Disabled Traveler: July 2012

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Distorting the truth about disability insurance - The Hill (blog)

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Minneapolis Star Tribune][2]

[**Distorting the truth about **disability** insurance**][3]
**The Hill (blog)**
Over the last few weeks, some pundits have hyped the coincidence that more people began collecting Social Security **Disability** Insurance than there were jobs created in the United States. They do this to create the impression the economy is weak and the **...**
[America's new work ethic?][4]CNNMoney
[How to: Overlooking **disability** insurance can be costly][5]Indianapolis Star
[Don't Back Down: Chronic Back Pain and Qualifying for SSDI/SSI Benefits][6]DigitalJournal.com (press release)

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[2]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE3R4w6H51jQA9E-xxJe52wrgOMyA&url=http://www.startribune.com/opinion/164439046.html
[3]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEm0ZA6UtqU_PWsWkbcskZJXk_YDw&url=http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-a-budget/240993-distorting-the-truth-about-disability-insurance
[4]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEwLsqi1-MDDnL_bImbw3ClSIYNGQ&url=http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/07/30/americas-new-work-ethic/?section%3Dmagazines_fortune
[5]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHCOl03diI8oEBU5-CeaS0A2dxxYg&url=http://www.indystar.com/article/20120729/BUSINESS/207290341/How-Overlooking-disability-insurance-can-costly?odyssey%3Dmod%257Cnewswell%257Ctext%257CIndyStar.com%257Cs
[6]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGI9MQWcjSRLXXdUQa850TUUhDIew&url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/814261
[7]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=d85KL2m4_q9C9JMamijxd7TltCBLM

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEm0ZA6UtqU_PWsWkbcskZJXk_YDw&url=http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-a-budget/240993-distorting-the-truth-about-disability-insurance

Disability insurance reform needed - The News Journal

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Newsday][2]

[****Disability** insurance reform needed**][3]
**The News Journal**
In the 1960s, Woody Allen bemoaned the fact that it was impossible to get a divorce in New York unless one spouse could prove the other's infidelity. "The Ten Commandments say, 'Thou shalt not commit adultery,' " Allen quipped. "But New York state says **...**
[Lane: Americans need to rethink **disability** policy][2]Newsday
[Overlooking **disability** insurance can be costly][4]The Legal Record

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[2]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFGex4H7pnCEqHgysVs2k5y0_OPsA&url=http://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped/lane-americans-need-to-rethink-disability-policy-1.3873262
[3]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFuLn9K5Bb55GLX0bwuXRJ4RbZb6g&url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120801/OPINION16/308010008/Disability-insurance-reform-needed?odyssey%3Dmod%257Cnewswell%257Ctext%257COpinion%257Cs
[4]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGWfQRc-LoGwmKM7DffrYg1qv2vSA&url=http://www.thelegalrecord.net/story.asp?story_id%3D2737
[5]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dgoTXDQZt3w-MaMfFlOG3xBMCd-pM

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFuLn9K5Bb55GLX0bwuXRJ4RbZb6g&url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120801/OPINION16/308010008/Disability-insurance-reform-needed?odyssey%3Dmod%257Cnewswell%257Ctext%257COpinion%257Cs

NSW to trial National Disability Insurance Scheme - The Australian

Opposition blasts 'heartless' stance on NDIS - ABC Online

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Brisbane Times][2]

[**Opposition blasts 'heartless' stance on NDIS**][3]
**ABC Online**
Queensland is the only state that has not committed funding to the federal trial of the National **Disability** Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Premier Campbell Newman has repeatedly argued that the state can not afford the scheme. Opposition leader Annastacia **...**
[How to fund a **disability** scheme][4]The Australian Financial Review
['Get on with it' call for **disability** scheme][5]Wyndham Weekly
[NDIS trial details for NSW to be unveiled][6]Sydney Morning Herald

