Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Sex, lies and … disability insurance? - LifeHealthPro

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[**Sex, lies and … **disability** insurance?**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHcGBgKUXrYL9v5e3QpA603UTJBOA&url=http://www.lifehealthpro.com/2012/11/01/sex-lies-and-disability-insurance?t%3Ddisability)
**LifeHealthPro**
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." — Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1832). Some things are timeless. When it comes to the art of deceit, scientists, psychologists and pollsters throughout the ages have pondered the **...**

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'Disability' makes a difference - Tbo.com

[**'**Disability**' makes a difference**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEgcwl4u9ZUdbef_Jfrhho6oA5o4w&url=http://www2.tbo.com/news/opinion/2012/nov/01/naopino1-disability-makes-a-difference-ar-550419/)
**Tbo.com**
As we navigate the rapids to Election Day, we are best reminded "one boat makes a difference." In the case of amendments to the Hillsborough County Charter, this year one word will make a critically important difference in our own lives and the lives **...**

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Mentoring Day prepares those with disabilities for job search - Tribune-Review

[**Mentoring Day prepares those with **disabilities** for job search**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGU6I4AmTaYRrl9PNfhPJrVv6gSdQ&url=http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yournorthhills/yournorthhillsmore/2839277-87/students-international-select-mentoring-pittsburgh-job-program-beigay-disabilities-disability)
**Tribune-Review**
On Oct. 17, **Disability** Mentoring Day, the future and sharing were much in mind as Select International's staff welcomed students of the Allegheny Intermediate Unit 3's LIFE at the Woodlands, a transition program for young adults with **disabilities** who **...**

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Five ways to disaster-proof your finances - Reuters

[**Five ways to disaster-proof your finances**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH9SYz-5n-3xwxK3Fa_TWSXAfbGaQ&url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/31/us-column-wasik-disaster-idUSBRE89U1JZ20121031)
**Reuters**
2) Are you covered for **disability**? Damaged homes and apartments can be repaired over time. Your body isn't always easily fixed. Today, about one in four 20-year-olds will become disabled before they retire, according to the Council for **Disability** **...**

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Judge rejects would-be chief's disability claim - San Francisco Chronicle

[**Judge rejects would-be chief's **disability** claim**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFIH9c1XJMZ8Mi6ayK02KQ7SvP0jw&url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Judge-rejects-would-be-chief-s-disability-claim-3997339.php)
**San Francisco Chronicle**
Several doctors have said a back injury didn't disable McDonald because he takes pain medication, but McVerry found the board didn't refuse to certify McDonald because of his **disability** — but because of the side effects of the particular pain **...**
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International Spinal Cord Research Event Nov 9 Weston, Mass.

One of the world's most prominent spinal cord research workshops is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 9 at the Henderson House in Weston, Mass., for the fourth year sponsored and hosted by the prestigious non-profit Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation.

URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/news/events/2012/bedford.php

COLUMN-Five ways to disaster-proof your finances - Reuters

[**COLUMN-Five ways to disaster-proof your finances**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH9VAjtK-g-JRGHI1xDQRxMynttpg&url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/31/column-wasik-disaster-idUSL1E8LVE2L20121031)
**Reuters**
2) Are you covered for **disability**? Damaged homes and apartments can be repaired over time. Your body isn't always easily fixed. Today, about one in four 20-year-olds will become disabled before they retire, according to the Council for **Disability** **...**

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Judge rejects would-be chief's disability claim - Albany Times Union

[**Judge rejects would-be chief's **disability** claim**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEVq4m4mVqzWxcIn6t3tpV3ClaW_Q&url=http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Judge-rejects-would-be-chief-s-disability-claim-3997339.php)
**Albany Times Union**
Several doctors have said a back injury didn't disable McDonald because he takes pain medication, but McVerry found the board didn't refuse to certify McDonald because of his **disability** — but because of the side effects of the particular pain **...**
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OI's Career Employment Services Take Part in Disability Mentoring Day - Oswego Daily News

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[**OI's Career Employment Services Take Part in **Disability** Mentoring Day**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFJBrkNh9s85SE3fyw04ygsaUpQ1w&url=http://oswegocountytoday.com/?p%3D100688)
**Oswego Daily News**
Fulton, NY – Oswego Industries, Inc. through its Career Employment Services division recently took part in Oswego County **Disability** Mentoring Day, hosted collaboratively by the Oswego County Placement Network. JoEllen Smith (left) assists as a mentor **...**

