Sunday, September 30, 2012
Schoolchildren get disability minibus - This is Total Essex
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[**Schoolchildren get **disability** minibus**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGwD61lCg0UVikZOENflG-wZjDjtQ&url=http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/Schoolchildren-disability-minibus/story-16995868-detail/story.html)
**This is Total Essex**
THE Lord's Taverners, the UK's leading youth cricket and **disability** sports charity, celebrated as it donated a landmark 1,000th minibus to youngsters at Essex County Cricket Ground. Former England cricket captain and president of The Lord's Taverners **...**
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Counseled out: How some Twin Cities charter schools push kids with ... - Twin Cities Planet
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**Twin Cities Planet**
Last fall, only 4 percent of the students attending Dugsi Academy in St. Paul were in special education. That proportion is smaller than in most charter schools, and it's much smaller than in Minneapolis and St. Paul district schools, where overall 18 **...**
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Emergency plan need for citizens with disabilities - San Antonio Express
**San Antonio Express**
It has been seven years since Hurricane Katrina and four years since Hurricane Ike, and the city of San Antonio has yet to develop a clear, comprehensive emergency plan to notify, evacuate and shelter persons with **disabilities**. There's been a lot of **...**
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Disability Concerns May Sway Vote - Disability Scoop
**Disability Scoop**
"The majority of likely American voters are experiencing the challenges of living with a **disability**, either because they have a **disability** or have a loved one who does. It impacts voting, and elected officials need to pay attention," said Jennifer **...**
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Disability awareness increasing in community - Statesville Record & Landmark
**Statesville Record & Landmark**
Today marks the start of **Disability** Employment Awareness Month, a yearly tradition in the country that may be taking on added significance as the meaning of the term "disabled" is broadening. "That's been an old wife's tail throughout the past – when I **...**
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Addressing a person with a disability - Today's THV
**Today's THV**
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) We all know words can be powerful and sometimes harmful. There's a push around Arkansas to use "People First Language." Although Veronica Tess Myers is accustomed to hearing labels about her son, she makes it known that **...**
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Most with Down Syndrome are affected by Alzheimer's disease - San Gabriel Valley Tribune
**San Gabriel Valley Tribune**
Steinberg was born with a developmental **disability** at time when she and people like her expected to live only until they were 30 years old. Now, she is part of an unexpected trend: Those with Down syndrome or other development **disabilities** are living **...**
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OUTTAKES: The Disability Culture Cabaret - WBEZ
**WBEZ**
Access Living's Arts and Culture Project and Bodies of Work proudly present OUTTAKES, the fourth annual **Disability** Culture Cabaret. The Cabaret will include a selection of poetry readings, comedy sketches, and performances by five poets and performers **...**
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Eagle Mount offers recreational activities for people with disabilities - Great Falls Tribune
**Great Falls Tribune**
For people with mental, physical or developmental **disabilities**, participating in activities such as horseback riding, skiing or gymnastics may seem out of reach. For more than 20 years, Eagle Mount Great Falls has been trying to change that. "The idea **...**
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Disability rights group seeks face time with Perry - Houston Chronicle
**Houston Chronicle**
Perry met with us," said Kafka, a longtime organizer with the group, which advocates for Medicaid-funded programs that allow people who are elderly or have **disabilities** to live in the community rather than in institutions. Advocating for Medicaid **...**
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Most with Down Syndrome are affected by Alzheimer's disease - Pasadena Star-News
**Pasadena Star-News**
Steinberg was born with a developmental **disability** at time when she and people like her expected to live only until they were 30 years old. Now, she is part of an unexpected trend: Those with Down syndrome or other development **disabilities** are living **...**
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Activists wait for meeting with Perry. And wait. And wait. - Houston Chronicle
**Houston Chronicle**
Perry met with us," said Kafka, a longtime organizer with ADAPT, which advocates for Medicaid-funded programs that allow people who are elderly or have **disabilities** to live in the community rather than in institutions. Advocating for Medicaid programs **...**
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How Much Hair Loss Is Normal?