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[3]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH6XwMR4QcaC9LWj9UvZmMtTpfjtg&url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-01/opposition-blasts-heartless-stance-on-ndis/4168882
[4]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFMPSwGX9CNK9iaoaV2K3O6pRz7_g&url=http://afr.com/p/opinion/how_to_fund_disability_scheme_MiGETL6nuE1K1ACqzAg6iL
[5]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG1J2lcunb1VWJqq64Fy_0zBWTyKg&url=http://www.wyndhamweekly.com.au/news/local/news/general/get-on-with-it-call-for-disability-scheme/2641000.aspx
[6]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFoMZL8VCMLYki57TBBGypiXKRvIA&url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/ndis-trial-details-for-nsw-to-be-unveiled-20120801-23ed4.html
[7]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=d4vDiYkp2MPh6nMHrxp8hpJqNnFXM

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH6XwMR4QcaC9LWj9UvZmMtTpfjtg&url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-01/opposition-blasts-heartless-stance-on-ndis/4168882

UBC head seeks deal with veterans on long-term disability benefits - Globe and Mail

[**UBC head seeks deal with veterans on long-term **disability** benefits**][1]
**Globe and Mail**
The federal government has appointed the president of the University of British Columbia to help resolve a dispute with Canadian Forces veterans over long-term **disability** benefits. Stephen Toope, a former dean of law at McGill University, will serve as **...**

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[2]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dfcdXcUNHxx6ubM

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE7MQEeDgnwb03jVqmON88sM0AKfg&url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/ubc-head-seeks-deal-with-veterans-on-long-term-disability-benefits/article4453560/

Lane: Americans need to rethink disability policy - Newsday

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Newsday][2]

[**Lane: Americans need to rethink **disability** policy**][2]
**Newsday**
Social Security **Disability** Insurance spending has doubled as a percentage of gross domestic product in the last 25 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The program paid $128.9 billion to 8.3 million beneficiaries in fiscal 2011, about **...**
[Overlooking **disability** insurance can be costly][3]The Legal Record
[Disablement and the Importance of Insurance][4]inAudit

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[3]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGWfQRc-LoGwmKM7DffrYg1qv2vSA&url=http://www.thelegalrecord.net/story.asp?story_id%3D2737
[4]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEe3A3tJ0NbUQfoLciOU77KRwPvUg&url=http://inaudit.com/featured/disablement-and-the-importance-of-insurance-22353/
[5]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=drQOPxjaFrGi4qMfFlOG3xBMCd-pM

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFGex4H7pnCEqHgysVs2k5y0_OPsA&url=http://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped/lane-americans-need-to-rethink-disability-policy-1.3873262

NDIS trial details for NSW to be unveiled - Sydney Morning Herald

Teams to help unclog backlog of veterans' disability claims in Texas - ReporterNews.com

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abc13.com][2]

[**Teams to help unclog backlog of veterans' **disability** claims in Texas**][3]
**ReporterNews.com**
The Texas Veterans Commission announced Tuesday it is creating the teams to help the federal Veterans Affairs Regional Offices in Houston and Waco get through a backlog of more than 68000 **disability** claims in Texas alone. "As of now, we have 10000 **...**
[Teams Move Forward in Assisting VA With **Disability** Claims][4]KTSM News Channel 9
[State to help process federal backlog of **disability** claims from Texas vets in **...**][5]The Republic
[Texas Works to Process Backlogged Veteran **Disability** Claims][6]MyHighPlains

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[3]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFrHjU2M2WuDh_t4r7q-LGW3ceo2g&url=http://www.reporternews.com/news/2012/jul/31/teams-to-help-unclog-backlog-of-veterans-claims/
[4]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFZy9PbM9FomUk4D0-SAO4GupPJmA&url=http://www.ktsm.com/news/teams-move-forward-assisting-va-disability-claims
[5]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG5cRcpA17_ZVCAgxcXc-Vn_tzgZg&url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/f668fe3358574358a9085f143900276b/TX--Texas-Veterans
[6]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHk2jp63PcIp3HTh3x50VqwhO6zvA&url=http://myhighplains.com/fulltext?nxd_id%3D287732
[7]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dCgjRBEf8KRG1YMmXRUuCEMjlpiGM