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Knoxville disability coordinator files discrimination lawsuit - WATE-TV

[**Knoxville **disability** coordinator files discrimination lawsuit**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWPodzETE7JyVupS7PKXnr0VMDxw&url=http://www.wate.com/story/19958787/knoxville-medical-center-faces-lawsuit-after)
**WATE-TV**
The plaintiff is the **disability** service coordinator for the city. Stephanie Cook has been in a wheelchair for 25 years. She says she was denied an MRI at the Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center (KCBC) because of her **disability**. "I've just never had **...**

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Learning to live with learning disabilities at CSM - So Md News

[**Learning to live with learning **disabilities** at CSM**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHlSYvXwct_hLp1MLUqKC16NqlMWw&url=http://www.somdnews.com/article/20121031/NEWS/710319707/1055/learning-to-live-with-learning-disabilities-at-csm%26template%3DsouthernMaryland)
**So Md News**
Staff photo by GRETCHEN PHILLIPS Robb Mapou, who is board certified in clinical neuropsychology and is a licensed psychologist with the Stixrud Group in Springfield, talks about learning **disabilities** at the College of Southern Maryland's La Plata **...**

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Health insurance following 6c disability retirement - Federal Times (blog)

[**Health insurance following 6c **disability** retirement**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGpmg6Oy4oPp0wuXld102wIYRQMMA&url=http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-retirement/2012/10/31/health-insurance-following-6c-disability-retirement/)
**Federal Times (blog)**
Q. I am a federal law enforcement officer with four years of service in a 6c covered position. I was injured in the line of duty and my agency is unable to accommodate me in another position, so I am being medically retired. What are the health **...**

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Grand Rapids disability advocate asks, do best intentions of home health care ... - The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com

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**The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com**
Lillian Smith of Home Instead Senior Care curls LaVerne Johnson's hair on Friday, June 10, in Wyoming. Johnson, who is 95, lives with her daughter Linda Engelking and is visited by Smith three days a week. Engelking and her sister Judy Meulenberg of **...**
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Knoxville disability coordinator files discrimination lawsuit - WATE-TV

[**Knoxville **disability** coordinator files discrimination lawsuit**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHZeQdf8VJJO_JXOIw57VMvpYt3iQ&url=http://www.wate.com/story/19958787/knoxville-disability-coordinator-files-discrimination-lawsuit)
**WATE-TV**
The plaintiff is the **disability** service coordinator for the city. Stephanie Cook has been in a wheelchair for 25 years. She says she was denied an MRI at the Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center (KCBC) because of her **disability**. "I've just never had **...**

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Vets endure long wait for benefits rulings - Tribune-Review

[**Vets endure long wait for benefits rulings**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGTH_1r2xOk0h9D-rT2dzVJ9J3tUQ&url=http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourallekiskivalley/yourallekiskivalleymore/2867609-87/veterans-claims-benefits-months-disability-fatchet-file-affairs-office-pittsburgh)
**Tribune-Review**
Of the 16 Veterans Benefits Administration offices in the northeastern U.S., Pittsburgh's office has the sixth longest response time to requests for **disability** benefits. Average Average Waiting response wait when. City veterans time appealed. New York **...**

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George Will: Disability became a scam game - Topeka Capital Journal

[**George Will: **Disability** became a scam game**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFeyeyDlnIy6ObLZUn7cDoVpDEg5A&url=http://cjonline.com/opinion/2012-10-30/george-will-disability-became-scam-game)
**Topeka Capital Journal**
The election eve mood is tinged with sadness stemming from well-founded fear that America's new government is subverting America's old character. President Barack Obama's agenda is a menu of temptations intended to change the nation's social norms by **...**
[The Cancer That's Consuming Our Society](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEobsxdV33t3EUaMZ2wUd09Jr7BSQ&url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/fortbuckley/2012/10/30/the-cancer-thats-consuming-our-society/)Tucson Citizen

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Afghanistan veterans sue over disability payments Add to ... - Globe and Mail

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**Globe and Mail**
A group of Afghanistan war veterans has filed a class-action lawsuit against the federal government, saying the new lump-sum **disability** payments are not enough to support them. The B.C. Supreme Court lawsuit filed Tuesday claims the rules for **...**

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How the 2012 Paralympic Games Affected Public Perceptions of Disability

The infographic below contains information on how the 2012 Paralympic Games affected public perceptions of disability.

URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/sports/paralympics/game-perceptions.php

Fox Obscures Important Facts To Attack Disability Benefits - Media Matters for America

[**Fox Obscures Important Facts To Attack **Disability** Benefits**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGhzo9m3pA6ukGcvbLxpIQJDYPYhw&url=http://mediamatters.org/research/2012/10/30/fox-obscures-important-facts-to-attack-disabili/191008)
**Media Matters for America**
Fox figures claim that a majority of federal **disability** benefits are fraudulent because the number of people in the program has increased under the Obama administration. In fact, improper payments of **disability** benefits are minimal and experts agree **...**
[Social Security **Disability** Insurance: Don't Go it Alone Without a Lawyer](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEKlWN_qHlqrPT_kkt-9WC0BXqa6w&url=http://world.einnews.com/247pr/312119)EIN News (press release)

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Businesses recognized for integrating employees with disabilities into their ... - Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal

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**Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal**
Jocelyn sorts mail with co-workers at Systems Design, a Poulsbo business where she Sitting in a spacious corner office, surrounded by stacks of letters, Jocelyn works diligently to process the mail. Jocelyn was the answer Systems Design needed: a part **...**

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Happy Birthday, SSI: A Safety Net for Vulnerable Americans - Huffington Post

[**Happy Birthday, SSI: A Safety Net for Vulnerable Americans**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNERQT4itmRDo2o1-Z6VLDYgRSgndA&url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/donna-meltzer/supplemental-security-income_b_2038214.html)
**Huffington Post**
SSI replaced a patchwork of existing federal-state programs that provided aid to the elderly and people who are blind or have **disabilities**. In his signing statement, President Nixon noted that people receiving benefits under these programs were **...**
[Five Things to Know Before Applying for SSI for Children](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHs5EsAwlEb6odBIR6m1la0JqUkTQ&url=http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/29/4947475/five-things-to-know-before-applying.html)Sacramento Bee
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FRONTLINE: More funding for disability resources needed - Western Front

[**FRONTLINE: More funding for **disability** resources needed**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHjrJujQF49QWqiqIVkiY4r57Vzjw&url=http://www.westernfrontonline.net/opinion/article_5f654588-22a8-11e2-8fc0-001a4bcf6878.html)
**Western Front**
Buildings on campus should be as easy to navigate in a wheelchair as they are in everyday shoes. The state needs to increase funding for the upkeep of our educational buildings. Ramps, elevators and up-to-date building styles and status' are an absolute.

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Disability center addresses student challenges - Western Front

[****Disability** center addresses student challenges**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFEKXMD0Tx9VsbTNVnLwDjJ4sPUaQ&url=http://www.westernfrontonline.net/news/article_4fcc31ec-22ab-11e2-b7ad-001a4bcf6878.html)
**Western Front**
As Western sophomore Kyann Flint arrived on campus last year, she was adjusting to all the same things as every other student: intense workloads, a large campus, many peers and campus life. In addition to the normal challenges freshmen must endure, she **...**

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FAU celebrates Disability Awareness Month while campus crosswalks endanger ... - University Press

[**FAU celebrates **Disability** Awareness Month while campus crosswalks endanger **...****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFbBHC4vZe2b41AFXqGiDucFFc7Hg&url=http://upressonline.com/2012/10/fau-celebrates-disability-awareness-month-while-campus-crosswalks-endanger-students-with-disabilities/)
**University Press**
While FAU nears the end of celebrating its second annual **Disability** Awareness Month, the problems with the UVA crosswalk continue. Katharine says she's filed 18 complaints about the UVA crosswalk with the Facilities department since her accident last **...**

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ABC's of Accommodations - New York Times

[**ABC's of Accommodations**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGa0nSAm3MtpgYzY6IiNSXovSaQEg&url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/education/edlife/guide-to-accommodations-for-college-students-with-disabilities.html)
**New York Times**
ACCORDING to the most recent government figures, about 11 percent of undergraduates, or over two million students, have a **disability**. Most have learning **disabilities**, like dyslexia or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, but 15 percent have an **...**

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Disabled voters deserve a voice - StarNewsOnline.com (blog)

[**Disabled voters deserve a voice**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGQuvzCFauUXYtuJrmvhRPpFizfQg&url=http://disabilities.blogs.starnewsonline.com/12079/disabled-voters-deserve-a-voice-2/)
**StarNewsOnline.com (blog)**
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 10:47 by David Morrison. A recent article published in The Atlantic identifies 30 states and the District of Columbia as having various levels of constitutional provision preventing people with **disabilities** from voting on **...**