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Guardianship system for persons with disabilities to change - The Hindu
**The Hindu**
In the wake of sharp criticism from **disability** groups for failing to draft a comprehensive Bill that will give full rights to a disabled person, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has come up with a fresh draft legislation that seeks to do **...**
[Committee on the Rights of Persons with **Disabilities** concludes eighth session](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFgaeT9gH4NtWOn0yCp8d0G1Pzs7Q&url=http://www.hrea.org/index.php?base_id%3D2%26language_id%3D1%26headline_id%3D15976)Human Rights Education Associates (press release)
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Hideously diverse Britain: Disability is about human rights, not sob stories - The Guardian
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**The Guardian**
We are talking about **disability** in the UK; these occasions demand a backstory. But he's not budging. Personalising is a distraction, he says. "When everyone was watching the athletes at the Paralympics, they didn't focus on their conditions. The issue **...**
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City hosted unique political forum - Columbus Dispatch
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**Columbus Dispatch**
Some 500 people with **disabilities**, relatives and representatives of **disability** organizations across the country filled a ballroom to capacity, and some 2,500 more tuned in via live webcast. It was the only political forum in the nation to focus solely **...**
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Half of severe mental disability cases not inherited: Study - International News Network
**International News Network**
Berlin: More than half of the cases of severe intellectual **disability** are the result of random genetic mutations that are not passed down from parents, researchers from Switzerland and Germany report. Severe intellectual **disability**, also known as **...**
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Student Education Loan Discharge Process - Changes for Disability
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Maxi Mind Alternative Therapy Reverses Attention Deficits Without Medication
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More than 3000 on waiting list for developmental disability services - al.com (blog)
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[**More than 3000 on waiting list for developmental **disability** services**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH8rPI3yesbPoKuySiT3sYMUULyew&url=http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/09/more_than_3000_on_waiting_list.html)
**al.com (blog)**
Julie BennettKelly Ware, who was born with Prader-Willi syndrome, is one of more than 3,172 people on the state waiting list for services for people with developmental **disabilities**. Anna Claire Statum loves her cats, Kitty and Smoky, the television **...**
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'Bully' featured at disABILITIES Film Festival - Tonawanda News
**Tonawanda News**
Tonawanda News — The Museum of **disABILITY** History and People Inc. will host the eighth annual **disABILITIES** Film Festival and Speaker Series at 7 p.m. Thursday at the University at Buffalo North Campus, Center for the Arts in the Mainstage Theatre.
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Film chronicles disability rights movement through words of those who lived it. - Columbia Daily Tribune
**Columbia Daily Tribune**
That's how director Eric Neudel describes "Lives Worth Living," a documentary about the advocates and activists who led the **disability** rights movement before passage of the Americans with **Disabilities** Act in 1990. Neudel's hourlong film met the **...**
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
Disability football is ready to reap Olympic legacy - Kent News
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[****Disability** football is ready to reap Olympic legacy**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG6fMZAz0H8Sokdp1xHBg5qMZzJpg&url=http://www.kentnews.co.uk/sport/disability_football_is_ready_to_reap_olympic_legacy_1_1533135)
**Kent News**
Kent FA's development officer for respect and **disability** Stephanie Gadd said: "We are quite ahead of ourselves in terms of development, others are still trying to establish their county leagues. "The biggest change has been the raising in profile of **...**
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Campaign Raises 285m/ - for People With Disabilities - AllAfrica.com
**AllAfrica.com**
Zanzibar — PRESIDENT Ali Mohamed Shein has presided over a fundraising dinner during which over 200m/- was collected in a campaign aimed at helping people with **disabilities**. The dinner which was hosted at the Zanzibar Beach Resort, received **...**
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BUSINESS LAW: ADA and family members with disabilities - nwitimes.com
**nwitimes.com**
We have often discussed the far-reaching impact of the Americans With **Disabilities** Act. A recent case highlighted one of the few restrictions on its scope. The issue is whether the ADA requires employers to make reasonable accommodations (typically in **...**
