Using Survey Data to Study Disability: Results from the National Health Survey on Disability: 3 (Research in Social Science & Disability) (Research in Social Science and Disability)
CityNews: Top Stories (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
A new survey finds some employers are discouraged from hiring people with disabilities due to perceived concerns linked to their ability to do the work.
JFActivist (Free subscription) | yesterday
From the Chicago Tribune(11/4/09): Poverty and disability greatly correlated, new study shows By Mike Ervin Hard economic times are even harder when you have a disability. But poverty and disability don't have to be synonymous if we design our policies...
JFActivist (Free subscription) | yesterday
From the Huffington Post (10/28/09): Workplace Flexibility and People with Disabilities By Robin Shaffert, Senior Director of Corporate Social Responsibility of the AAPD ...Increasingly, companies are recognizing the benefits of instituting flexible workplace policies that allow employees to work part...
Same Difference (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Almost one in 10 disabled people in the UK have been the victim of a hate crime, according to a leading disability charity. For the first time, the 2009 version of an annual survey carried out by Leonard Cheshire Disability asked respondents whether they had faced a crime which they felt was motivated by their disability, [...]
Personal Injury and Social Security (Free subscription) | yesterday
A number of our Social Security Disability clients suffer from arthritis. Individuals suffering from this disorder experience the following symptoms: joint pain, swelling, and limited range of motion. The course of prescribed treatment can include medications, physical therapy, and surgery....
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | yesterday
Miami, FL (AHN) – A new survey has released some startling statistics on how people treat their fellow humans, according to researchers poverty and discrimination experienced by disabled people is on the rise. Furthermore one in ten disabled people reports being the victim of a hate crime. In its annual national survey of people with disabilities [...]
this ain't livin' (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
copyright meloukhia A conversation in the FWD comments and with other FWD contributors got me thinking. And the best way for me to think, sometimes, is to write about what I am thinking, hence, this post, which is being crossposted on FWD. A commenter basically asked why size acceptance and disability activism are separate movements, and [...]
Feministing (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Lynn Hecht Schafran and Jillian Weinberger of Legal Momentum (a women's legal defense and education fund) say that recent reports from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) underestimate the number of rapes among persons with disabilities...
WeHo News (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
By Carleton Cronin, West Hollywood, California (Thursday, November 5, 2009) When I was a youngster in South Boston, several people with obvious physical disabilities were present in our neighborhood. One was a man of indeterminate age named Eddie. You couldn\'t miss Eddie when you went out� Eddie traveled about on a little wooden platform with wheels at each corner. He had no legs.Remembering...
Desicritics (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
I stood at the ATM machine and fumbled. I had forgotten the numbers. There was a dude talking away on his cell phone next to the other ATM machine. I fed in the numbers and the ICICI machine showed a grumpy face. I got stressed and I had brain freeze. Numbers danced before my eyes and I felt a surge of panic drown my lungs and bank against the back of throat demanding a scream and I blinked. My disability...
California Progress Report (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Marty D. Omoto Director/Organizer California Disability Community Action Network Citing major health and safety issues impacting over 462,000 children and adults with disabilities, the blind and seniors in the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, the Assembly Budget Committee, chaired by Assemblymember Noreen Evans (Democrat – Santa Rosa) will hold...
Weight Loss Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Chronic knee pain and disability are often caused by arthritis. There are three very common types of arthritis that cause knee problems. They are: rheumatoid arthritis, traumatic arthritis, and osteoarthritis.
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | yesterday
John Cassidy New Yorker With the publication of H.R. 3962, the House Democrats’ mammoth, 1,990-page proposal to restructure the health-care system (the outlines of which can be found in this detailed summary), decision time is fast approaching in the big reform debate. Paul Krugman, in his usual forthright style, says, “History is about to be made—and everyone has to decide which...
Israelated (Free subscription) | yesterday
Anyone who has been a parent, or who has cared for other people’s babies, knows how frustrating it can be when the baby cries…and cries…and cries…oh, my goodness, and CRIES... An average baby cries for 2-3 HOURS each day. And 20-30% of babies cry considerably more than that. “Stop crying! Stop it will you! Oh STOP IT!” Add to the situation the carer's physical...
Philadelphia Freedom Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee of the U.S. Senate will hold a hearing today on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) , which would prohibit employment-related discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. The religious right opposes the ENDA, of course, because they apparently believe that LGBT individuals should be persecuted and marginalized....
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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...
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...
youloveit | 04/08/2009
Storyline: Donnie Darko gets along poorly with his children, with his teachers and with his classmates; nevertheless he does command to chance upon a kind chum in Gretchen, who agrees to meeting him; and he has a humane psychiatrist, who discovers hypnosis is the method to unlock clandestine secrets. His auxiliary ally may not inhabit a authentic colleague. Donnie has a chum labelled Frank, who is...
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