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Cowen rejects Opposition's claims that disability services will be cut

TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has insisted that services for disabilities would be maintained as he faced Opposition accusations that he had “sleepwalked the country into recession” and “squandering the boom”.

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Disabled People and Traveling

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Quality Home Care Coalition Speaks out against Governor’s Cuts to Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

SYLMAR, Calif.—-Yesterday, seniors, people with disabilities, their families and caregivers, joined with Quality Home Care Coalition members and other activist Californians to denounce Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed cuts to programs that serve the elderly and disabled.

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Quality Home Care Coalition Speaks out against Governor's Cuts to Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities

SYLMAR, Calif. - Yesterday, seniors, people with disabilities, their families and caregivers, joined with Quality Home Care Coalition members and other activist Californians to denounce Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed cuts to programs that serve the elderly

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Federal Appeals Court in New York Orders Wal-Mart to Pay Record-Breaking Damages to Victim of Disability Discrimination

NEW YORK, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- More than three years after a jury returned a verdict of $7.5 million in favor of Patrick S. Brady, a 21 year old former Wal-Mart employee who suffers from cerebral palsy, the United S...

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Ohio State Senator Adds Disability to Hate Crime Law

State Senator Eric Kearney (D-Cincinnati) introduced a bill that would expand the state's hate crimes legislation to include protections for people with disabilities. The Senate bill was introduced as a result of a brutal attack in February against Ashley Clark,...

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State Disability News, Week of July 4

Connecticut: BROOKFIELD - Sighted students at Brookfield High School are joining their visually impaired peers to study the Braille alphabet and learn about daily challenges facing the blind - the only sighted Braille program in Connecticut. ...Read more. District of...

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Quick tips for accessible headings

Headings can be tricky to implement so I thought I’d pull together some quick tips on accessible headings. This isn’t a full explanation but rather a checklist to look at when you are building or testing web pages. First a quick explanation. Heading mark up, H1 to H6, is wrapped around headings in a page [...]

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Ladyman calls for Social Care Improvements

Stephen Ladyman MP calls for better social care services for people with a learning disability. Stephen Ladyman, who is on the advisory board of the Learning Disability Coalition and a former Minister for Social Care, has called for better care services for people with learning disabilities. Speaking at the launch of the Coalition's report, Tell it like it is, which reveals the impact that cuts to...

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How to destroy an economy: House passes ADA Amendments Act

Via CCH : The proposed bill makes clear that the the ADA itself should be interpreted broadly to protect anyone who faces disability discrimination. The bill would redefine "disability" to be...( read more )

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A moment to consider....what if? [Sue Berry]

People often ask me why should I consider changing my business literature for people with disabilities - what's the point? Just a thought If you have a sopare moment think about this scenario: You've lost your sight and you want to buy your partner an expensive special present, you go into the shop and the guy outlines the product you've chosen but you want to compare a few products. By the time you've...

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Federal appeals court rules Rehabilitation Act extends to post-traumatic stress

[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Wednesday reversed a district court ruling and found that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may qualify as a disability under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The plaintiff in the case, Martin Desmond, alleged that he was forced to resign from the FBI New Agent Training Unit in Quantico, VA when his superiors learned that he suffered...

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Tough European plans on discrimination

The European Union is drawing up stricter rules to forbid discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, religion, age and disability. This will allow more victims of discrimination to take legal action.

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Individual Education Plan on Patient with Cushing’s Syndrome

Assessment J.A. has no disability that prevents her in any way to learn; therefore any form of teaching can be employed. Because the client’s health status is dynamic, the assessment is an ongoing activity. She has to be educated of her medical condition as client education is considered one of...

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Services for disabled to receive €50m extra

MINISTER OF State for Health John Moloney has confirmed the Health Service Executive (HSE) is to proceed with the allocation of an additional €50 million for disability services this year.