008
08:41 AM
Milan athlete is living miracle after traumatic injury
Everything went pretty quickly after that, even though it felt like a lifetime to the Hunters. Cory was life lined to the University of Louisville Hospital where the family was eventually told he had a life threatening brain injury.
"That's when my whole world collapsed," Starla shared. "I had three questions, was he paralyzed, what was the worst case scenario and when could I see him?" she remembered.
04/30/2008
08:40 AM
Program helps people transition to farm work MISSOURI
Traumatic brain injury caused by an improvised explosive device in northern Afghanistan ended staff Sgt. Matt Nuckolls' 10-year military career. With two small children to support and no immediate disability payments, the Air Force veteran and his wife, Leann, decided to move from Colorado Springs to Texas County, live off the land and become commercial farmers. The learning curve was steep.
04/30/2008
08:34 AM
Brain Injury in Childhood May Have Adult Affect UK
Children who sustain brain injuries in early life may be suffering without help as adolescents and into adulthood, a North Staffordshire doctor has claimed.The warning from David Allen, a clinical neuropsychologist based at the Cornwall House Clinic, in Newcastle, came during a talk at a three-day conference called Mobility On The Edge. The event was held at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital, in Oswestry.
04/30/2008
08:33 AM
Robotic wheelchair uses lasers to dock with cars
A laser-guided robot wheelchair that automatically docks with the user's vehicle and loads itself into the back could give disabled drivers more freedom.
04/30/2008
08:32 AM
Does Country Or Continent Of Treatment Affect Outcome In Patients With Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysms?
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) affects approximately 30,000 Americans every year, with 90 percent of all cases caused by cerebral aneurysms that have ruptured, the latter of which is referred to as aneurysmal SAH.
04/30/2008
08:28 AM
Parkinson Transplants Survive At Least 16 Years
Transplanted cells can survive in the brain for over one and half decades. However, some of the transplanted cells developed Parkinson-like features which is very surprising.
04/30/2008
08:27 AM
Brain Tumor Biomarker May Improve Patient Outcomes
U.S. researchers have identified new biomarkers that may help enhance detection of new and recurrent primary and metastatic brain tumors, something that could help improve patient outcomes.
04/30/2008
08:24 AM
Epilepsy Drug Causes Bone Loss In Young Women
Young women who took the commonly used epilepsy drug phenytoin for one year showed significant bone loss compared to women taking other epilepsy drugs, according to a study published in the April 29, 2008, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
04/30/2008
08:23 AM
New York Attorney, Michael Kaplen Elected to Board of Directors of Prestigious New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
I am pleased to report that I have been elected to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the prestigious New York Academy of Trial Lawyers.
04/30/2008
08:22 AM
Traumatic Brain Injury Act Signed into Law
Late Monday, the President signed the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Act into Law. S. 793, the "Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2008," authorizes appropriations and makes changes to the Department of Health and Human Services programs that provide grants for State programs for: tracking and reporting of brain injuries; and brain injury rehabilitation.
04/30/2008
08:21 AM
Doctors Should Not Prescribe Antibiotics To Treat Adults With Rhinosinusitis
Adults with the common rhinosinusitis infection should not be prescribed antibiotics, even if the symptoms are reported as lasting longer than 7-10 days, according to an Article released on March 14, 2008 in The Lancet.
04/30/2008
08:19 AM
Lighting Up The Lungs To Help Diagnose Disease
Researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed innovative technology which illuminates a person's lungs and helps clinicians identify if they are functioning correctly. The new technology could result in earlier diagnosis of emphysema and smoking related damage, as well as other lung conditions and diseases.
04/30/2008
08:16 AM
Two deaths at Lubbock State School, one under investigation TEXAS
The Lubbock State School reported two deaths last week, one a 23-year-old who died under unusual circumstances, according to state officials.
04/30/2008
08:14 AM
Disabled and Poor MINNESOTA
Disabled and living below the poverty line, an area man says he's struggling to support both he and his son. Thousands of people across our area are receiving social security disability benefits. VIDEO LINK.
04/30/2008
08:13 AM
Advancing CU's accessibility COLORADO
David Leserman, who uses a manual wheelchair, says there are a number of trouble spots on the University of Colorado's campus, where he audits classes as a hobby. Take, for example, outside the school's ATLAS high-tech hub where Leserman attends an afternoon film course: Handicapped-accessible parking spots were removed to make room for a neighboring construction project. And the four replacement spaces for that central part of campus need to be more level because they don't meet the slope requirements called for by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
04/30/2008
08:12 AM
Paralympics: Welsh athletes are on track for for World Cup UK
THERE will be a strong Welsh flavour in the Great Britain camp at the Paralympic World Cup from May 7-11. Ten of Wales’ top athletes are heading for Manchester’s
SportCity, having been selected by UK Athletics.
