Monday, December 31, 2012

Catskills Bureau Confidential: Court overturns correction officer's disability ... - Times Herald-Record

[**Catskills Bureau Confidential: Court overturns correction officer's **disability** **...****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF_EnzsESuWjTC7KvDBFRoQ8hjQGA&url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID%3D/20130101/NEWS/301010311)
**Times Herald-Record**
A former Sullivan County correction officer was wrongly denied **disability** benefits in 2009 and his firing will be reviewed again by a trial court, the state Supreme Court's Appellate Division ruled on Thursday. A panel of judges upheld a Sept. 27, 2011 **...**

[****](http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dL1FzQnwqZi1GlM&ned=us)

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Disability insurance in need of tough medicine - The News Journal

[****Disability** insurance in need of tough medicine**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEyp6PON1xbN1hTqQs-fhggpdudTg&url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130101/OPINION16/301010001/Disability-insurance-need-tough-medicine)
**The News Journal**
The National Bureau of Economic Research declared that the U.S. recession ended in June 2009, yet 2012 didn't look like much of a resurgence. To me, the number that sums up the year's doldrums is the 1.27 million increase in the number of disabled **...**

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Disability discrimination suit against city of Clarksville dismissed - Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

[****Disability** discrimination suit against city of Clarksville dismissed**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEe6posZ1mqxTiETnEgrfUXzoPSmA&url=http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20121231/NEWS01/312310034/Disability-discrimination-suit-against-city-of-Clarksville-dismissed)
**Clarksville Leaf Chronicle**
CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the City of Clarksville filed by a former police officer alleging **disability** discrimination. The suit, filed in October 2011 by Robert W. Durham, claimed the Police Department **...**

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Disability discrimination suit against city of Clarksville dismissed - Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

[****Disability** discrimination suit against city of Clarksville dismissed**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHQEvzE65DqpqvmSpApM4wOV-0ziQ&url=http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20121231/NEWS01/312310034/Disability-discrimination-suit-against-city-Clarksville-dismissed)
**Clarksville Leaf Chronicle**
In December 2010, Durham filed the first of two Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaints alleging he had been subjected to a hostile work environment because of his **disability**. Durham filed a second EEOC complaint in September 2011.

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EEOC Sues Camden Place Health & Rehab, LLC for Disability Discrimination - JD Supra (press release)

[**EEOC Sues Camden Place Health & Rehab, LLC for **Disability** Discrimination**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEOJh3MG5cdnF8OI939PeCHgIUL3A&url=http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/eeoc-sues-camden-place-health-rehab-l-51748/)
**JD Supra (press release)**
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Camden Place Health & Rehab, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company that operates a nursing home in Greensboro, N.C., unlawfully refused to accommodate a disabled employee and subsequently discharged her because of **...**

[****](http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dcQn0VgBuxvxDTM&ned=us)

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Goalie Caitlin Tate rises above disability - FOX 9 News

[**Goalie Caitlin Tate rises above **disability****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGHKOuJIIO69bYPGJ3UzpjHVShY1w&url=http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/20474225/goalie-caitlin-tate)
**FOX 9 News**
To be a starting goalie on a varsity hockey team you must possess great skill, talent and a huge will to win. Caitlin Tate has it all in abundance, but what she doesn't have might surprise you. FOX 9 Sports photojournalist Nate Zinnel headed to Park of **...**

[****](http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dwZhaBmRiQlm9JM&ned=us)

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Hand-drawn Holiday Cards by Boy with Autism Funds Research

Giizhik Klawiter has never been so much as a visitor to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Waisman Center, but the 10-year-old boy with autism from Hayward, Wis., is one of the most faithful supporters of the center's developmental disabilities research.

URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/blogs/holiday-cards.php

Column: 2013 Is Year to Go to Work and Not on Disability - Valley News

[**Column: 2013 Is Year to Go to Work and Not on **Disability****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGPrFCOAr31T3bx6S3G8fPvZADu5Q&url=http://www.vnews.com/opinion/3534233-95/disability-percent-labor-insurance)
**Valley News**
The National Bureau of Economic Research declared that the U.S. recession ended in June 2009, but 2012 didn't look like much of a resurgence. To me, the number that sums up the year's doldrums is the 1.27 million increase in the number of disabled **...**

[****](http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dgRDVLxoNyduHaM&ned=us)

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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Cut it out: Paralympic golden girl Sophie Christiansen attacks Tory disability ... - Mirror.co.uk

[**Cut it out: Paralympic golden girl Sophie Christiansen attacks Tory **disability** **...****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGbb5grYHZJRiLNoQbqprGPr1kdCw&url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/paralympic-golden-girl-sophie-christiansen-1512087)
**Mirror.co.uk**
Outraged Paralympic heroine Sophie Christiansen says the heartless Tory attack on **disability** benefits is a massive injustice. Equestrian Sophie, 25, insists disabled people need more government support, not less. In his New Year message yesterday David **...**

[****](http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d1c08QksrcSbTAM&ned=us)

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Lost data belongs to disability applicants - Toronto Star