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFrHjU2M2WuDh_t4r7q-LGW3ceo2g&url=http://www.reporternews.com/news/2012/jul/31/teams-to-help-unclog-backlog-of-veterans-claims/

Administration for Community Living (ACL)

A Statement from Secretary Sebelius on the Administration for Community Living, April 16, 2012 - All Americans, including people with disabilities and seniors, should be able to live at home with the supports they need, participating in communities that value their contributions – rather than in nursing homes or other institutions.

URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/ada/acl.php

UK Work Choice Program Provides Incentive for Hiring People with Disabilities

U.K. Government launches wage incentive for disabled people - Young disabled people are set to benefit from a new wage incentive which is being launched today by the Minister for Disabled People, Maria Miller.

URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/employment/uk/work-choice.php

Is MP Stephen Lloyd proud of what the Government has been doing on disability? - The Independent (blog)

Disability Rights Groups Call for More Community Care - Texas Tribune

[****Disability** Rights Groups Call for More Community Care**][1]
**Texas Tribune**
As questions mount over how Medicaid reform could affect state institutions, **disability** rights advocates on Tuesday told a Senate committee that the state should expand access to community-based care services like home nursing and therapy. And they **...**

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[1]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF9F1ACM39FRm4QlvudzysMZsrwwg&url=http://www.texastribune.org/texas-state-agencies/aging-and-disability-services/activists-champion-disability-rights-senate-hearin/
[2]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dhI-O8GiAq6PJ3M

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF9F1ACM39FRm4QlvudzysMZsrwwg&url=http://www.texastribune.org/texas-state-agencies/aging-and-disability-services/activists-champion-disability-rights-senate-hearin/

Event helps youngsters gain understanding of people with disabilities - Ventura County Star

[**Event helps youngsters gain understanding of people with **disabilities****][1]
**Ventura County Star**
Chuck Kirman/The Star Kids from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Conejo & Las Virgenes and adults with **disabilities** from the United Cerebral Palsy's Adult Day Program in Thousand Oaks watch a talent show put on by the groups after a barbecue.

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[1]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNECJt6BK0o2deBX3mmf2JTNcIDNMA&url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/jul/31/event-helps-youngsters-gain-understanding-of/
[2]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dc7lSlgZp3_D4NM

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNECJt6BK0o2deBX3mmf2JTNcIDNMA&url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/jul/31/event-helps-youngsters-gain-understanding-of/

Webinar on accessible technology and employees with cognitive ... - MarketWatch (press release)

[**Webinar on accessible technology and employees with cognitive **...****][1]
**MarketWatch (press release)**
"Accessible Technology's Impact on the Employment of People with Cognitive and Developmental **Disabilities**" will take place Aug. 2 to address the current state of accessible technology for those with cognitive and developmental **disabilities**, as well as **...**
[WHAT: "Accessible Technology's Impact on the Employment of People with **...**][2]U.S. Politics Today

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[2]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGIIh7LNU28EdwTBEvHJESvCEUpMQ&url=http://uspolitics.einnews.com/pr_news/107922483/webinar-on-accessible-technology-and-employees-with-cognitive-developmental-disabilities-to-be-held-aug-2-by-us-labor-department-s-odep
[3]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=d3T6Cx0G_mwGFxMIwlchG5pig-baM

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFox412y4HMwLbLJisIrVWHuFWFWA&url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/webinar-on-accessible-technology-and-employees-with-cognitive-developmental-disabilities-to-be-held-aug-2-by-us-labor-departments-odep-2012-07-31

Judge's Disability Case Against EEOC Revived - Courthouse News Service

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Wall Street Journal][2]

[**Judge's **Disability** Case Against EEOC Revived**][3]
**Courthouse News Service**
(CN) - The 9th Circuit revived a former administrative law judge's **disability** discrimination case against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Mary Bullock worked as an ALJ for the commission from 1999 to 2007. She has Multiple Sclerosis and **...**
[In Twist, EEOC Accused Of **Disability** Discrimination][4]Disability Scoop