04/30/2008
08:02 AM
Area special needs students celebrate own prom at Lexington High School OHIO
His dress shirt and tie blowing in the wind, Ontario High School's David Hilliard arrived at Lexington High School on Saturday night. As his wheelchair was lowered to the grounds, classmates Thomas Call and Matthew Campbell joined him and other students from Morrow, Knox and Crawford County for the annual Special Needs Prom.
04/30/2008
08:01 AM
Disabled Scott High Senior Awarded Scholarship KENTUCKY
A Northern Kentucky student got a surprise gift at school Tuesday. Insight Cable awarded 17-year-old Kevin Schomaker with a $1,000 scholarship. VIDEO LINK.
04/30/2008
08:00 AM
Playground In Works At Exceptional School FLORIDA
Peggy Ferro's eyes welled up as she announced to the Hillsborough County School Board that thanks to an overwhelming community outpouring, students with disabilities in east Hillsborough County soon will enjoy a playground built just for them.
04/30/2008
07:59 AM
Art festival's focus is disabled children FLORIDA
The annual festival is for students with disabilities, and what sets it apart is that they can create their own artwork while inside the museum's galleries, surrounded by renowned artists' works.
04/30/2008
07:57 AM
Disabled Texans join more than 1,000 at D.C. protest
Disabled Texans traveled to Capitol Hill and participated in a march Tuesday in support of legislation that would expand Medicaid and Medicare coverage to include home health care and community services. About 35 people from Texas joined more than 1,000 people with disabilities for protests and exhibits sponsored by the Americans Disabled for Accessible Public Transit, or ADAPT.
04/30/2008
07:56 AM
Somerset works to make courthouse more accessible MARYLAND
County officials have renewed efforts to make improvements to the Somerset County Courthouse that will make the main courthouse and its annex next door more accessible to people with disabilities.
04/30/2008
07:55 AM
People With Disabilities Protest Medicaid Cuts
People with disabilities protested Medicaid cuts outside the Department of Health and Human Services in the 200 block of Independence Avenue in southwest D.C. on Monday. According to ADAPT, which promotes assisted-living community services for the disabled to help them live independently, thousands of senior citizens and people with disabilities are forced into nursing homes and other institutions because of the inaction and regulations of Health and Human Services. VIDEO LINK.
04/30/2008
07:52 AM
Parents told hiding children with disabilities bad, unjust DAR ES SALAAM
Families with children with disabilities have been called on to stop hiding them but instead expose them to public life so as to enable them to have access to various social services including education. The call was made by Bagamoyo District Education Officer Nicodemus Chipakapaka at the climax of the National Education Week held in Chalinze, Coast Region, over the weekend.
04/30/2008
07:50 AM
Mark McEwan shares path to stroke recovery
You may remember Mark McEwen from his days telling Americans whether to prepare for a heat wave or thunderstorm as weatherman, and later anchor, for "CBS This Morning" from 1987 to 2002. But in November 2005, the wind shifted in McEwen's life when he suffered a stroke while visiting relatives in Baltimore. A hospital misdiagnosed his condition as the flu and discharged him. Two days later, on a flight back to his home in Orlando, Fla., McEwen had a massive stroke during the plane's descent. The prognosis was so grim, friends and family flew in from around the country to say goodbye.
04/30/2008
07:50 AM
Recognizing a stroke
Most people know the symptoms of a heart attack and they know what to do. But not many know how to recognize a stroke.
04/30/2008
07:47 AM
Cancer, stroke top killers for Chinese
Cancer and stroke are the top two causes of death for Chinese, a Ministry of Health (MOH) study revealed yesterday.
04/30/2008
07:47 AM
Hundreds Of Heart Disease And Stroke Survivors Urge Congress To Step Up The Fight Against The Nation's No. 1 Killer
With risk factors for heart disease and stroke steadily increasing, youth advocates, heart and stroke survivors and researchers from across the country urged Congress to make a commitment to save lives.
04/30/2008
07:45 AM
HRT Increases Stroke Risk
No matter when postmenopausal women start hormone replacement therapy (HRT), high doses of the treatment increase their risk of stroke, a new study finds.
