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)

[**all 38 news articles »**][7]

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[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

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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

[**all 4 news articles »**][5]

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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

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NSW to trial National Disability Insurance Scheme - The Australian

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Sky News Australia][2]



[**NSW to trial National **Disability** Insurance Scheme**][3]
**The Australian**
Federal Community Services Minister Jenny Macklin and NSW **Disabilities** Minister Andrew Constance are expected to announce an agreement this afternoon that will allow NSW to trial the NDIS among about 10000 disabled people and their families in the **...**
[NSW close to sealing **disability** scheme deal][4]ABC Online
[How to fund a **disability** scheme][5]The Australian Financial Review
[NDIS funding a federal job: Vic premier][6]Ninemsn
[Sydney Morning Herald][7] -[Wyndham Weekly][8]
[**all 303 news articles »**][9]

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[3]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFxTCvvbqiLhe2jBoXId_tEzXm_0g&url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/health/nsw-to-trial-national-disability-insurance-scheme/story-fn59nokw-1226440421950
[4]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHVFABb58bbIW8IRunKmG20-W6XyA&url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-01/nsw-close-to-signing-up-for-ndis-trial/4169654?section%3Dnsw
[5]: 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
[6]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHNEtnlUxkDOBGk58mxHDbIX8qz-Q&url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8509037/ndis-funding-a-federal-job-vics-baillieu
[7]: 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
[8]: 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
[9]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dbOwleyxyP7pa3MHeetnRDMJpyGqM

URL: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFxTCvvbqiLhe2jBoXId_tEzXm_0g&url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/health/nsw-to-trial-national-disability-insurance-scheme/story-fn59nokw-1226440421950

Opposition blasts 'heartless' stance on NDIS - ABC Online

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[**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

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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

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Lane: Americans need to rethink disability policy - Newsday

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[**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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[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=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

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[**NDIS trial details for NSW to be unveiled**][3]
**Sydney Morning Herald**
Details of a National **Disability** Insurance Scheme (NDIS) trial in NSW may be revealed on Thursday, **Disability** Services Minister Andrew Constance says. The state government agreed on Friday to provide $35 million for a trial involving 10000 participants **...**
[Opposition blasts 'heartless' stance on NDIS][4]ABC Online
[How to fund a **disability** scheme][5]The Australian Financial Review
['Get on with it' call for **disability** scheme][6]Wyndham Weekly
[The Australian][7]
[**all 281 news articles »**][8]

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[3]: 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
[4]: 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
[5]: 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
[6]: 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
[7]: 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
[8]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dHeetnRDMJpyGqM4vDiYkp2MPh6nM

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

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[**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

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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)

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[**Is MP Stephen Lloyd proud of what the Government has been doing on **disability**?**][3]
**The Independent (blog)**
Lloyd has worked with **disability** charities, and businesses related to **disability**, for years. He's an active member of the all-party parliamentary **disability** group, and vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary groups on deafness and multiple sclerosis **...**
[Disabled People Worry About 'Benefit Scrounger' Discrimination][4]4RFV
[The Paralympics will show us just how much disabled people can achieve, and **...**][5]Daily Mail
[Disabled ''made to feel like scroungers''][6]Public Service
[Public Finance][7] -[BBC News][8] -[Netdoctor][9]
[**all 10 news articles »**][10]

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[3]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF3r1MXxi6TIz4RlUlzOXJx7PBbvQ&url=http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/01/is-mp-stephen-lloyd-proud-of-what-the-government-has-been-doing-on-disability/
[4]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH0zsmx925AFf0MRNpAdAw8s_93iw&url=http://www.4rfv.co.uk/nationalnews.asp?id%3D148179
[5]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHB1ioOa4ShsgktYt8JuXUmH9CeSg&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2181480/Paralympics-just-genuinely-disabled-able-achieve-compared-scroungers.html
[6]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF2ILwi7jSp4l6k25YKveb2gZr2Hw&url=http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id%3D20467
[7]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH5AhrbuikVq6_Bj3JrYwmJv6qFCg&url=http://www.publicfinance.co.uk/news/2012/07/government-urged-to-end-negative-rhetoric-on-benefit-claimants/
[8]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH4TqxNdvR-pEAhxNN9xyQgj1AhrA&url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-19048294
[9]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGLlesMFSjAiOWVflHeo8_3Ae7aOA&url=http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/interactive/news/disabled-people-concerned-by-benefit-scrounger-portrayal-id801418698-t116.html
[10]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dKRkjr9zbO_7tEMCOJnRzZk9rSv9M