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[2]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHOUVNPZbnB6_N-_1PNTZ-KaDh5MQ&url=http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/07/30/ninth-circuit-revives-discrimination-lawsuit-against-anti-discrimination-agency/
[3]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHUPR3f3d_PnPvdF5xqeeVAJTl-kA&url=http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/07/31/48861.htm
[4]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHw9fjFLIAr-dOuPajKvGyUGM5znQ&url=http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2012/07/31/in-twist-eeoc-discrimination/16141/
[5]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dTGfc-pMenPGf8MMzkRtaNoC_6KmM

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHUPR3f3d_PnPvdF5xqeeVAJTl-kA&url=http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/07/31/48861.htm

Symetra Implements FastTrack Tools to Help Employees on Disability Leaves ... - MarketWatch (press release)

[**Symetra Implements FastTrack Tools to Help Employees on **Disability** Leaves **...****][1]
**MarketWatch (press release)**
BELLEVUE, Wash., Jul 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Symetra Life Insurance Company today announced the implementation of new FastTrack software tools to help employees on short- and long-term **disability** leaves return to the workforce. FastTrack tools **...**
[Symetra Life Implements FastTrack Employment Tools][2]Insurance Networking News

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[2]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGzHwk6BdcazytHK595MJoyAapVpw&url=http://www.insurancenetworking.com/vwc/symetra-fasttrack-gettinghired-disability-tools-30778-1.html
[3]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=drAYwl0VtO8DivMXjhXQLJVhso9ZM

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFFxndeDC8W0wb_wQMXaPnzq65AGA&url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/symetra-implements-fasttrack-tools-to-help-employees-on-disability-leaves-return-to-work-2012-07-31

Disability insurance reform needed - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Minister 'tried to censor' video aimed at helping disability claimants to appeal - The Guardian

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The Guardian][2]

[**Minister 'tried to censor' video aimed at helping **disability** claimants to appeal**][2]
**The Guardian**
The minister for employment, Chris Grayling, has been accused of trying to censor a Ministry of Justice courts service information video which sought to help and advise those appealing against decisions to have their **disability** and sickness benefit **...**

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[3]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=d7dX1B3By4vWK1M

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFGi8-jNgTZ1_0_nLT3Inl1GW6AFw&url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jul/31/minister-accused-video-disability-claimants?newsfeed%3Dtrue

A roadblock to rights for the disabled - Baltimore Sun

[**A roadblock to rights for the disabled**][1]
**Baltimore Sun**
On July 26, 1990, when President George H. W. Bush signed the Americans with **Disabilities** Act (ADA) on the lawn of the White House, I was too young be in attendance, or even understand the impact that this monumental law would have on the United **...**

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[2]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dIM7vD7p6ljPjCM

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFsewhKbMidhZuqy-rvzZ01zArJ-A&url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-disabilities-treaty-20120731,0,2114542.story

Benefits and targets: Sickness and disability are not the same - The Independent (blog)

How to fund a disability scheme - The Australian Financial Review

[**How to fund a **disability** scheme**][1]
**The Australian Financial Review**
First there was the carbon tax, then the mining tax, then the flood tax – and now calls for a national **disability** insurance scheme (NDIS) levy. Will the stream of new taxes and levies never end? Joining forces with the Liberal premiers in calling for **...**
[Advocates deserve praise for bringing on NDIS][2]The Australian
[NDIS requires focus, not political point scoring][3]ABC Online

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[2]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGRo8R0rDs9eSA5BLf2Yrv7jCw_Lg&url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/advocates-deserve-praise-for-bringing-on-ndis/story-fn558imw-1226439771742
[3]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGI-iVGJtPbDOT66eTZLl7UOkRvuw&url=http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4166250.html
[4]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dRaqhG-rxfqJwYMm71yDY2H_HaYwM