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Thousands of Arizona veterans face backlog on disability claims - East Valley Tribune

[**Thousands of Arizona veterans face backlog on **disability** claims**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGbvP7d6LEfTueldd68taXHSFXEqg&url=http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/arizona/article_3b5e3ae8-2297-11e2-a005-001a4bcf887a.html)
**East Valley Tribune**
Korean War veteran Gilbert Torres said he doesn't understand why it's taken more than a year to get answers to two **disability** claims he has pending with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. There VA had a backlog of 17,000 claims in Arizona as of **...**
[The Backlog: Disabled Veterans Must Battle Endless Red Tape For Benefits](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE5rh8GKfysgmwgqlG2jfD6iw1TOA&url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/904084)DigitalJournal.com (press release)

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Study of First 3 Years of Life of Children With and Without ASD

The development of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is much like that of children without ASD at 6 months of age, but differs afterwards. That's the main finding of the largest prospective, longitudinal study to date comparing children with early and later diagnosis of ASD with children without ASD. The study appears in the journal Child Development and has implications for clinical work, public health, and policy.

URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/health/neurology/autism/asd-study.php

Fears on disability job reforms - The Australian

[**Fears on **disability** job reforms**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHgNYeQtr-Vqu5MX488XJv0V_LK5g&url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/fears-on-disability-job-reforms/story-fn59niix-1226507038888)
**The Australian**
Employment Participation Minister Kate Ellis yesterday unveiled the results of the government's first full competitive tender for **disability** employment services, saying the results would lead to an expansion of services. Ms Ellis said the tenders would **...**

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Mayor Selects Advisory Council On Disability And Accessibility - NewsTalk 1010 WCSI

[**Mayor Selects Advisory Council On **Disability** And Accessibility**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFJZAro0pWLl7HCUuhcSWObIIU4Nw&url=http://wcsi.whiterivernews.com/templates/localnews_temp.asp?id%3D6019%26storyno%3D2)
**NewsTalk 1010 WCSI**
Mayor Kristen Brown has appointed several community members to the Mayor's Advisory Council on **Disability** and Accessibility. Chris Schilling, communications and program coordinator for the city of Columbus, says in response to a number of issues raised **...**

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HIQA to start inspections at disability-services residential centres next year - Irish Examiner

[**HIQA to start inspections at **disability**-services residential centres next year**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNESEQNpMlYak3UMsPMCl1wV7aWXVg&url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/hiqa-to-start-inspections-at-disability-services-residential-centres-next-year-572294.html)
**Irish Examiner**
However a government think-tank said today that while this new regulation of **disability** services is welcome, service users should be included in the process. A report out today by the National Economic and Social Council recommends setting up a forum **...**
[Services for the disabled have little accountability](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEli7btu8Ivkqn_BJYkvM8AC-IMcQ&url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/health/2012/1030/1224325892247.html)Irish Times

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Mayor Selects Advisory Council On Disability And Accessibility - NewsTalk 1010 WCSI

[**Mayor Selects Advisory Council On **Disability** And Accessibility**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHiLN4-hcz56VxzsJLeMD8Fr8Y96A&url=http://wcsi.whiterivernews.com/templates/localnews_temp.asp?id%3D6019%26storyno%3D1)
**NewsTalk 1010 WCSI**
Mayor Kristen Brown has appointed several community members to the Mayor's Advisory Council on **Disability** and Accessibility. In response to a number of issues raised by those in the community with **disabilities**, Mayor Brown created the council with a **...**

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Monday, October 29, 2012

'Failure' of disability services criticised - Irish Independent

[**'Failure' of **disability** services criticised**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGyv-P-sQPxwxYj0JzPLBzlcwFk5A&url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/failure-of-disability-services-criticised-3277628.html)
**Irish Independent**
THE failure to inspect services caring for people with a **disability** has left them at risk of abuse and neglect, according to a new report published today. Delays and lack of oversight have also allowed poor quality to develop, warns the report by the **...**

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Abbott warns on disability funding - The Australian

[**Abbott warns on **disability** funding**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGyg5rmNtjnrobKRqvqc5CsNo8QDg&url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/abbott-warns-on-disability-funding/story-fn3dxiwe-1226506689011)
**The Australian**
OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott says Labor is unlikely to deliver the surplus needed to provide funding certainty for its planned national **disability** insurance scheme (NDIS). Mr Abbott on Tuesday said the coalition "enthusiastically supports" current **...**