04/30/2008
07:44 AM
Adding a video game element to stroke rehab
Lou Petti is playing softball again - and video games helped him do it. Since working with a device called the Hand Mentor Pro, Petti - a stroke survivor - has mostly recovered the use of his right arm. The physical therapy tool was developed by Tempe-based Kinetic Muscles, or KMI, to help stroke patients regain movement of their hands and wrists. The device is "completely changing the thinking about rehabilitation," said Grant Farrell, KMI's CEO. That's mostly because it turns tedious therapy into something people can cheer about, he said.
04/30/2008
07:41 AM
Stem Cell gets US FDA nod for phase IIb trial of ischemic stroke drug
Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed its investigational new drug application (IND) to proceed. The IND-opening study is a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase IIb clinical trial of its lead programme, NTxTM-265, for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke.
04/30/2008
07:40 AM
Dan Gottlieb, 'Learning from the Heart'
Family therapist and call-in radio host Dan Gottlieb has helped many people through some of the most difficult passages of their lives. He's also endured a great deal of physical and emotional pain of his own: Nearly 29 years ago, a car accident left him paralyzed from the chest down. AUDIO LINK.
04/30/2008
07:40 AM
Travis Roy provides inspiration at St. Mary's MASSACHUSETTS
Travis Roy has traveled a long and challenging road since a freak accident during his first college hockey game at Boston University left him paralyzed below the shoulders nearly 13 years ago.
04/30/2008
07:37 AM
Paralyzed veterans leave Miami with new memories, lasting friendships OKLAHOMA
Bill Kokendoffer, covered in Mossy Oak camouflage, drove through downtown Miami Friday and was moved when he saw the American flags set along the curbs. It was one more unexpected gesture that made "The Great Turkey Hunt 2008" an exemplary event, according to Kokendoffer who serves as president of the Mid-America Chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America.
04/30/2008
07:37 AM
The Quest for a Cure: Paving the Way in Paraplegic Research
The foremost spinal cord injury researchers from the U.S. and around the globe will meet in Salzburg's Hangar 7 this April 28-May 2 for a scientific symposium hosted by Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation. Twenty-six of the world's most renowned neuroscientists, including 13 U.S. scholars, will be discussing such topics as an injured spinal cord's ability to regenerate and the potential treatments for paraplegia.
04/30/2008
07:32 AM
Paraplegic sets out for California
There's a lone rider heading north from Williston: a paraplegic horseman with two purebred Morgan stallions, a custom-made wagon and a dog named Little Bear. The rider, Rodney Burnett, is not traveling through fields or on road rights of way. He's out there, initially heading up U.S. 41, with turn-signals, brake-lights, a caution strobe in the rear, a solar-powered electrical system with back-up generator and just enough signage to let people know that the whole trip is something more than one man's incredible journey.
04/30/2008
07:30 AM
Bionic ankle shows tendon's strength
While happiness helps, the Achilles tendon is actually what puts more spring in your step. "The muscle's teaming up with the tendon," researcher Greg Sawicki of Brown University told LiveScience. "You can use your tendon like a spring."
04/30/2008
07:28 AM
Maryland Bill Could Make Prosthetics More Affordable
About 130,000 Americans have limbs amputated every year, and many of them have trouble paying for prosthetic devices because their health insurance doesn't cover the cost. A bill in Maryland, however, could soon make the devices more affordable. VIDEO LINK.
04/30/2008
07:27 AM
State Finds Lead Poisoning Prevention Lax In N.J.
A yearlong investigation by the New Jersey Public Advocate's Office has found numerous problems with the way the state screens, remediates and follows-up on lead poisoning cases. VIDEO LINK.
04/30/2008
07:25 AM
Service dogs offer a helping hand ILLINOIS
They are the extra hand, added balance or that little bit of help needed for a physically challenged person to live an active life. "Service dogs perform just about any task you can think of that will help that person with physical challenges through their daily lives," she said. "To many people, a service dog is a lifeline to freedom."
04/30/2008
07:22 AM
Sleep apnea blamed for death of 25-year-old WASHINGTON
Sleep apnea was determined the cause of death for Patrick Scott II, who was found dead in his bed Friday morning. Benton County Coroner Rick Corson said the 25-year-old man had a medical history of sleep apnea, which is an inability to breathe properly during sleep.