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Windsor Star](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFBJkjM_bHWjRULOzxCl0U6_mTa9A&url=http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2012/12/29/personal-information-of-thousands-of-canadians-held-by-government-goes-missing/)


[**Lost data belongs to **disability** applicants**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGAfN_RwZLXod_P_ftTmHqbLSEecQ&url=http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1308581--leaked-data-belongs-to-disability-applicants)
**Toronto Star**
In a letter to affected individuals, Mary Pichette, director general of HRSDC's Canada Pension Plan **Disability** Directorate, explained that the "types of information" included Social Insurance Number, medical condition, birth date, occupation and the **...**
[Personal information for thousands gone missing](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHMAqLvO9NfifCeLOON8w_YAIHg7g&url=http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/2012/12/28/personal-information-for-thousands-gone-missing)Chatham Daily News

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Disability Minister to recipients of New Year's Honours - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

[****Disability** Minister to recipients of New Year's Honours**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHc4w8n_4x4-ekiYtjkb_1PDs3aOQ&url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1212/S00412/disability-minister-to-recipients-of-new-years-honours.htm)
**Scoop.co.nz (press release)**
"I am thrilled that two sports women living with **disabilities** have been recognised for their outstanding achievements. Mary Fisher (Swimming) and Phillipa Gray (Cycling) have been awarded the Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for services **...**

[****](http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dhndTmc6hkVmKlM&ned=us)

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Dealing with Strep Throat

People who feel fine at one moment, then suddenly experience a throat that is sore, run a high fever, and find that all of their energy has vanished and feel very ill may have strep-throat. "Strep," stands for, "Streptococcus Pyrogenes," a common strain of bacteria that has the ability to live in a person's nose and throat for months at a time without causing them any harm. Tests have demonstrated that approximately 20% of people during winter months have the strep bug living in their mouths, nose, or throats without experiencing any symptoms whatsoever. These people are referred to as, "carriers," and do not spread strep germs and also do not need to be tested for or treated for strep.

URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/health/influenza/strepthroat.php

Scientists Map Sensory Nerves

Johns Hopkins scientists have created stunning images of the branching patterns of individual sensory nerve cells. Their report, published online in the journal eLife on Dec. 18, details the arrangement of these branches in skin from the backs of mice. The branching patterns define ten distinct groups that, the researchers say, likely correspond to differences in what the nerves do and could hold clues for pain management and other areas of neurological study.

URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/health/pain/nerve-map.php

New law cracks down on disability parking violators - ABC7Chicago.com

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ABC7Chicago.com](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGWHwd4AH6NRu1NvAUwZyri3pPoNQ&url=http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section%3Dnews/disability_issues%26id%3D8936499)



[**New law cracks down on **disability** parking violators**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGWHwd4AH6NRu1NvAUwZyri3pPoNQ&url=http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section%3Dnews/disability_issues%26id%3D8936499)
**ABC7Chicago.com**
"We have a lot of individuals who insist upon using someone else's **disability** placard or parking their car in place that have been set aside for those who are truly disabled, and I look upon that as a violation of all laws of human decency for you to **...**

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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Another View -- Edward Glaeser: Why are so many Americans on disability? - The Union Leader

[**Another View -- Edward Glaeser: Why are so many Americans on **disability**?**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFpQuAnh2V8_XrauZet3ZzH9tztJg&url=http://www.unionleader.com/article/20121230/OPINION02/121239982)
**The Union Leader**
To me, the number that sums up the year's doldrums is the 1.27 million increase in the number of disabled Americans without jobs from November 2011 to November 2012. This statistic reflects not only the sluggish recovery but also a drifting nation **...**

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2013: The year to go to work and not on disability - Tbo.com

[**2013: The year to go to work and not on **disability****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEE3jc6ptlgLpZuCG1KQ-p1Q8XXgw&url=http://www2.tbo.com/news/opinion/2012/dec/30/vwopino1-2013-the-year-to-go-to-work-and-not-on-di-ar-593703/)
**Tbo.com**
The National Bureau of Economic Research declared that the U.S. recession ended in June 2009, yet 2012 didn't look like much of a resurgence. To me, the number that sums up the year's doldrums is the 1.27 million increase in the number of disabled **...**

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Hollywood tackles sex and disability - The Independent

[**Hollywood tackles sex and **disability****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFDYDgT5V38K_zxiyJGn-MfJhn1eQ&url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/hollywood-tackles-sex-and-disability-8433312.html)
**The Independent**
It's long been said in Hollywood that portraying someone with a **disability** fast-tracks you to Oscar glory. Yet show them having sex, and film executives squirm. But A-listers such as Helen Hunt and Marion Cotillard – in films funded by some of the **...**

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Feds: 4 more LIRR retirees plead guilty in disability scam - Newsday (subscription)

[**Feds: 4 more LIRR retirees plead guilty in **disability** scam**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGPAhC_62gJBnVkyMUP6v8ewQ90AQ&url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/feds-4-more-lirr-retirees-plead-guilty-in-disability-scam-1.4384543)
**Newsday (subscription)**
As prosecutors prepare for trial in an alleged conspiracy by Long Island Rail Road retirees to file false **disability** claims, four more of the accused have pleaded guilty. Thomas Delalla, 54, of West Islip, and Frank Plaia, 55, of Hicksville, pleaded **...**

