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Disabled stroke victim, 8, makes up lost time
Village Voice Drummoyne THIS eight-year-old is making up lost time in her literacy after a stroke left her with intellectual and physical disabilities. Year 3 student Emily Billiau has a year 1 reading level after she suffered a stroke when she was five. |
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Senate Looking for Alternative Tax Hikes to Avoid 'Doomsday' Budget, Miller Says
Southern Maryland Online Describing the issue as one centered around wages, Virginia Knowlton of the Maryland Disability Law Center said that many with disabilities simply want to work and be a part of their community. |
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Bucks Vs. Bulls: C.J. Watson To Miss Game Against Milwaukee With Injury
SB Nation While the Chicago Bulls will have Derrick Rose in the starting lineup on Wednesday, back-up point guard CJ Watson is not expected to play as he continues to recover from a head injury, according to Nick Friedell of ESPN Chicago. |
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Accessibility Arrives in Style at the 2012 Greater Milwaukee Auto Show
MarketWatch (press release) Even though the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law to ensure equal rights for people with disabilities more than 20 years ago, there are still very limited transportation options available to individuals with mobility issues. VPG "Cash for Conversion Clunkers" Introductory Program to Provide $3500 … |
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Cerebral Palsy Linked to Genetic Abnormalities
Medscape February 22, 2012 — Genetic abnormalities rather than perinatal factors may be the leading cause of cerebral palsy (CP), according to a new review. "[T]he cerebral palsies should be considered as a group of developmental brain disorders in which … |
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Boris Kodjoe: Activist and Actor
Africa.com (blog) Boris is a busy actor, but more importantly, he has become a father and an activist, bringing important research and hospital facilities to Ghana to treat birth defects like spina bifida for the very first time. Boris grew up in Germany with a German … |
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New football league for cerebral palsy sufferers
The Star A FOOTBALL league for young players with cerebral palsy is to be launched in Sheffield. It is aimed at getting more young people with the condition involved in the game. The charity CP Sport will run the league, which is aimed at mobile players aged 12 … |
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Austin State Supported Living Center still without gas
Austin American-Statesman (blog) 10, an employee at the living center — which houses 350 people with intellectual and physical disabilities – noticed a puddle outside was bubbling. Staffers realized they had a break in a gas line that extends through part of the campus and … |
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With DSM-5 on the Way, Is It Time to Update Definition of “Mental Disability”?
JD Supra (press release) Well, Connecticut — unlike the federal ADA which lumps mental and physical disabilities together — specifically protects employees with a “mental disability”. How is a “mental disability” defined? It “refers to an individual who has a record of, … |
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Health & Disability Advocates Lauds New Labor Dept. Proposal to Boost Federal …
PR Web (press release) Otto provides the following tips to employers: Conduct outreach to the entire population of job seekers who are covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Employers who only recruit candidates that are using the publicly funded training system … |