04/30/2008
07:18 AM
McMinnville woman with Down syndrome 'beats the odds' at 73 TENNESSEE
When Mary Perry was born with Down syndrome in the 1930s, people with the disability typically didn't live past age 9. At 73, the McMinnville woman has managed to outlive all but one of her eightbrothers and sisters. She is one of the oldest living people with Down syndrome.
04/30/2008
07:14 AM
Another bird flu death in Indonesia pushes death toll up to 108
Indonesia's health ministry has announced that a three-year-old boy from Java has died from bird flu pushing the country's death toll up to 108.
04/30/2008
07:13 AM
Chronic Lung Disease In Premature Babies Could Be Reduced By New Treatment
A less traumatic way of delivering surfactant, a lung lubricant that premature babies need to help them breathe, could reduce the incidence of respiratory problems they'll have later, Medical College of Georgia physicians say.
04/30/2008
07:11 AM
Teva gets pulmonary hypertension drug FDA approval
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for the company’s abbreviated new drug application to market a generic version of a pulmonary hypertension drug.
04/30/2008
07:10 AM
Home Oxygen Patients and Family Members Visit Capitol Hill to Ask Congress to Protect Critical Medicare Funding for Home Oxygen Care
Representing the voice of Americas more than one million home oxygen beneficiaries with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other lung diseases, patients and their family members representing 16 states descended on Capitol Hill today to ask their federal legislators to reject any further cuts to Medicare funding for home oxygen care in the weeks ahead -- stressing that the funding is needed to preserve the quality and services of home oxygen care -- and presented a letter to Congress from the National Emphysema/COPD Association explaining why this benefit needs to be protected.
04/30/2008
07:09 AM
Astra takes on Glaxo in U.S. COPD drug market
AstraZeneca is seeking U.S. approval to sell its asthma drug Symbicort for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), ramping up competition with GlaxoSmithKline's Advair.
04/30/2008
07:05 AM
Puppy love: Pet dog nips child allergies
Take a bow-wow, Fido. Scientists have found that Man's best friend is also good for his children too, for young kids who live with a dog may get an immune-system boost against asthma and other allergies.
04/30/2008
07:04 AM
Paralympics help woman get back in the game NEBRASKA
Like any young basketball player, Natalie Schneider had dreams while growing up. Those dreams started out small.
04/30/2008
07:02 AM
Man accused of groping disabled teen at Brookdale Mall MINNESOTA
A man who allegedly groped a mentally disabled teenager at Brookdale Mall in Brooklyn Center last weekend was charged this week with fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.
04/30/2008
07:01 AM
Pushing through the Wheatbelt for disability services AUSTRALIA
A WOMAN walking from Kalgoorlie to Perth to highlight the lack of disability services in regional areas passed through Merredin on the weekend.
04/30/2008
06:58 AM
Driver Hits Man In Wheelchair, Keeps Driving KENTUCKY
A Springdale family wants someone to come forward and claim responsibility for the hit-and-run in which a 73-year-old man in his wheelchair was struck. VIDEO LINK.
04/30/2008
06:57 AM
'Blade Runner' keeps hope alive
U.S. Paralympians don't want to be told they can't do anything nor that they don't belong. And they're watching closely and silently cheering on a South African peer, double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who is creating international headlines in seeking to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympic sprint events on his pair of carbon-fiber blades - called "cheetah legs" - attached below his knees.
04/30/2008
06:56 AM
St Clement's pupils train with Paralympic hopefuls UK
PUPILS from St Clement's High School have trained with some of the country's best disabled athletes as they prepare for the Beijing Paralympics in September.
04/30/2008
06:55 AM
Research Analyzes the Effectiveness of Decompression Surgery in Patients with Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the most significant forms of neurotrauma with major economic and social impact. Every year, nearly 12,000 individuals in the United States and Canada, mostly young adults, sustain a SCI. Researchers conducted a prospective multicenter study to evaluate the role and timing of decompressive surgery in patients with cervical SCIs.
04/30/2008
06:53 AM
Brain Tumor Surgery: Study Investigates Connection Between Depression And Survival
Depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders in the world today. It is estimated that in any given year, 5 to 9 percent of the US population is clinically depressed.
04/30/2008
06:52 AM
Paralympic countdown begins in Manchester UK
The days are ticking down fast to the start of the 2008 Beijing Paralympics and excitement is building, not only for the athletes, but also for those of us who are involved in the BBC coverage.
