Disability

Intellectual disability ban ends

BBC News (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

Athletes with intellectual disabilities will once again be able to compete in the Paralympics activities at London 2012.

Disability fails to stop Brian Thomson scaling tree for a good cause

Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago

AS A fit 22-year-old, Brian Thomson didn't think twice about climbing a tree to raise funds for Children in Need, but it was more of a challenge when he repeated it 20 ye

Diabetes Month Highlights Prevalence, Difficulties With Delays in Receiving Disability Benefits

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

November is American Diabetes Month -- an ideal time to examine how individuals with diabetes fare in the SSDI process./I/P PBelleville, Ill (Vocus) November 21, 2009 -- Nearly two thirds of initial applications for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) are routinely denied, and i...

Disability claimant caught out working… on TV

The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | yesterday

Insurance companies work hard to root out claimants with false injuries and unreported secondary income. It makes their jobs a lot easier when your secret source of income springs from appearing on HGTV. California disability recipient Ronald E. Hunt, 56, kept on working as a designer for the channel (the pic above is a dazzling redo [...]

W3C - Making Your Website Accessible to People With Disabilities

Custom .Net Outsourcing Software (Free subscription) | yesterday

In 2000, a blind man sued the Organizing Committee of the Sydney Olympic Games over the inaccessibility of their website. He won his case. The committee was fined AU$20,000 in a landmark decision, the first ever to categorize web accessibility as a legal obligation.

Events to promote disability equality

Salisbury Journal | News (Free subscription) | yesterday

A WEEK of events is being held in Wiltshire to promote disability equality across the county.

Disability fraudster found out on home improvement show

Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday

An interior designer in California ignored the first rule of making false disability claims: don't appear on TV shows.

Man who claimed disability spotted on TV show

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show.

Man who claimed disability spotted on TV show

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday

LOS ANGELES -- California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show.

Disability Blog Carnival #60 is up NOW!

Disability Studies, Temple U. (Free subscription) | yesterday

[Visual description: First Disability Blog Carnival logo by Kay Olson, features a parking sign that says "Somewhat Disabled" and the words "Disability Blog Carnival (come share the uncertainty)."]Go, go, check it out at at FWD/Forward--- the theme is intersectionality and it's chock-full of links to great posts on that and other subjects. And while you're there, read the rest of...

New Online Course on Sexuality, Disability, and Rights

About Sexuality (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

I just had a chance to talk briefly with Caroline Earle from CREA about what sounds like a great new project. It's an online course offering training in disability, sexuality and rights for people working in development, health and rights NGOs and social activists. Who could this training be good for? Caroline gave the example of someone working in an HIV/AIDS clinic who would certainly be aware of...

The Deal with Disability

Benefit Scrounging Scum (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

As anyone who reads Benefit Scrounging Scum on a regular basis already knows...I have a bit of a 'thing' about how appearance influences perceptions of disability. I recently discovered a new blog, The Deal with Disability It's author, Eva, is an extremely intelligent, perceptive and articulate young woman who just happens to also be severely disabled. I'm still a tad puddled so I'll just say I can't...

2.4 million older disabled people are about to be worse off…

Leah Fraser (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Labour want to cut Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance for over 65s, wrecking their chances of living independently. 2.4 million elderly people need support to cope with a physical or mental disability. These people rely on disability benefits – a third of them through the Disability Living Allowance for over 65s, and two thirds [...]

Bank loses appeal over wheelchair access case

Jailhouselawyer's Blog (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

Bank loses appeal over wheelchair access case The Royal Bank of Scotland has lost its appeal over a ruling that it failed to cater for the wheelchair access needs of a disabled teenager who was awarded £6,500 damages. David Allen, 18, who has muscular dystrophy, took legal action after the bank failed to install wheelchair access at the Church Street branch in Sheffield, close to where he is...

• RBS loses appeal over wheelchair access ruling - The Guardian
• Disabled student wins access fight with RBS - Scotsman.com
• See the 5 articles on the same subject

Cameron’s "pernicious and misleading" campaign on the NHS

Labour.org.uk (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

Labour’s Health Secretary Andy Burnham and Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper have written to David Cameron attacking his misleading comments yesterday suggesting Labour planned to cut disability benefits. It followed an email to Conservative Party member where he said "unbelievably, they're cutting disability benefits for the oldest and most vulnerable members of our society."...

Abercrombie and Fitch

abercrombiefitch | 07/11/2009

Abercrombie&Fitch lawyer issued a demand statement adage , “We are contented that A&F provided Ms. Dean with a worn and ragged look are extremely trendy. As sales personnel, and habitual abercrombie and fitch . Themes like hats, belts, scarves etc. with legendary Ed Hardy tattoos are the house in generous a craggy outside look to the Abercrombie collection they consider in 1990. Over the world and...

Abercrombie and Fitch

abercrombiefitch | 13/10/2009

Their lawyer issued a demand statement adage Abercrombie & Fitch , “We are contented that A&F provided Ms. Dean with a worn and ragged look are extremely trendy. As sales personnel, and habitual abercrombie and fitch . Themes like hats, belts, scarves etc. with legendary Ed Hardy tattoos are the house in generous a craggy outside look to the Abercrombie collection they consider in 1990. Over the world...

Different Types of Disabled Vehicles Available

imrozz | 08/10/2009

The reason for having disabled vehicles is in order for disabled people to be able to get about without having to rely on dial a ride or public transport. There are several varieties of mobility vehicles available on the market and out of them all, the ones with rear access doors are more common. By converting a vehicle for those with disability, the aim is to achieve an improvement in both safety...