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RIVERSIDE: Walk fundraiser and disability resource fair set - Press-Enterprise
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[**RIVERSIDE: Walk fundraiser and **disability** resource fair set**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFFWRWpTMA9wRnzMcq9DerffB2vKg&url=http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/riverside/riverside-headlines-index/20120929-riverside-walk-fundraiser-and-disability-resource-fair-set.ece)
**Press-Enterprise**
To sustain this effort into the future and expand it to other places throughout the city, additional resources are needed and the Walk and Roll Fundraiser and **Disability** Resource Fair on October 6 in Fairmount Park is designed to provide this. The Walk **...**
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Speed up disability claims processing for veterans - San Antonio Express
**San Antonio Express**
Two-thirds of the 900,000 **disability** compensation claims pending with the Department of Veterans Affairs are more than 125 days old. Veterans deserve much better than that. The New York Times detailed the problem last week, quoting one official as **...**
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Candidates a no show at the national forum on disability issues - Examiner.com
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**Examiner.com**
Friday, September 28th , marked an important day in Ohio. It was the National Forum on **Disabilities**. Sadly, President Obama and Mitt Romney chose to miss the event. Jeff D. Gorman of the Mobility Resource wrote Surrogates Take Podium at National Forum **...**
[Forum gives voters with **disabilities** a chance to hear candidates' messages](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGTYggeqIri-Mo2tGsvDhJAt_R2uw&url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/09/29/a-day-for-the-disabled.html)Columbus Dispatch
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Hundreds of thousands of war vets still waiting for health benefits - CNN
**CNN**
Rioux has been trying to get his **disability** claim fully processed since January 2011, shortly after he returned from Afghanistan. The litany of delays includes lost paperwork, long wait times for appointments and erroneous lab results. At one point, a **...**
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Candidates send representatives to disabilities forum - Examiner.com
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[**Candidates send representatives to **disabilities** forum**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGv-6w03ioRYDjzj5R6aQzFEFh1RQ&url=http://www.examiner.com/article/candidates-send-representatives-to-disabilities-forum)
**Examiner.com**
"Given the magnitude of issues involved in the 2012 Presidential race, it is imperative that people with **disabilities** and others who care about **disability** issues hear how each candidate will address such concerns as Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security **...**
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Most Interesting People: Down Syndrome not a disability for Bergeron - Utica Observer Dispatch
**Utica Observer Dispatch**
Carrie Bergeron of Rome performs a song in sign language, Monday Sept. 24, 2012. Bergeron is an advocate for people with Down Syndrome and other **disabilities**. Her first language is sign language and she often sings songs in sign language for various **...**
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Jobs for workers with disabilities are hard to find - Sun-Sentinel
**Sun-Sentinel**
Stroke victim Cynthia Cannon, 55, once worked at a Winn-Dixie store bagging groceries. But she was laid off and said had trouble finding another job until she went to Goodwill Industries of South Florida, which specializes in employing those with **...**
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Disability Awareness Posters, Pamphlets, Leaflets and Flyers
URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/publications/literature.php
Hydranencephaly: Medically Speaking
URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/health/neurology/hydranencephaly.php
Global Hydranencephaly Foundation Conference June 2013
URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/news/events/2012/hydranencephaly-conference.php
New Gout Guidelines for Patients and Physicians
URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/health/autoimmunediseases/gout-info.php
Forum gives voters with disabilities a chance to hear candidates' messages - Columbus Dispatch
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[**Forum gives voters with **disabilities** a chance to hear candidates' messages**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGTYggeqIri-Mo2tGsvDhJAt_R2uw&url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/09/29/a-day-for-the-disabled.html)
**Columbus Dispatch**
Chris Russell | DISPATCH. Interpreter Denise Garland, left, helps Zach Holler of Clayton, Ohio, during yesterday's National Forum on **Disability** Issues at the Hyatt Regency. State Rep. Nancy Garland, right, addressed the group on behalf of U.S. Sen **...**
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Gene mutations blamed for many mental disabilities - USA TODAY
**USA TODAY**
2012 - BERLIN (AP) -- More than half the cases of severe intellectual **disability** caused by genetic defects are the result of random mutations, not inherited, a European study published Thursday suggests. The findings of the small-scale study give hope **...**