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFMPSwGX9CNK9iaoaV2K3O6pRz7_g&url=http://afr.com/p/opinion/how_to_fund_disability_scheme_MiGETL6nuE1K1ACqzAg6iL

Feds Pledge More Focus on Outcomes for Students With Disabilities - Education Week News (blog)

[**Feds Pledge More Focus on Outcomes for Students With **Disabilities****][1]
**Education Week News (blog)**
Federal special education officials on Monday reaffirmed a pledge to focus more on how special education students are faring, rather than almost exclusively concentrating on whether states are technically upholding the Individuals with **Disabilities** **...**

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[1]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFhrce9xQEduDTAu1Byi7HWjl5fkw&url=http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2012/07/federal_special_education_offi_2.html
[2]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dDqwhjLpU81hmrM

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFhrce9xQEduDTAu1Byi7HWjl5fkw&url=http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2012/07/federal_special_education_offi_2.html

Labor's disability scheme will cast a long shadow - The Australian

Special retirement supplement and disability - Federal Times (blog)

[**Special retirement supplement and **disability****][1]
**Federal Times (blog)**
Q. If you have met time in service and age requirements to retire under FERS special retirement but have not yet reached your mandatory retirement age and become too disabled to work, how is your retirement calculated? If it is considered a **disability** **...**

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[2]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=d6YE3-UvZLfu42M

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEACTZ-z0AnnlPcCp__3ocNIvD0oA&url=http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-retirement/2012/07/31/special-retirement-supplement-and-disability/

Charles Lane Finds it Paradoxical that the Government Provides Assistance to ... - Business Insider

[**Charles Lane Finds it Paradoxical that the Government Provides Assistance to **...****][1]
**Business Insider**
I'm serious. The Washington Post columnist notes the Americans With **Disability** Act, which prohibits employers from discriminating against workers because they have a **disability**, then complains about the paradox that the Social Security **disability** **...**

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[1]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGZvyTrm-Egyqv0FE9qs0WSkDRQjg&url=http://www.businessinsider.com/charles-lane-finds-it-paradoxical-that-the-government-provides-assistance-to-workers-whose-disabilities-keep-them-from-working-2012-7
[2]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dbopdYw8l7e_RoM

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGZvyTrm-Egyqv0FE9qs0WSkDRQjg&url=http://www.businessinsider.com/charles-lane-finds-it-paradoxical-that-the-government-provides-assistance-to-workers-whose-disabilities-keep-them-from-working-2012-7

Experts at Your Fingertips at National Allsup True Help® Disability Expo - Insurance News Net (press release)

[**Experts at Your Fingertips at National Allsup True Help® **Disability** Expo**][1]
**Insurance News Net (press release)**
Allsup, a nationwide provider of services for those with **disabilities**, will bring together more than a dozen leading health, **disability**, advocacy and social service organizations for the first True Help® **Disability** Web Expo on Thursday, September 27 **...**

[****][2]

[1]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE8XCe1sbqvGO5Bzn_GlVS2Udb_Aw&url=http://insurancenewsnet.com/articleNews.aspx?id%3D352214
[2]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dC0DFc5xOeg0o8M

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Fear, Loathing and Disability in the Torygraph - NOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL LOLS (blog)

[**Fear, Loathing and **Disability** in the Torygraph**][1]
**NOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL LOLS (blog)**
This being the Torygraph, the primal hate of the Mail and Express would not suit their house style, so the article is framed to claim that the '**disability** rights lobby' (a term she uses repeatedly, apparently in an attempt to paint us as no different **...**

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[2]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dq26HaXDPwX2dNM

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF3Q06-RrZO9QPJ0o13zwBpqvwZYw&url=http://wheresthebenefit.blogspot.com/2012/07/fear-loathing-and-disability-in.html

Developmental Disabilities In Children And The Connection With Medical ... - Daily Markets (press release)