04/30/2008
06:51 AM
Animal Models Not Suitable For Spinal Cord Injury Research
Research on traumatic spinal cord injuries is hampered by a reliance on animal experiments that don't accurately predict human outcomes, says a new study in the upcoming edition of the peer-reviewed journal Reviews in the Neurosciences. The review was written by scientists with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
04/30/2008
06:50 AM
Saginaw Valley State University helps man plan bird hunting preserve for disabled hunters MICHIGAN
Timothy H. Beson can picture it: Specially-equipped golf carts carry disabled hunters along paths in fields of corn or switchgrass. Ring-neck pheasants and Hungarian partridges hide nearby. In duck season, they hunt those birds, as well.
04/30/2008
06:49 AM
Second Chances Study Shows Most Stroke Survivors 'Very Satisfied' with Their Overall Quality of Life
Patients who have survived a stroke report surprisingly high overall life satisfaction, according to the preliminary results of the Second Chances(TM) study, which will be presented today by researchers from Northwestern University and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC). Among people who care for stroke survivors, the results were less positive, with caregivers generally reporting more symptoms of depression than their patients.
04/30/2008
06:48 AM
Wheelchair Bound FIU Student Reaches Milestone FLORIDA
Overcoming challenges has become a passion for a South Florida woman who recently tried out for the Olympics in China. Ileana Rodriguez, who graduates from Florida International University of Tuesday, says even though she's in a wheelchair nothing is going to hold her back. VIDEO LINK.
04/30/2008
06:46 AM
Basketball duo earn GB call-ups UK
Great Britain men's wheelchair basketball coach Murray Treseder has called up two newcomers for next week's Paralympic World Cup in Manchester.
04/30/2008
06:45 AM
Man to climb Snowdon in a wheelchair UK
PROVING disability is no barrier to sporting achievement, a disabled Welshman is racing up the
nation's highest mountain next month - in his wheelchair. Rhys Llewellyn, of Claude Road,
Roath, Cardiff, broke his neck in a freak mountain biking accident in 2000 aged just 21 but is now set to defend a remarkable title he claimed last year.
04/30/2008
06:44 AM
Disabled may get thrill of the hunt MICHIGAN
Timothy H. Beson can picture it: Specially-equipped golf carts carry disabled hunters along paths in fields of corn or switchgrass. Ring-necked pheasants and Hungarian partridges hide nearby.
04/30/2008
06:43 AM
Gas thieves target vehicles for disabled SOUTH CAROLINA
A van and minibus used to transport developmentally disabled adults to job programs and activities were hit by gasoline thieves overnight. The theft marks another in a string of gasoline thefts and vandalism in recent months at the agency located near the Rock Hill/York County Airport.
04/30/2008
06:42 AM
Poetry contest launched for the intellectually disabled UK
The Etobicoke-based charity Ideal-Way and its founder Robert Pio Hajjar, born with Downs Syndrome, are inviting the community to participate in a poetry contest for the intellectually disabled.
04/30/2008
06:41 AM
Quick Decompression Aids Spinal Injury Recovery
Patients having decompression surgery within 24 hours of a cervical spinal cord injury may have a better outcome than those who have the procedure later, according to new research.
04/30/2008
06:40 AM
AT&T Intros iPhone Text Accessibility Plan for Customers with Disabilities
On Tuesday, AT&T introduced a new iPhone text accessibility plan for customers who are deaf or have a hearing or speech disability. The Text Accessibility Plan (TAP) is designed to give those customers a choice of unlimited text messaging, Web browsing and easy access to e-mail for US$40 a month.
04/30/2008
06:38 AM
Strength and mana to go on after losing legs NEW ZEALAND
"I knew that I had lost my legs, straight away." Mr Hekenui, 36, said adrenaline kicked in and he was able to fight back the pain and take control after his legs were severed below the knee in an accident at the Taranaki Recycling Plant on April 22.
04/30/2008
06:37 AM
Factors affecting survival, disability of extremely premature infants identified
Gestational age has long been the factor most commonly used to predict whether an extremely low-birth-weight infant survives and thrives, but four additional factors that can help predict a
preemie's outcome have been identified by the National Institutes of Health Neonatal Research Network, of which Yale is a member.
04/30/2008
06:36 AM
The Plight of the Disabled HIV/Aids Patients AFRICA
Eye complications is a rising issue affecting people living with HIV. Despite the growing international attention to desisabled people's rights, African governments and Aids policy makers rarely consider disability issues when formulating their strategic plans, writes Bamuturaki Musinguzi.