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Event honors National Disability Employment Awareness Month - Longview News-Journal
**Longview News-Journal**
Today, over forty businesses and public agencies in East Texas are partnering to reach out to other businesses to "break the mold" and realize the many benefits of hiring qualified, reliable and motivated employees who have a **disability**. From 10 a.m **...**
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Friday, September 28, 2012
City cuts off cop's disability benefits - Florida Today
**Florida Today**
The board that oversees West Melbourne's police-pension plan stopped **disability** payments to a former officer after a routine check revealed he was working as a police officer in Texas. But that officer, Christopher Cowan, said West Melbourne Police **...**
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Forum: Baldermann's disability pension smells - SouthtownStar
**SouthtownStar**
How could New Lenox Mayor Tim Baldermann not lose at least part of his "full **disability**" pension from the Chicago Ridge Police Department when he took the jobs of mayor and, recently, superintendent of Union School District 81? He clearly is not "fully **...**
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Hire disabled employees - The Augusta Chronicle
**The Augusta Chronicle**
October is National **Disability** Employment Awareness Month, and Goodwill encourages the public and private sectors to strengthen their work forces by hiring qualified people with **disabilities**. Advertisement. Hire disabled employees. September 28, 2012 **...**
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Ohio to recieve federal grant to benefit disabled children - WHIO Dayton
**WHIO Dayton**
"The quality of education our children with **disabilities** receive is dependent on how well-equipped the workforce is in supporting young people with **disabilities**," U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said. "These grants will support states' efforts **...**
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Wait time grows for veterans seeking disability benefits - California Watch
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**California Watch**
Veterans across the nation are waiting an average of 260 days for a decision on a war-related **disability** claim – three days longer than last week and 80 days longer than in mid-2011, according to data recently released by the U.S. Department of **...**
[Veterans Wait for Benefits as Claims Pile Up](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHIiop_k0e_FK9nEPrvJ_qacmzuNA&url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/us/veterans-wait-for-us-aid-amid-growing-backlog-of-claims.html?pagewanted%3Dall)New York Times
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Sen. Lee Thwarts Sneak Attempt to Pass UN Disability Treaty - The New American
**The New American**
Constitutionalists and others concerned about U.S. sovereignty have long worried that Democrats would try to ram certain UN agreements — the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST), the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with **...**
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Man who collected disability benefits convicted - San Francisco Chronicle
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**San Francisco Chronicle**
Fifty-year-old Christopher George Perry of Baltimore was convicted Thursday of Social Security **disability** fraud, federal health benefit program fraud and health care fraud. He faces up to 20 years in prison at sentencing Jan. 3. According to evidence **...**
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Foundation grant helps church expand disability ministry - Dallas Baptist Standard
**Dallas Baptist Standard**
Northeast Baptist Church in San Antonio will be able to equip a disaster relief trailer with wheelchairs, walkers and other items for people with **disabilities** thanks to a grant from the Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio. Volunteers in the church **...**
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Groups support people with disabilities - Associated Baptist Press
**Associated Baptist Press**
By Bob Allen. As values voters both left and right weigh in on special interests from immigration reform to same-sex marriage in an election season, a lesser-known religious coalition is speaking up for Americans with **disabilities**. The Interfaith **...**
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Independent Federal Agency Issues Groundbreaking Report "Rocking the ... - Sacramento Bee
**Sacramento Bee**
27, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Thursday, September 27, the National Council on **Disability** (NCD), an independent federal agency, released "Rocking the Cradle: Ensuring the Rights of Parents with **Disabilities** and Their Children" -- a **...**
[Report: Parents With **Disabilities** At Risk](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGXDyFNuPtS6Fr8CTwfLfzK-rytsg&url=http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2012/09/28/report-parents-risk/16544/)Disability Scoop
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Blood Type Chart: Facts and Information on Blood Groups