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Stronger incentives to work needed to cut number of those on disability - Arizona Daily Star

[**Stronger incentives to work needed to cut number of those on **disability****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG_XDl6dL1BqjLiaudojJ7j8MOWjw&url=http://azstarnet.com/news/opinion/stronger-incentives-to-work-needed-to-cut-number-of-those/article_66e4b435-6089-560e-8e31-f2b543b38f8e.html)
**Arizona Daily Star**
The National Bureau of Economic Research declared that the U.S. recession ended in June 2009, yet 2012 didn't look like much of a resurgence. To me, the number that sums up the year's doldrums is the 1.27 million increase in the number of disabled **...**

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Friday, December 28, 2012

2013 a Year for Work, Not Disability - ABQ Journal

[**2013 a Year for Work, Not **Disability****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFBqkfCBKWMOibJKgSbVQsZzPH7tg&url=http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2012/12/29/opinion/2013-a-year-for-work-not-disability.html)
**ABQ Journal**
The National Bureau of Economic Research declared that the U.S. recession ended in June 2009, yet 2012 didn't look like much of a resurgence. To me, the number that sums up the year's doldrums is the 1.27 million increase in the number of disabled **...**

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Naples teen overcomes disability one dive at a time - Wink News

[**Naples teen overcomes **disability** one dive at a time**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGWx9jp6gX1qbwd2g8RgNlGG0yKeA&url=http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2012-12-28/Naples-teen-overcomes-disability-one-dive-at-a-time)
**Wink News**
Naples teen overcomes **disability** one dive at a time. Story Created: Dec 28, 2012 at 10:52 PM America/New_York. | More. NAPLES, Fla - A Collier County teen will set out on a special dive this weekend. Alex Bork just received his scuba diving certification.

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More than 600000 claims have been languishing in the system for longer than ... - Nextgov

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NPR](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHBgLDLvmF1xJ7EeUO5CTV3-vnGkA&url=http://www.npr.org/2012/12/27/168069322/for-veterans-the-wait-for-disability-claims-grows-longer)



[**More than 600000 claims have been languishing in the system for longer than **...****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE7vw5Mh2J5HLVkXXOP0Ntq3V9VgA&url=http://www.nextgov.com/health/2012/12/vas-disability-claims-backlog-tops-900000/60380/?oref%3Dng-HPriver)
**Nextgov**
Claims backlogged more than 125 days increased 7.5 percent or 45,245 since January. In April, representatives of veterans services organizations described the backlog of 897,566 **disability** claims, with more than 65 percent pending for more than 125 **...**
[For Veterans, The Wait For **Disability** Claims Grows Longer](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHBgLDLvmF1xJ7EeUO5CTV3-vnGkA&url=http://www.npr.org/2012/12/27/168069322/for-veterans-the-wait-for-disability-claims-grows-longer)NPR
[Veterans frustrated by VA **disability** claims backlog](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHKqOPKPdNN273sYaSb_TUJOPkklw&url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/12/27/178439/veterans-frustrated-by-va-disability.html)McClatchy Washington Bureau
[Congress presses VA to fix **disability** claims backlog](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNETsDb4xmjx95rLWGdrM6L_2z29vg&url=http://gimby.org/blogs/gimby-news-focus/20121227/congress-presses-va-fix-disability-claims-backlog)GIMBY (blog)

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New California Disability Regulations to Become Effective December 30 - JD Supra (press release)

[**New California **Disability** Regulations to Become Effective December 30**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF1bD_DAKZKt-zYmWXz6-8s7g6FuA&url=http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/new-california-disability-regulations-to-15590/)
**JD Supra (press release)**
On December 26, California's Office of Administrative Law approved new **disability** regulations proposed by the state's Fair Employment and Housing Commission, which will take effect on December 30. Also, as noted in a previous LawFlash, a number of new **...**

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The Nursing Home Complaint Center and Senior Abuse

One of the best known consumer advocacy groups in the United States, "America's Watchdog," has created the, "Nursing Home Complaint Center," because the advocacy group is not aware of any other such service in the nation. When America's Watchdog found out that their own loved ones had been neglected in a nursing home they chose to do something about it. While they knew very little about the importance of obtaining legal representation and other types of assistance, they created the service because it is a needed one and because there did not seem to be any other group in America providing such a service.

URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/complaint-center.php

LIRR retirees plead guilty to filing phony disability claims - New York Daily News

[**LIRR retirees plead guilty to filing phony **disability** claims**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGEvX2NnVb41RT8jrMO1Wpw_aOX4g&url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/lirr-retirees-plead-guilty-filing-phony-disability-claims-article-1.1229207)
**New York Daily News**
The four were the latest to plead guilty in the massive scheme which allowed hundreds of LIRR employees to retire between the ages of 50 and 55 and still collect full pensions by supplementing their LIRR pensions with **disability** payments from the RRB.
[Feds: 4 more LIRR retirees plead guilty in **disability** scam](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGPAhC_62gJBnVkyMUP6v8ewQ90AQ&url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/feds-4-more-lirr-retirees-plead-guilty-in-disability-scam-1.4384543)Newsday (subscription)
[Four Additional Long Island Railroad Retirees Plead Guilty in Manhattan **...**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFmA_fmd7BhczBFW-U5rPZqV-gWVA&url=http://7thspace.com/headlines/429116/four_additional_long_island_railroad_retirees_plead_guilty_in_manhattan_federal_court_in_connection_with_disability_fraud_scheme.html)7thSpace Interactive (press release)
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Disability lawsuit filed against Chapel Hill shopping center - Durham Herald Sun

[****Disability** lawsuit filed against Chapel Hill shopping center**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEU2l_Z3y6hTPKbRoQYtrCQUd8ulw&url=http://www.heraldsun.com/news/x1791818426/Disability-lawsuit-filed-against-Chapel-Hill-shopping-center)
**Durham Herald Sun**
A Florida woman who has filed hundreds of lawsuits complaining that businesses are not complying with the American **Disabilities** Act has filed one against a shopping center in Chapel Hill. It's not her first complaint against a Chapel Hill business, and **...**

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In Zimbabwe, the disability that prevents Munashe from using his hands proves ... - UNICEF (press release)

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[**In Zimbabwe, the **disability** that prevents Munashe from using his hands proves **...****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEs0AAji_9DXS0VCSTJi4KgCyACHQ&url=http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/zimbabwe_67093.html)
**UNICEF (press release)**
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, 28 December 2012 – At King George IV School of the Disabled, 17-year-old Munashe Chikuvanyanga, a Form 1 student, is taking a final examination in mathematics. Munashe writes in his exercise book with his feet. A physical **...**

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Through The Lens Of Disability - The Atlantic

[**Through The Lens Of **Disability****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHoA5PBgCGNOqsjnMGbdx3Vk5YoXA&url=http://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2012/12/through-the-lens-of-disability/266698/)
**The Atlantic**
I have been forced to realize this as my world has been restricted due to chronic pain **disability**. I choose to push myself to work full-time, which means I have negligible time in which to read and enlighten myself. I work, I come home, I cook/eat **...**

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2013 Is the Year To Go To Work, Not Go On Disability - Financial Advisor Magazine

[**2013 Is the Year To Go To Work, Not Go On **Disability****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEdOSbdisfeQ6-qA-6UsXerNQHbLw&url=http://www.fa-mag.com/news/2013-is-the-year-to-go-to-work--not-go-on-disability-12933.html)
**Financial Advisor Magazine**
To me, the number that sums up the year's doldrums is the 1.27 million increase in the number of disabled Americans without jobs from November 2011 to November 2012. This statistic reflects not only the sluggish recovery but also a drifting nation **...**
[Social Security Beneficiaries To See COLA In January, Reports Allsup](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHf5shplQmO-F-ik4Ko0u86MoIPoQ&url=http://interact.stltoday.com/pr/releases/PR122812090711452)STLtoday.com
[Covering the Bases](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHTb6cZCQh00xhmb6ro3S_jEUu1lQ&url=http://www.capitalgazette.com/lifestyle/covering-the-bases/article_c88fdea0-66f1-56db-b2be-f96eee3e3519.html)CapitalGazette.com
[COVERING THE BASES: Bridging the gap until your Medicare becomes **...**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGFEgrq6J7En_BOsonYVLzkukwrXg&url=http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id%3D367943%26type%3Dnewswires)Insurance News Net (press release)

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Henderson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Sued by EEOC for Disability ... - JD Supra (press release)

[**Henderson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Sued by EEOC for **Disability** **...****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGSKbt9s5OMudMsKEAhObq3cxZchg&url=http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/henderson-nursing-and-rehabilitation-cen-94442/)
**JD Supra (press release)**
HENDERSON, N.C. - Britthaven, Inc. and its successor, Principle Long Term, Inc., operators of a nursing and rehabilitation center in Henderson, N.C., discriminated against an employee with a **disability** and then unlawfully discharged her, the U.S. Equal **...**

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EEOC Settles Disability Discharge Suit Against Scooter Store - JD Supra (press release)

[**EEOC Settles **Disability** Discharge Suit Against Scooter Store**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHq1uu01_wK6IIjHbTgkU8axak7PA&url=http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/eeoc-settles-disability-discharge-suit-a-94166/)
**JD Supra (press release)**
NEW YORK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has settled a **disability** discrimination lawsuit against The Scooter Store, a nationwide, Texas-based retailer, the agency announced today. The terms of the settlement require The **...**

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Woman who tripped in Target parking lot suing for permanent disability - The Louisiana Record

[**Woman who tripped in Target parking lot suing for permanent **disability****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHSyEAfaCpxOimV4i2w3_nMK3tg-g&url=http://louisianarecord.com/news/248011-woman-who-tripped-in-target-parking-lot-suing-for-permanent-disability)
**The Louisiana Record**
An unspecified amount in damages is sought for pain and suffering, medical expenses, loss of earning capacity, loss of enjoyment of life, loss of income, mental anguish and permanent impairment and **disability**. Childress claims that Indian Harbor **...**