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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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[2]: http://news.google.com/news/more?gl=us&pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dhI-O8GiAq6PJ3M

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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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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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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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[**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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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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Disability insurance reform needed - Minneapolis Star Tribune

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[****Disability** insurance reform needed**][2]
**Minneapolis Star Tribune**
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 **...**
[Distorting the truth about **disability** insurance][3]The Hill (blog)
[America's new work ethic?][4]CNNMoney
[How to: Overlooking **disability** insurance can be costly][5]Indianapolis Star
[Chicago Daily Herald][6] -[Dayton Daily News][7]
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Minister 'tried to censor' video aimed at helping disability claimants to appeal - The Guardian

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

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[**Benefits and targets: Sickness and **disability** are not the same**][3]
**The Independent (blog)**
The shiny pink elephant in the room of policy makers and certain sectors of the **disability** lobby is the complete exclusion of sick people from this group. Sickness and **disability** are not the same issue, but for benefits purposes we are all lumped in **...**
[Fear, Loathing and **Disability** in the Torygraph][4]NOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL LOLS (blog)
[Disabled anti-cuts campaigners take the fight to the Paralympic Games][5]The Guardian
[Tough love or tough luck: assessing **disability** benefits][2]Bureau of Investigative Journalism
[Morning Star Online][6] -[24dash (press release)][7]
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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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[3]: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGI-iVGJtPbDOT66eTZLl7UOkRvuw&url=http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4166250.html
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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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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

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[**Labor's **disability** scheme will cast a long shadow**][3]
**The Australian**
THE National **Disability** Insurance Scheme is now positioned as a political and financial time bomb to strengthen Julia Gillard's leadership and derail the Coalition election campaign at its point of maximum vulnerability - costings across the forward **...**
[Swan defends NDIS funding process][4]Sydney Morning Herald
[States must add to **disability** plan][5]Government News
[Fix 'broken' **disability** system now: church leader][6]Brisbane Times
[NEWS.com.au][7] -[The Age][8]
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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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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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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 **...**

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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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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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Swan defends NDIS funding process - Sydney Morning Herald

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[**Swan defends NDIS funding process**][3]
**Sydney Morning Herald**
Acting Prime Minister Wayne Swan has defended the way the government intends to fund a National **Disability** Insurance Scheme, while again ruling out a levy on taxpayers. Funding details would be announced as the scheme was rolled out fully, he said.
[How we could fund the NDIS][4]The Australian
[States must add to **disability** plan][5]Government News
[States snookered by spin][6]The Age
[Brisbane Times][7] -[NEWS.com.au][8]
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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/
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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

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

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[**Dinner idea that proved too rich for Julia Gillard**][3]
**The Australian**
Over roast pork belly and scallops with apple and rhubarb jelly, the National **Disability** Insurance Scheme had finally come up in conversation. "It was the elephant in the room until that point in time," one person at the dinner tells The Weekend **...**
[Baillieu caves on **disability**][4]Sydney Morning Herald
[**Disability** advocates hail NDIS breakthrough][5]ABC Online
[Breakthrough in **disability** scheme][6]Great Lakes Advocate
[Wyndham Weekly][7] -[Brisbane Times][8] -[The Australian Financial Review][9]
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Queenslanders with Disability Network Ipswich Regional Facilitator Peter Tully ... - Courier Mail

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[**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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Disability reform faces muck of day-to-day toxic politics: Bill Shorten - The Australian

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[****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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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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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 **...**

[****][3]

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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 **...**

[****][2]

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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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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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