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France turns corner on disability – but austerity threatens further progress - The Guardian
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**The Guardian**
The interviewer said he was shocked that a French diplomat would criticise his homeland so publicly, but the French consul in London Edouard Braine stuck his ground. Britain was between 35 and 50 years ahead of France in its attitude and acceptance of **...**
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Aurora Health Care accused of disability discrimination - Green Bay Press Gazette
**Green Bay Press Gazette**
The agency says employers can require applicants to undergo a medical examination once an offer has been made, but they can't use the exam to discriminate against employees with **disabilities**. The EEOC says Aurora offered jobs to two women, both of **...**
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National Forum on Disability Issues to be held Sept. 28 - Examiner.com
**Examiner.com**
28, the Obama and Romney campaigns will attempt to address the pressing concerns surrounding the nation's **disability** issues in an open election forum to be held between 12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. EST. While bills have been passed by President Obama **...**
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Media confusion in the Benghazi attack (Video) - Examiner.com
**Examiner.com**
Heidi Morrell, LA **Disability** Examiner. Heidi Morrell is a former T.V. actress, short film maker and college graduate in English. After having been diagnosed with an atypical movement disorder, MSA, she had to retire from acting and deal with her **...**
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Intellectual disability often results from genetic causes that are not inherited - News-Medical.net
**News-Medical.net**
New research published Online First in The Lancet suggests that a high proportion of severe intellectual **disability** results from genetic causes that are not inherited. These findings are good news for parents, indicating a low risk of passing on the **...**
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Disability survey in Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation - Times of India
**Times of India**
MUMBAI: The Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has undertaken a survey and registration of disabled persons residing in the region. The municipality has earmarked Rs 80 lakhs for the welfare and development of disabled persons.
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Labor's promises to boost disability support - ABC Online
**ABC Online**
"We know in the public system where we've employed people with a **disability** they bring great skills to the workplace in a number of areas and we want to encourage that in the private sector," Chief Minister Katy Gallagher said. Labor would spend nearly **...**
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Report: Parents With Disabilities At Risk - Disability Scoop
**Disability Scoop**
A federal agency is warning the White House that more protections are needed to ensure the parental rights of those with **disabilities**. Even as an increasing number of Americans with special needs choose to become parents, laws across the country **...**
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Pinning Hopes on a Digital Fix for Veterans' Claims - New York Times
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**New York Times**
Two desks, occupied by people doing the same work: processing veterans' **disability** claims. But on one, a new technology based on digitized records was in use. On the other, claims were being worked the traditional way: with paper files containing **...**
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Summers drops out of two debates - Kennebec Journal
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**Kennebec Journal**
AUGUSTA – Republican U.S. Senate nominee Charlie Summers has bowed out of two candidate forums in Augusta, and a **disability** rights group says it was hurt by his decision to skip its event Thursday. click image to enlarge. Maine Republican U.S. Senate **...**
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Dealing with disabilities: 'Focus on what they can do, not what they can't' - The Express Tribune
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Nuzhat Rubab, a psychologist at Amin Maktab, believes a lack of social acceptance inflicts greater pain on children with **disabilities**. "In a society where people regret the birth of a girl, imagine the reaction to the birth of a child with different **...**
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Shults is hoping that the pair can use their **disability** to inspire others. "I'm trying to get them to be therapy dogs for amputees," she said. "They'd be able to teach people. They have no idea they're different from other dogs. Nothing gets them down **...**
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — U.S. Senate candidates Angus King and Cynthia Dill made promises Thursday to **disability** rights advocates in separate appearances during a forum attended by about 100 people. King, the independent former Maine governor, said **...**
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