[**Developmental **Disabilities** In Children And The Connection With Medical **...****][1]
**Daily Markets (press release)**
Children who have developmental **disabilities** learn at a slower pace than other children of a similar age. They may experience delays in mastering language, social skills and behaviors, problem solving skills, self-care skills, and memory skills **...**

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[2]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dBwMKDgiVdplzgM

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Swan defends NDIS funding process - Sydney Morning Herald

Disability Group Calls for Mobility Parking to Be Extended - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

[****Disability** Group Calls for Mobility Parking to Be Extended**][1]
**Scoop.co.nz (press release)**
"We believe that New Zealanders support the rights of people with a **disability** to be able to easily access their local shops and services, but there will always be individuals who think that by using a disabled car park for a few minutes it won't have **...**
[Coloured **disability** parks mean blues for cheats][2]Northern Advocate

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[2]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmonVP7SkWLsoHv5OBWZdpJVIdOw&url=http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/news/coloured-disability-parks-mean-blues-for-cheats/1486237/
[3]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dIeI5FplzLjavMM7Wuoicp3SbzGqM

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNELve_wv6DajjQXV2exBmrpWNXMPw&url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1207/S00428/disability-group-calls-for-mobility-parking-to-be-extended.htm

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Planned closings of disability centers mean losses for North Jersey - NorthJersey.com

[**Planned closings of **disability** centers mean losses for North Jersey**][1]
**NorthJersey.com**
North Jersey will bear the brunt of the decision by a state panel to close two of the state's seven developmental centers in the next five years, in terms of job losses and the impact on the disabled people who live in the public institutions. But if **...**

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[2]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=duKBb8nzmru8x2M

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGf7bYP_ojBLLzSR4TwT4qHVxtGJg&url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/Planned_closings_of_disability_centers_mean_losses_for_North_Jersey.html

Dinner idea that proved too rich for Julia Gillard - The Australian

Queenslanders with Disability Network Ipswich Regional Facilitator Peter Tully ... - Courier Mail

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Sky News Australia][2]

[**Queenslanders with **Disability** Network Ipswich Regional Facilitator Peter Tully **...****][3]
**Courier Mail**
Queenslanders with **Disability** Network Ipswich Regional Facilitator Peter Tully said Mr Newman was treating the NDIS as a new set of funding. Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced earlier this year that the NDIS would streamline services for the disabled.
[Get serious, Swan tells Newman][4]Sydney Morning Herald
[Swan says Qld premier 'callous'][2]Sky News Australia
[Treasurer renews attack on Campbell Newman over NDIS funding][5]The Australian

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[4]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHz5yTrBRcVv6Q_PlLb7h4PM5Vklg&url=http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/get-serious-swan-tells-newman-20120728-232uk.html
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Disability reform faces muck of day-to-day toxic politics: Bill Shorten - The Australian

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Sydney Morning Herald][2]

[****Disability** reform faces muck of day-to-day toxic politics: Bill Shorten**][3]
**The Australian**
WORKPLACE Relations Minister Bill Shorten has urged the states to do more for the National **Disability** Insurance Scheme, while admitting he shares Julia Gillard's fears that Tony Abbott would use a state-proposed NDIS levy to politically attack the **...**
[**Disability** scheming trips up premiers][2]Sydney Morning Herald
[Prime Minister Julia Gillard plays cruel and tricky politics with the National **...**][4]The Daily Telegraph
[Co-operation needed to implement **disability** scheme][5]The Canberra Times
[Moonee Valley Weekly][6]
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[3]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF6ZwStlOg1uYe28ieTbYJ-kFcHPQ&url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/disability-reform-faces-muck-of-day-to-day-toxic-politics-bill-shorten/story-fn59niix-1226437841903
[4]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEoej-qUUoXRGtboB_CzbWVy79tTQ&url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/prime-minister-julia-gillard-plays-cruel-and-tricky-politics-with-the-national-disability-insurance-scheme/story-e6frezz0-1226437493442
[5]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHL_qeVHxdeyaxDY2Ww_V0KAskVpQ&url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/letters/cooperation-needed-to-implement-disability-scheme-20120727-2305b.html
[6]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGN6cdOXEAX2skDTc7d853hxIk6vA&url=http://www.mooneevalleyweekly.com.au/news/national/national/general/deadlock-as-leaders-play-politics-with-disability-scheme/2637490.aspx
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Get serious, Swan tells Newman - Sydney Morning Herald