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Caring for a Mentally Ill Adult Child Ups Risk of Disability - PsychCentral.com

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PsychCentral.com](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGPV_7cmNgE7p1o70fOsJYqhbfGjg&url=http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/12/28/caring-for-a-mentally-ill-adult-child-ups-risk-of-disability/49753.html)


[**Caring for a Mentally Ill Adult Child Ups Risk of **Disability****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGPV_7cmNgE7p1o70fOsJYqhbfGjg&url=http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/12/28/caring-for-a-mentally-ill-adult-child-ups-risk-of-disability/49753.html)
**PsychCentral.com**
Caring for an Adult Child with Mental Illness Raises Risk of Developing a **Disability** An aging parent who cares for an adult child with mental illness or developmental **disabilities** is at increased risk — 38 percent more — for developing **disabilities** **...**

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Internet-Use Disorder: The Newest Disability? - Business Management Daily

[**Internet-Use Disorder: The Newest **Disability**?**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH9KkjOI7VBE-SE6ajq3OHPPJEFIQ&url=http://www.businessmanagementdaily.com/34177/internet-use-disorder-the-newest-disability)
**Business Management Daily**
The DSM-IV, the official psychiatrist's diagnostic manual, has accepted Internet-Use Disorder for inclusion beginning in 2013. This "disease" has its roots in a 1995 satyrical hoax by Dr. Ivan Goldberg. Despite its dubious origins, over the past decade **...**

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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Montco doctor cites multiple-choice disability in bias suit - Philadelphia Inquirer

[**Montco doctor cites multiple-choice **disability** in bias suit**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGe-D38sxgqtcQzZK0jNpRI9VV_eg&url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20121227_Montco_doctor_cites_multiple-choice_disability_in_bias_suit.html)
**Philadelphia Inquirer**
"This has left me over the years with a **disability** that is unique in the fact that it affects only my ability to retrieve information when presented with an objective multiple-choice exam," Rawdin wrote in a 2011 letter to the board requesting changes **...**

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Saint John discusses long-term disability coverage - CBC.ca

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CBC.ca](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEYtnJ9sGIaIvbNXC8Xq4jJIHKgiQ&url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2012/12/27/nb-saint-john-disability-meeting.html)


[**Saint John discusses long-term **disability** coverage**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEYtnJ9sGIaIvbNXC8Xq4jJIHKgiQ&url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2012/12/27/nb-saint-john-disability-meeting.html)
**CBC.ca**
The deal could not be finalized — and the city's budget process was stalled — until there was an agreement with city workers on how to provide long-term **disability** coverage to 64 workers who are currently out and receiving those benefits. Under the **...**

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Hire More People with Disabilities in 2013 - Fortune 500 CEO's Challenge

NOD President Challenges 'Fortune 500' CEOs To Resolve To Hire More People With Disabilities In 2013 - Carol Glazer: Taking First Steps to a Fully Diverse Workforce Doesn't Have to be Intimidating for Employers...

URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/employment/fortune-500.php

Our take: Disability disconnect - Orlando Sentinel

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[**Our take: **Disability** disconnect**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHRAw8vyS0aYKFjGidi_uI-4oA3OA&url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/os-ed-disabilities-treaty-rubio-122712-20121226,0,1576065.story)
**Orlando Sentinel**
Even in a year filled with lowlights in Congress, this one stands out as shameful: the U.S. Senate's rejection this month of an international treaty promoting the rights of people with **disabilities**. The treaty, which the administration of former **...**
[Senate should have ratified UN **disability** treaty](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHBFON0elc9SofQw44Yo70179bDMg&url=http://www.mcall.com/opinion/letters/mc-pat-toomey-un-treaty-vos-20121225,0,7256243.story)Allentown Morning Call

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Edward Glaeser on the Rise in the Disability Rolls and Labor Market Policy - National Review Online (blog)

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The Weekly Standard](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG9APAktx2tKLx04FqBtAMN68a5mQ&url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/hardly-working_692104.html)



[**Edward Glaeser on the Rise in the **Disability** Rolls and Labor Market Policy**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF6yBlYjbz6nAn69Ad0jufZBrHDEA&url=http://www.nationalreview.com/agenda/336506/edward-glaeser-rise-disability-rolls-and-labor-market-policy-reihan-salam)
**National Review Online (blog)**
Specifically, Glaeser suggests that the rise in the **disability** rolls reflects both the loosening of eligibility requirements and the deterioration of the labor market position of less-skilled workers, a thesis that we have explored in this space in our **...**
[2013 Is the Year to Go to Work, Not Go on **Disability**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE-udNOoXpSd4UUOG3Vtd3gcrRqKA&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-27/2013-is-the-year-to-go-to-work-not-go-on-disability.html)Bloomberg
[Hardly Working](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG9APAktx2tKLx04FqBtAMN68a5mQ&url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/hardly-working_692104.html)The Weekly Standard (blog)

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UK Benefit Cap Implementation

The Department for Work and Pensions today confirmed the four London local authorities where the Benefit Cap roll out will start in April. It will be introduced in Bromley, Croydon, Enfield and Haringey and rolled out across the country throughout the summer. The cap will be in place across the whole country by summer 2013.

URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/news/uk/benefit-cap.php

Disability Insurance Observer: True jobs - LifeHealthPro

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[****Disability** Insurance Observer: True jobs**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHK6ih6GNTCduU8uhoyq8CYF33Xyg&url=http://www.lifehealthpro.com/2012/12/27/disability-insurance-observer-true-jobs?t%3Ddisability)
**LifeHealthPro**
A new (at least, newish) batch of employment figures hints at how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) could make life harder for some people with **disabilities**. The University of New Hampshire's Institute on **Disability** has included a **...**

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`Dolphin-therapy` helps children with mental disability - Zee News

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Zee News](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFO68GQk_NqHeixBec391i9DIbaSg&url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/health-news/dolphin-therapy-helps-children-with-mental-disability_20143.html)



[**`Dolphin-therapy` helps children with mental **disability****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFO68GQk_NqHeixBec391i9DIbaSg&url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/health-news/dolphin-therapy-helps-children-with-mental-disability_20143.html)
**Zee News**
`Dolphin-therapy` helps children with mental **disability** Beijing: A new Dolphin-assisted therapy that helps treat children with mental **disabilities** is gaining popularity in China, according to a media report. The technique for children with mental **...**
['Dolphin-therapy' helps children with mental **disability**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFLwSFjilL0fxHpRKBmavkk4vZu8A&url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/dolphintherapy-helps-children-with-mental-disability/article4245473.ece)Hindu Business Line

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'Dolphin-therapy' helps children with mental disability - Business Standard

[**'Dolphin-therapy' helps children with mental **disability****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFTl27kBIInUIu3eFL_FHGCKMgtBw&url=http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/dolphin-therapy-helps-childrenmental-disability/100753/)
**Business Standard**
A new Dolphin-assisted therapy that helps treat children with mental **disabilities** is gaining popularity in China, according to a media report. The technique for children with mental **disabilities** has already made a splash in the West, and China is now **...**

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Veterans frustrated by VA disability claims backlog - MiamiHerald.com (registration)

[**Veterans frustrated by VA **disability** claims backlog**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE3fyF3V9VzUOEe_5_NvTJcBVBbpQ&url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/12/27/3158085/veterans-frustrated-by-va-disability.html)
**MiamiHerald.com (registration)**
Infantryman Josh Odom was seven months into his first tour in Iraq when someone lobbed a grenade over the gate at the combat outpost he guarded. It exploded six feet from the Rockwall native, driving three chunks of shrapnel deep into his right shoulder.

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For Veterans, The Wait For Disability Claims Grows Longer - NPR

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NPR](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHBgLDLvmF1xJ7EeUO5CTV3-vnGkA&url=http://www.npr.org/2012/12/27/168069322/for-veterans-the-wait-for-disability-claims-grows-longer)



[**For Veterans, The Wait For **Disability** Claims Grows Longer**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHBgLDLvmF1xJ7EeUO5CTV3-vnGkA&url=http://www.npr.org/2012/12/27/168069322/for-veterans-the-wait-for-disability-claims-grows-longer)
**NPR**
Kevin English served three tours as a Marine in Iraq. When he came home to Arizona, he suffered from vicious headaches and neck pain that made it hard to keep a job. The worst day, he says, was when he found he couldn't lift a simple aluminum ladder.

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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

How my disability led to this column - NorthJersey.com

[**How my **disability** led to this column**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFJ6iy9lOtUd2rdkrfVTUFvvD96ag&url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/184887631_How_my_disability_led_to_this_column.html)
**NorthJersey.com**
My legs – because I was born with a **disability**, a lot happens in my mind when I put those two words together. Sometimes, my legs feel like two trees – just as inflexible, just as immovable. I have cerebral palsy. I never liked the name of my condition.

[****](http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=duaWiyVdwbygjtM&ned=us)

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Texas veterans remain frustrated by disability claims backlog - Fort Worth Star Telegram

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[**Texas veterans remain frustrated by **disability** claims backlog**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHZRJ6BrUt_ZmlIznXNjrtrBbxvlA&url=http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/12/26/4509094/texas-veterans-remain-frustrated.html)
**Fort Worth Star Telegram**
But in fiscal 2012, the average time to complete a VA **disability** compensation or pension claim climbed to 262 days, up from 188 the previous year, according to a report by McClatchy Newspapers. The longest average wait -- 418 days -- was in the Waco **...**

[****](http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dIABsZeFfhM8pdM&ned=us)

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Hidden Disability Not Believed - Hernando Today

[**Hidden **Disability** Not Believed**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGpfLrmfGJY7pGFNhNh6NxL5PoVww&url=http://www2.hernandotoday.com/lifestyles/health-4-you/2012/dec/27/hidden-disability-not-believed-ar-591275/)
**Hernando Today**
No one knew exactly what was happening to Dorothy Smaniotto of Ocean View, New Jersey. In Nov. 2007, she was having breathing troubles and feeling unwell, and her doctor speculated a blood clot on her lung was responsible. But a hospital emergency **...**