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Soccer players with intellectual and physical disabilities set for Phoenix Cup ... - Herald Sun

[**Soccer players with intellectual and physical **disabilities** set for Phoenix Cup **...****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE9u6tTqmcMYQUbvF9VWyoPB_jRjQ&url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/soccer-players-with-intellectual-and-physical-disabilities-set-for-phoenix-cup-at-modbury-north/story-fndo471r-1226506645168)
**Herald Sun**
Tournament organiser Ryan Mogg, from host club Modbury Jets Amateurs, says the tournament gives people with a **disability** the opportunity to play organised sport. "The AFL has an amateur league that has disabled players, but there's no opportunity (for **...**

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Abbott warns on disability funding - Sky News Australia

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Sky News Australia](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG6sdfwmzcQ_eiVNDmY3hAPZdqJjw&url=http://www.skynews.com.au/national/article.aspx?id%3D810973)



[**Abbott warns on **disability** funding**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG6sdfwmzcQ_eiVNDmY3hAPZdqJjw&url=http://www.skynews.com.au/national/article.aspx?id%3D810973)
**Sky News Australia**
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says Labor is unlikely to deliver the surplus needed to provide funding certainty for its planned national **disability** insurance scheme (NDIS). Mr Abbott on Tuesday said the coalition 'enthusiastically supports' current **...**

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Thousands of Arizona veterans face backlog on disability claims with VA - Cronkite News

[**Thousands of Arizona veterans face backlog on **disability** claims with VA**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHOekdlB8q0zKvMgFz2rtel0P0Scg&url=http://cronkitenewsonline.com/2012/10/thousands-of-arizona-veterans-face-backlog-on-disability-claims-with-va/)
**Cronkite News**
Torres is part of a backlog of 17,000 **disability** compensation claims in Arizona as of October, according to the VA's Phoenix Regional Office, which processes **disability** compensation for the state. These are claims that have been pending longer than 125 **...**
[The Backlog: Disabled Veterans Must Battle Endless Red Tape For Benefits](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE5rh8GKfysgmwgqlG2jfD6iw1TOA&url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/904084)DigitalJournal.com (press release)

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Disability Inclusion Conversation Has Started - Boulder Jewish News

[****Disability** Inclusion Conversation Has Started**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHN-5wMGoH1YuduMNHe1YwrPWp_HQ&url=http://boulderjewishnews.org/2012/disability-inclusion-conversation-has-started/)
**Boulder Jewish News**
Over 340 adults and children attended the Inclusion of People with **Disabilities** in our Jewish Community event featuring keynote speaker Temple Grandin at Congregation Har HaShem last Thursday night, despite snowy weather and cancellations.

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Disability body faults reaction to its service - Irish Times

[****Disability** body faults reaction to its service**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEwLRqXKSxHN39Aj7JZ9TdQ8fxOjg&url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/1030/1224325896165.html)
**Irish Times**
The most recent six-month report of the National Advocacy Service for People with **Disabilities** (NAS), presented at its September 19th board meeting, cites the "reluctance" of one HSE social work team to recognise that a woman with an intellectual **...**

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Disability Trends: Oldest Old Improving, Boomers Doing Worse - eNews Park Forest

[****Disability** Trends: Oldest Old Improving, Boomers Doing Worse**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFs04DcuY2uHFL0xx_VrvPpVNcLoQ&url=http://www.enewspf.com/latest-news/health-and-fitness/37878-disability-trends-oldest-old-improving-boomers-doing-worse.html)
**eNews Park Forest**
"Their level of **disability** is still low compared to older Americans, but it was a full percentage point higher—five instead of four percent—compared to people of that same age 10 years ago. "That may not seem like much of an increase, but, in fact **...**

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Woman claims disability prompted Harris Co. MHMR not to hire her - Southeast Texas Record

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[**Woman claims **disability** prompted Harris Co. MHMR not to hire her**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGiO8oBB_WYebH2Ui3LSpoaM7YqBQ&url=http://setexasrecord.com/news-3224/276316-woman-claims-disability-prompted-harris-co-mhmr-not-to-hire-her)
**Southeast Texas Record**
HOUSTON – Alleging the Mental Health Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County refused to hire her because of her **disability**, Erika Ramos DaSilva pursues legal action. A lawsuit filed Oct. 22 in the Houston Division of the Southern District of **...**

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$1.39 Billion Dividend Payout for MassMutual Policyowners

MassMutual Announces $1.39 Billion Record Dividend Payout for Policy-owners - Milestone payout and a 7.0 percent dividend interest rate reflect continued financial strength, strong business fundamentals.

URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/insurance/life/dividends.php

Roppolo named to Disabilities Rights Texas board - San Marcos Mercury

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[**Roppolo named to **Disabilities** Rights Texas board**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHkZftQpztl9Pa6ZCh8aNpSsa6SJA&url=http://smmercury.com/2012/10/29/roppolo-named-to-disabilities-rights-texas-board/)
**San Marcos Mercury**
San Marcos resident John Roppolo, who became an advocate for special needs children after his son was diagnosed with autism, has been named to the board of directors of the advocacy agency **Disability** Rights Texas. Roppolo. When John and Debbie **...**

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Unemployment Rate Increases for People with Disabilities During Third Quarter ... - STLtoday.com

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**STLtoday.com**
Belleville, Ill.—Oct. 26, 2012—During the third quarter of 2012, the unemployment rate for people with **disabilities** showed a notable increase to 13.7 percent, from 12.9 percent in the previous quarter. Applications for Social Security **Disability** **...**
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Council backs disability sport plan - This Is Cheshire

[**Council backs **disability** sport plan**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHMcE0WXyBf2china7_LOPE2X2EhA&url=http://www.thisischeshire.co.uk/news/10012528.Council_backs_disability_sport_plan/)
**This Is Cheshire**
Sport Cheshire aims to consult with a wide range of people, including disabled athletes, support agencies, governing bodies of sport and non-participants to access the current problems and constraints affecting people with a **disability**. They will **...**

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Home of female disability activist raided for anti-cuts comments on Facebook - The Independent

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The Independent](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEr3iViJvm3L40ZbLi4DnhYGNrTZw&url=http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/home-of-female-disability-activist-raided-for-anticuts-comments-on-facebook-8231347.html)



[**Home of female **disability** activist raided for anti-cuts comments on Facebook**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEr3iViJvm3L40ZbLi4DnhYGNrTZw&url=http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/home-of-female-disability-activist-raided-for-anticuts-comments-on-facebook-8231347.html)
**The Independent**
A female **disability** activist in Wales (not China) has reportedly been 'visited' by police for posting comments on Facebook that were critical of Government cuts, specifically the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). Now, I know there are rules about **...**

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Disability Vote Could Decide Election - Huffington Post (blog)

[****Disability** Vote Could Decide Election**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH2zehw75WsByZvU05M7jOktv4cLw&url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/don-c-reed/vote-could-decide-election_b_2029197.html)
**Huffington Post (blog)**
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, "Nearly one in five people in the U.S. have a **disability**." This includes people like my son, Roman Reed, paralyzed 17 years from a college football accident. It might include you, or someone you love. This is an **...**

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Disabled Veterans Battle Endless Red Tape for Benefits

Disabled veterans face difficult challenges when applying for benefits. The application backlog can take more than a year and bureaucratic confusion often results in mysterious benefit denials.

URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/news/veterans/redtape.php

The gifts of dyslexia: HBO doc sheds light on learning disability - Shelby Township Source Newspapers

[**The gifts of dyslexia: HBO doc sheds light on learning **disability****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHoLe8oPOg-zioWfGJ4hml_Ou_INA&url=http://www.sourcenewspapers.com/articles/2012/10/29/news/doc508e8d2f9f8d9575521809.txt)
**Shelby Township Source Newspapers**
Shader assures his colleagues that he's not "kissing up." He has dyslexia, a brain-based learning **disability** that impairs a person's ability to read — in this case, words scrawled on white boards. Sentences can appear as a jumble of symbols. School **...**

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Harassment from Anonymous Debt Collectors

The FTC's data shows that many complaints allege FDCPA violations by "unknown" collections companies. These "rogue" debt collectors may break the law and harass debtors by operating from the shadows.

URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/finance/debts.php

Prader-Willi Syndrome Conference

Prader-Willi California Foundation will host our annual state conference to educate families raising someone diagnosed with Prader-Willi Syndrome, as well as the professionals who serve them.

URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/news/events/2012/pws-conference.php

Preparing for Hurricane Sandy: Home Medical Equipment and Service Providers

Providers of Home Medical Equipment Are First Responders for Medicare Patients during Emergencies.

URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/advisories/sandy.php

Employee disability: How far to reasonably accommodate? - HR.BLR.com

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[**Employee **disability**: How far to reasonably accommodate?**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG0CZBN-UOrhCu-nqDJpmG2gvd8wQ&url=http://hr.blr.com/HR-news/Discrimination/Disabilities-ADA/Employee-disability-How-far-to-reasonably-accommod/)
**HR.BLR.com**
A 10-year Kansas correction employee developed sacroiliac joint dysfunction that twice made her unable to walk. A course of surgery helped briefly, but then she fell and needed more surgery. The employer had no idea when she'd be able to do her job **...**

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Termination/resignation and disability retirement - Federal Times (blog)

[**Termination/resignation and **disability** retirement**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHYzrcI4yafHUQQqfXoFMSgW6qwVg&url=http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-retirement/2012/10/29/terminationresignation-and-disability-retirement/)
**Federal Times (blog)**
Q. I am 60 and was hospitalized in March. I used all my sick and vacation leave because of a medical condition that will last more than a year, used all my FMLA and have applied for **disability** retirement. I got a call from the nurse executive that if **...**

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Disability sport is everyone's business - New Internationalist (blog)

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New Internationalist (blog)](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmJySqy_Jck0ukbsWSwSbl99uq2A&url=http://www.newint.org/blog/2012/10/29/gambia-disability-sport-paralympics/)



[****Disability** sport is everyone's business**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmJySqy_Jck0ukbsWSwSbl99uq2A&url=http://www.newint.org/blog/2012/10/29/gambia-disability-sport-paralympics/)
**New Internationalist (blog)**
The fact that there is no social support makes life very difficult for 90 per cent of people living with **disability** in the Gambia. Gambia **Disability** Sports was first introduced in 1983 by the Swedish Emmaus Foundation. It was hoped that wheelchair **...**

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Houdet to Meet 500 Pupils in Dar es Salaam - AllAfrica.com

[**Houdet to Meet 500 Pupils in Dar es Salaam**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFP3JQFG_-CvpNn2Ap0ZpNMJ7nlfA&url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201210290456.html)
**AllAfrica.com**
The community-based project that is coordinated by the CCBRT's advocacy unit at the sprawling Manzese suburb using drama, music and dance with intent to create **disability** awareness right from the core is meant to stimulate a long lasting impact on the **...**

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A leisure club for people with intellectual disability - Times of Malta

[**A leisure club for people with intellectual **disability****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGhbOzngErwuOi85ykCMPF19Xv9lw&url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20121029/letters/A-leisure-club-for-people-with-intellectual-disability.443085)
**Times of Malta**
It all starts when the new parents are told that their newborn has a **disability**. That's when the journey of all the family begins, especially for the newborn – from birth through adulthood. For the past six years, the Down Syndrome Association has been **...**
[Need for premises for people with intellectual **disabilities**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFKYn2tJyWY6g07A_K7lMH9dfzDOA&url=http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid%3D152504)Malta Independent Online

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Disability Job Fair planned for Nov. 8 - Columbus Dispatch

[****Disability** Job Fair planned for Nov. 8**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF6TI-Yt-lbZy81Rs17Ikoq_Akkig&url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2012/10/29/monday-briefs-1029-art-g8ujutlp-1.html)
**Columbus Dispatch**
The Columbus Center for Human Services plans a **Disability** Job Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Hyatt Regency Columbus in the Franklin C & D Ballroom. The public is welcome and registration is not required. The sponsor said its goal is to help **...**

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US loses to disability gamers - Scranton Times-Tribune

[**US loses to **disability** gamers**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFrGqkFsTdLvgpIUzJSZ6oQuTJpbg&url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/editorials-columns/national-columnists/u-s-loses-to-disability-gamers-1.1394345)
**Scranton Times-Tribune**
WASHINGTON - The election eve mood is tinged with sadness stemming from well-founded fear that America's government is subverting America's old character. Barack Obama's agenda is a menu of temptations intended to change the nation's social norms **...**

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LETTER: Goodwill finds way to help disabled workers - The Daily News Journal

[**LETTER: Goodwill finds way to help disabled workers**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEXeD86p2uov2njlf4npN0EYhFJlw&url=http://www.dnj.com/article/20121029/OPINION03/310290006/LETTER-Goodwill-finds-way-help-disabled-workers?odyssey%3Dnav%257Chead)
**The Daily News Journal**
On Oct. 1, President Barack Obama issued a Presidential Proclamation naming October "National **Disability** Employment Awareness Month." This coincides with National **Disability** Awareness Month that has been celebrated for decades. He states in his **...**