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[**Get serious, Swan tells Newman**][2]
**Sydney Morning Herald**
THE Treasurer, Wayne Swan, has accused the Queensland Premier, Campbell Newman, of being ''callous and cold hearted'' about people with **disabilities**, in an attempt to pressure him into supporting the National **Disability** Insurance Scheme. The decision **...**
[Swan says Qld premier 'callous'][3]Sky News Australia
[Treasurer renews attack on Campbell Newman over NDIS funding][4]The Australian
[Taxi **disability** subsidy no-go: Newman][5]Herald Sun

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[3]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEvVfGhKKMq9txjOl1czTzgGyfZAA&url=http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id%3D777014
[4]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFQfs1_VcJBA0B6lUnAkwd6ZSnzrQ&url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/treasurer-renews-attack-on-campbell-newman-over-ndis-funding/story-fn59niix-1226437498625
[5]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGUSfcTiZxK0ZEbSkOkFpIFFG3gog&url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/newman-view-of-ndis-short-sighted/story-e6frf7kf-1226435439657
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Disability benefits treble in 20yrs. Annual bill is £13bn. And this is how ... - The Sun

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[****Disability** benefits treble in 20yrs. Annual bill is £13bn. And this is how **...****][2]
**The Sun**
A RECORD 3226790 people now claim **disability** benefits — more than SIX times the population of Manchester. Shock figures reveal 33 new claimants are signing on for **Disability** Living Allowance every day. Stats show 21350 received DLA at the end of last **...**

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[3]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dnD0dZKTWSO5t4M

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFqlclNn4yWpBateLBOHeXJcL266Q&url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/4460765/Disability-benefits-treble-in-20yrs-Annual-bill-is-13bn-3226790-claim.html

Celebrating the American with Disabilities Act - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

[**Celebrating the American with **Disabilities** Act**][1]
**Rochester Democrat and Chronicle**
Chris Hilderbrant, chief operating officer of the Center for **Disability** Rights, left, is all laughs as he visits with comedian Greg Walloch during the Center for **Disability** Rights' Americans with **Disabilities** Act Gala held Friday at the Radisson Hotel **...**

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Youth's book on fight against disability on West Bengal library shelves - Times of India

[**Youth's book on fight against **disability** on West Bengal library shelves**][1]
**Times of India**
KOLKATA: Debasish Das (22) is an unusual writer. Taking cerebral palsy in his stride, something he can barely take, Debasish has written a book that he hopes will show the world that **disability** doesn't have to be an impeding block. No wonder the Mamata **...**

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[2]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=djfEVJzIdT2blLM

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Overlooking disability insurance can be costly mistake - Ventura County Star

[**Overlooking **disability** insurance can be costly mistake**][1]
**Ventura County Star**
"It could be argued that the **disability** of a breadwinner is worse than the death of a breadwinner," says James Hunt, insurance actuary for the Consumer Federation of America, "because the disabled person is still soaking up money." A look at what you **...**

[****][2]

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[2]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=d8Q76dSJfVrp_HM

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Get serious, Swan tells Newman - The Age

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[**Get serious, Swan tells Newman**][2]
**The Age**
THE Treasurer, Wayne Swan, has accused the Queensland Premier, Campbell Newman, of being ''callous and cold hearted'' about people with **disabilities**, in an attempt to pressure him into supporting the National **Disability** Insurance Scheme. The decision **...**
[Swan says Qld premier 'callous'][3]Sky News Australia
[Treasurer renews attack on Campbell Newman over NDIS funding][4]The Australian
[Taxi **disability** subsidy no-go: Newman][5]Herald Sun

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