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Daniel Vance: Hidden disability not believed - New Bern Sun Journal

[**Daniel Vance: Hidden **disability** not believed**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGXVRMHRKxC_q-ni5giwJGTNtb6xg&url=http://www.newbernsj.com/news/local-columns/daniel-vance-hidden-disability-not-believed-1.70138)
**New Bern Sun Journal**
In November 2007, she was having breathing troubles and feeling unwell, and her doctor speculated a blood clot on her lung was responsible. But a hospital emergency room found no blood clot. A month later, she began experiencing slurred speech and **...**

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Britain leads the world in doling out disability cash spending twice as much ... - Daily Mail

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[**Britain leads the world in doling out **disability** cash spending twice as much **...****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHNw3pV1m33qa9PfozFUdMSIeCppw&url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2253509/Benefits-Britain-UK-leads-world-doling-disability-cash-spending-twice-U-S-times-Japan.html)
**Daily Mail**
The revelation in a report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development will add fuel to the Government's drive to cut back on the handout. The OECD figures show that Britain spends 2.4 per cent of national output on the benefit – more **...**

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Report: Record 8.82 Million Collected in Social Security Disability Benefits - Newsmax.com

[**Report: Record 8.82 Million Collected in Social Security **Disability** Benefits**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNElpAT2gSkskyeki7u48QV9OLXGIA&url=http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/social-security-disability-benefits/2012/12/26/id/469110)
**Newsmax.com**
The total number of workers collecting Social Security **disability** benefits reached a record 8.82 million in December, up from 8.80 million in November, according to new data from the Social Security Administration. The total number of those receiving **...**
[Social Security fast-track **disability** process to include 200 conditions](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWw37hzSazPpB89koIRSra5lNvvA&url=http://www.laureloutlook.com/news/article_8faa1b4c-4f80-11e2-9708-001a4bcf887a.html)Laurel Outlook
[Social Security Ran $47.8B Deficit in FY 2012; Disabled Workers Hit New **...**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHWW8a-fQdKoeV_FGOkx5s_A6IvFg&url=http://cnsnews.com/news/article/social-security-ran-478b-deficit-fy-2012-disabled-workers-hit-new-record-december)CNSNews.com
[Chicago Social Security **Disability** Benefits Lawyer from Disparti Law Group, PA **...**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGLm1-kDvpgHqFuZeoHU1m2ooqtNg&url=http://www.melodika.net/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D539732%26Itemid%3D55)Melodika.net (press release)
[Western Queens Gazette](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEeiVYup3-HbsRy1BgvjI9KF-IS4A&url=http://www.qgazette.com/news/2012-12-26/Features/Your_Social_Security_Statement_Is_A_Gift_To_Yourse.html)
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2013 Is the Year to Go to Work, Not Go on Disability - Bloomberg

[**2013 Is the Year to Go to Work, Not Go on **Disability****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE-udNOoXpSd4UUOG3Vtd3gcrRqKA&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-27/2013-is-the-year-to-go-to-work-not-go-on-disability.html)
**Bloomberg**
There are now 8.8 million workers receiving **disability** payments from Social Security. I find this number haunting. The disabled are part of the far larger number of Americans who have left the labor force altogether since the recession, and who don't **...**

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Social Security fast-track disability process to include 200 conditions - Laurel Outlook

[**Social Security fast-track **disability** process to include 200 conditions**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFWw37hzSazPpB89koIRSra5lNvvA&url=http://www.laureloutlook.com/news/article_8faa1b4c-4f80-11e2-9708-001a4bcf887a.html)
**Laurel Outlook**
Michael J. Astrue, commissioner of Social Security, announced Dec. 6 that 35 additional Compassionate Allowances conditions are in effect, bringing the total number of conditions in the expedited **disability** process to 200. Compassionate Allowances are **...**
[Chicago Social Security **Disability** Benefits Lawyer from Disparti Law Group, PA **...**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGLm1-kDvpgHqFuZeoHU1m2ooqtNg&url=http://www.melodika.net/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D539732%26Itemid%3D55)Melodika.net (press release)
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[Your Social Security Statement Is A Gift To Yourself](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEeiVYup3-HbsRy1BgvjI9KF-IS4A&url=http://www.qgazette.com/news/2012-12-26/Features/Your_Social_Security_Statement_Is_A_Gift_To_Yourse.html)Western Queens Gazette

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Tougher penalties for abusing disability plates coming soon - WREX-TV

[**Tougher penalties for abusing **disability** plates coming soon**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFaZNdMI58NYuRgcFT1LTGdvV_1sw&url=http://www.wrex.com/story/20426379/2012/12/26/tougher-penalities-for-abusing-disability-plates-coming-soon)
**WREX-TV**
Illinois residents who abuse a deceased person's or **disability** license plate will face tougher penalties in the new year. Public Act 97-844 goes into effect on January 1 and increases the penalties for individuals who abuse **disability** parking placards **...**
[Illinois cracks down on **disability** placard abuse](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGp1r26QudJRKvHBETYGByCqav_Vw&url=http://www.journalstandard.com/news/x1926902164/Illinois-cracks-down-on-disability-placard-abuse)Freeport Journal-Standard

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AT&T Launches Corporate Accessibility Technology Office Expanding Commitment to Customers with Disabilities

AT&T has announced it is launching a new Corporate Accessibility Technology Office designed to promote accessibility in AT&T's products and services. The organization will be led by Christopher Rice, who has been named AT&T's first Chief Accessibility Officer. From early work on relay services to current offerings such as the award-winning U-verse(R) Easy Remote and AT&T Mobile Accessibility Lite, AT&T's commitment to supporting people with disabilities spans decades. This new corporate structure will help ensure accessibility remains a top priority into the future as well as add defined accountability into the corporate governance structure to advance AT&T's efforts in this important field.