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Care facility apologises for failings - Stuff.co.nz

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[**Care facility apologises for failings**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGvBlK7X39_EzdENl-o4cIfYd0fLw&url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/7876174/Chch-care-facility-failed-elderly-man)
**Stuff.co.nz**
The Health and **Disability** Commissioner (HDC) today issued its report on the death of a 93-year-old man who was not given the hospital-level care he was assessed as needing. Instead, the man was given a bed in another ward, where his ill health was **...**
[Rest home criticised over man's death](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH8ZjEOguVKyB_qP1mjASOWZFF3dg&url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id%3D1%26objectid%3D10843595)New Zealand Herald
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[Care of elderly man faulted in report](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHepWIIJod-qz7b7gfN-lJHCwgX5Q&url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Care-of-elderly-man-faulted-in-report/tabid/423/articleID/274464/Default.aspx)3News NZ
[The Farming Show](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEaL3nZLc2Tp-qvzyQ5VsTRANV85g&url=http://www.farmingshow.com/news/nbnat/25906397-rest-home-criticised-after-93yo-s-death)
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George Will says we're mugging our descendants - Winston-Salem Journal

[**George Will says we're mugging our descendants**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHjPpnyupVVto7NiMpQi75neZ5-SA&url=http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2012/oct/29/george-will-says-were-mugging-our-descendants-ar-2733454/)
**Winston-Salem Journal**
One reason work now is neither a duty nor a necessity is the gaming — defrauding, really — of **disability** entitlements. In 1960, an average of 455,000 workers were receiving **disability** payments; in 2011, 8.6 million were — more than four times the **...**

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Participate in Rhode Island Disability Needs Assessment Survey - Fall River Herald News

[**Participate in Rhode Island **Disability** Needs Assessment Survey**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG-fOac2YhTBRqdidsvMvBTd0eqWw&url=http://www.heraldnews.com/lifestyle/health/x1292884472/Participate-in-Rhode-Island-Disability-Needs-Assessment-Survey)
**Fall River Herald News**
The Needs Assessment Committee created a Survey that is designed to gather the unmet needs of people with **disabilities**. The information received will be analyzed for the purpose of writing the RI State Plan for Independent Living. This document **...**

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Disability never stopped her from reaching out to others - Times of India

[****Disability** never stopped her from reaching out to others**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE8x2paAVM0JpEtE-O5M_JuwN11mw&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/Disability-never-stopped-her-from-reaching-out-to-others/articleshow/16999558.cms)
**Times of India**
MADURAI: 'The only handicap is to depend on others' is the driving motto of S J Amuthashanthy (36) from Madurai, who was born without a left forearm. However, her **disability** never prevented her from reaching out to help other disabled persons **...**

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Trouble with learning: Students with disabilities require extra help - Janesville Gazette

[**Trouble with learning: Students with **disabilities** require extra help**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF4GHtOf6V2ff7czR8h3T9MybQ7lg&url=http://gazettextra.com/news/2012/oct/28/trouble-learning-students-disabilities-require-ext/)
**Janesville Gazette**
This is the third in a yearlong series about changes in education as seen in Amanda Werner's class of fifth-graders at Adams Elementary School in Janesville. This month, we focus on how state and federal legislation and a new state accountability **...**

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Feds investigating N. Idaho disabilities complaint - San Francisco Chronicle

[**Feds investigating N. Idaho **disabilities** complaint**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGHeDTz7dGW4bmyi0WlRv1Gkuur-g&url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Feds-investigating-N-Idaho-disabilities-complaint-3988524.php)
**San Francisco Chronicle**
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — The Department of Education Office for Civil Rights is investigating a **disability** discrimination complaint against North Idaho College. The Coeur d'Alene Press reports (http://bit.ly/P90qAZ) in a story published Friday that **...**

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People living on disability barely able to make ends meet - News1130

[**People living on **disability** barely able to make ends meet**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGHJTiYBOtx5v27HKGGwkPyig43QQ&url=http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/416425--people-living-on-disability-barely-able-to-make-ends-meet)
**News1130**
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - People living on **disability** cheques in this province say they're barely able to make ends meet and it's time for the provincial government to up the pay. But right now, the province says they won't be getting any more money.

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