04/30/2008
06:34 AM
Disabled group members arrested at McCain's office WASHINGTON DC
At least 20 disabled activists, most of them in wheelchairs, were arrested outside Sen. John McCain's offices Tuesday after being refused a meeting with the GOP presidential nominee-to-be over a bill to expand Medicaid coverage to more people who want in-home care. "If he should be president, it would be ironic that he comes from a party that talks a lot about family values," said Bob Kafka, national organizer for ADAPT, a group advocating for passage of the bill.
04/30/2008
06:33 AM
Spirits soar at ski clinic for disabled vets
The ski slopes at Snowmass Village are daunting for any skiier. But there's one group which faces a special challenge on that mountaintop. They're paraplegics, amputees, even blind skiers, learning to maneuver the Rocky Mountains at a special rehabilitation clinic for disabled veterans.
04/30/2008
06:30 AM
Disability workshop for shire AUSTRALIA
HOW would you feel walking into a restaurant as a grown-up and order a steak, only to be patronised and treated like a five year old? This is just one of many issues facing people with disability in the Busselton community.
04/30/2008
06:29 AM
Speaker to share past as special-needs child FLORIDA
Shari Furnstahl has made it a habit of turning the bad into good. As a first-grader, school officials recommended that she be institutionalized, believing she would never learn beyond the fifth-grade level.
04/30/2008
06:28 AM
DiPiazza's feat worth effort PENNSYLVANIA
Alli DiPiazza contorted herself into a three-wheeled chair better suited for speed than comfort. Then she spun halfway round the Conrad Weiser track and tore down another wall.
04/30/2008
06:27 AM
Disabled Iraqi weightlifter presses on despite the odds
When Iraq's Paralympic medal hope Zekra Zaki is furiously pumping iron at a crowded Baghdad gym she forgets that she has no legs. "I don't feel disabled at all," the long-haired athlete said after doing repetitive bench presses in training for the Beijing Paralympic Games later this year.
Competing in the 56 kilogrammes (123 pounds) category, she believes she can win a medal in China.
04/30/2008
06:26 AM
Kids get a lesson in tolerance MASSACHUSETTS
In an assembly that blended a pep talk with an anti-bully discussion, a police officer, travel agent, stay-at-home mom and two students told second- and third-graders what it was like to live with a disability. "Does anybody know what my disability is?" asked Grethe Kaesselau of Dennis, a stay-at-home mom and member of the Dennis Advisory Board on Disabilities.
04/30/2008
06:24 AM
Disability Awareness Day: Aimed at making education accessible to all CALIFORNIA
A failed suicide attempt in high school led Alejandro Albor to win a silver medal and become a professional speaker for people with disabilities. Member of the USA Paralympics Cycling Team, Olympic-style games for people with disabilities, Albor was invited to speak during Disability Awareness Day to provide on-campus awareness on his accomplishments regarding his participation in the Paralympics this year in China and encourage disabled athletes who are looking into participating in the sport.
04/30/2008
06:23 AM
Suit claims health region wrongly cut off woman's disability benefits CANADA
Severe mental illness isn't debilitating enough for Calgary Health Region workers to leave their jobs, a lawsuit filed against the public body suggests. Legal action by a former secretary with the CHR, who hasn't been able to work since March 2007, claims the woman has been wrongly stripped of her disability benefits.
04/30/2008
06:22 AM
Disabled Mercer veteran cleared for turkey hunting MAINE
Robert Thompson Sr. is legally ready to go spring turkey hunting. With the governor's signature on a legislative act last Friday, his complimentary disabled veteran's hunting license now includes turkey hunting and more.
04/30/2008
06:21 AM
Spinal muscular atrophy claims Richland attorney, 30 WASHINGTON
Ben Carroll never gave up. That perseverance gave him at least a glimpse of the life he dreamed of -- practicing as an attorney and starting a family of his own.
04/30/2008
06:20 AM
Law school symposium explores disability rights in Asia
As many as 400 million people with disabilities in Asia lack protective legislation. The Washington Law School Foundation hosted a two-day symposium last week that discussed disability rights in Asia. The event drew attention to legal and human rights issues.
04/30/2008
06:19 AM
Disabled parking bay - minister explains GILBRALTER
GHA Management says it wishes to clarify the circumstances which led to the Minister for Health, Yvette Del Agua, parking her vehicle in a disabled parking bay within St Bernard’s Hospital.
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