URL: http://www.disabled-world.com/communication/tech-office.php

Military disability - Federal Times (blog)

[**Military **disability****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHwcTx-m-mnQni5Tc7pl-qY6hxIfA&url=http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-retirement/2012/12/26/military-disability/)
**Federal Times (blog)**
Q. I know that if the military loses membership due to medical reasons, they get processed out on the technician side and apply for the 60/40. If I am a federal civilian technician and I become medically unable to return to work, am I eligible for the **...**

[****](http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d8M5s1SnzEl-nNM&ned=us)

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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Hidden Disability Not Believed - Rocklin and Roseville Today

[**Hidden **Disability** Not Believed**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHpESiPG8IoYfjJOrx-2FiBj85KVQ&url=http://www.rocklintoday.com/news/anmviewer.asp?a%3D11220%26z%3D4)
**Rocklin and Roseville Today**
No one knew exactly what was happening to Dorothy Smaniotto of Ocean View, New Jersey. In November 2007, she was having breathing troubles and feeling unwell, and her doctor speculated a blood clot on her lung was responsible. But a hospital **...**

[****](http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dsBJHnGSRNgelmM&ned=us)

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Fast-Track Options for Social Security Disability Applicants - Melodika.net (press release)

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[**Fast-Track Options for Social Security **Disability** Applicants**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHPN3USvUgNMH3Kt17pXfaYC2bMGA&url=http://www.melodika.net/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D535759%26Itemid%3D55)
**Melodika.net (press release)**
Becoming disabled -- and therefore unable to work -- ranks at the top of many New Jersey residents' list of greatest fears. Thankfully, the Social Security **Disability** program exists to provide a safety net for individuals who have a serious condition **...**
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Mental disability an issue in Fla. death penalty - Daytona Beach News-Journal

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[**Mental **disability** an issue in Fla. death penalty**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNETUXJsz4tLuCevdVFTNvmOONZXAA&url=http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20121221/APN/1212210781)
**Daytona Beach News-Journal**
The federal high court has prohibited the execution of mentally disabled inmates as unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment, but it has allowed states to determine what constitutes mental **disability**. The majority of Florida justices ruled **...**
[Florida briefs: Mental **disability** an issue in state's death penalty](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGNo76ZxY4GeAmijDNu8tQPKCcjDA&url=http://www.bradenton.com/2012/12/22/4326258/florida-briefs-mental-disability.html)Bradenton Herald

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Monday, December 24, 2012

Disability Preceded License Loss, Panel Rules, Saying Ex-Doctor Is Entitled to ... - New York Law Journal (registration)

[****Disability** Preceded License Loss, Panel Rules, Saying Ex-Doctor Is Entitled to **...****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGLlKiSL6qXy0-unAkZTJVfEHZ_ag&url=http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/PubArticleNY.jsp?id%3D1202582339929%26Disability_Preceded_License_Loss_Panel_Rules_Saying_ExDoctor_Is_Entitled_to_Insurance)
**New York Law Journal (registration)**
A doctor addicted to crystal methamphetamine lost his ability to practice plastic surgery before the state took away his medical license, an appellate panel found, making an important distinction in determining whether the doctor's insurer is obligated **...**

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Senate should have ratified UN disability treaty - Allentown Morning Call

[**Senate should have ratified UN **disability** treaty**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHBFON0elc9SofQw44Yo70179bDMg&url=http://www.mcall.com/opinion/letters/mc-pat-toomey-un-treaty-vos-20121225,0,7256243.story)
**Allentown Morning Call**
It is extremely disappointing that the U.S. Senate recently rejected a U.N. treaty on the rights of persons with **disabilities** that is modeled after the Americans with **Disabilities** Act. The vote was 61-38, five short of the two-thirds majority needed **...**

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Early treatment for rheumatoid arthritis reduces disability risk - Gaffney Ledger (subscription)

[**Early treatment for rheumatoid arthritis reduces **disability** risk**](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEIcq8NAgzSj_9rxF7sWWIBashRoA&url=http://www.gaffneyledger.com/news/2012-12-24/LifeStyles/Early_treatment_for_rheumatoid_arthritis_reduces_d.html)
**Gaffney Ledger (subscription)**
Early treatment for rheumatoid arthritis reduces **disability** risk. ROCHESTER, Minn. – A generation ago, rheumatoid arthritis almost always led to disfigured joints and severe **disability**. Today, this disease still causes joint damage, discomfort and **...**

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