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)
frogsmoke.com (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
There are three types of handicapped people in France: the mentally disabled, the physically disabled and the police. (Original photo source unknown)
Same Difference (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
A sister explains her views… comments very welcome below, as always. Part of the debate on DisAbility and Parenting. When my little sister was a child in the 1960s, we never said to her that she was mentally handicapped; no one in our family would ever have considered doing so. One day, though, when [...]
JFActivist (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Jenifer Simpson (AAPD): HHS has New Resource for People with Disabilities about the Flu HHS recently created specific information for people with disabilities about the flu, including H1N1. They note, for instance, that among people with disabilities some are...
Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
The much anticipated Persons with Disability Bill was read in Parliament last week, lending to the assumption that it’s passage and subsequent implementation may soon become a reality. Health Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, at the most recent sitting of the House last week Thursday, presented the crucial legislation, which from all indications may be debated and [...]
Hodges' Model: Welcome to the Quad (Free subscription) | yesterday
It is Brian E Hodges who created Hodges' model in the early 1980s and one of his qualifications is RNMH - Registered Nurse for the Mentally Handicapped . Today this course and qualification is known as RNLD, that is - Registered Nurse for Learning Disability. What has not changed is the foresightedness and need for a political care domain within the model. You might well ask: What is so foresighted...
Same Difference (Free subscription) | yesterday
Athletes with intellectual disabilities can once again take part in the Paralympics after an International Paralympic Committee (IPC) vote. They had been banned since it was found that most of Spain’s intellectual disability basketball team at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics were not disabled. As a result, “sports intelligence” tests will form part of the new, more rigorous [...]
The Truth About Obesity (Free subscription) | yesterday
See Conditions/Disabilities that are often linked to salt sensitivity and fluid retention. These health problems can be prevented or made less severe, or their progress slowed down, by lowering salt/sodium intake. See Sodium in Foods. If you’re obese or overweight SALT is the KILLER on your plate!
MS Maze (Free subscription) | yesterday
Is it "disabled" or "person with disability?" Inclusive language experts say it's the latter. Ah, but take a look around the web at the blogs of persons with disabilities, and you'll come across badges and banners that read, "Disabled and Proud," as well as many variations on such terminology, depending ...
News-Insurances (Free subscription) | yesterday
The case of a Quebec woman who says she lost her long-term disability benefits because of photos that appeared on Facebook should serve as a reminder that nothing on the Internet is truly private. And a technology expert says its a perfect opportunity for people to take stock of their social networking platform profiles and just [...]
New Government Speeches (Free subscription) | yesterday
Statement by Gauteng Health and Social Development MEC, Qedani Mahlangu Ladies and gentlemen As the nation prepares itself to mark the three important milestones in our efforts to improve the health of our people and reduce inequality, the Gauteng Department of Health and Social Development has lined up a number of activities to deepen public awareness and to mobilise communities to step up efforts...
Same Difference (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Giving birth seems to slow the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), Belgian and Dutch researchers say. The researchers tracked 330 women with MS for 18 years and found that among those who had children, severe disability took longer to develop. Writing in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, they say previous studies have suggested a worsening [...]
The Happy Salmon (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
I have blogged a few times about my experiences at hospitals, there was this entry about Moorfields Eye Hospital A&E, or this entry from when I had an X-Ray at the Nelson Hospital. So why am I so reluctant to blog about my trip to the hospital yesterday? Probably because yesterday I was visiting the Community Mental Heath Team, not as an adviser on disability rights or rights of access or even...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
CHRIS CREWELL Bee file, 2000 Art Savage What a loss. Art Savage's death at 58 has left an enormous void in the region and especially in West Sacramento, home to Raley Field and the River Cats of Triple A baseball. The field, the biggest Triple A stadium for a town of its size in the country, was transformative for West Sacramento. It didn't just open up the river front. It changed expectations for...
Madison County Record (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
A man has filed suit against the driver who he says struck the back of his vehicle. Chad E. Kempfer claims he was driving north on South State Street at its intersection with East Emily Street in Freeburg on Oct. 10 when defendant Terri D. Repp, who was also driving north on South State Street, struck the rear of his vehicle. In turn, Kempfer rear-ended the driver in front of him. Because of the collision,...
Rob's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
It is very worrying that some 3,000 people in Harlow and the surrounding villages could lose their disability benefits. I am strongly opposing Gordon Brown's plans to scrap disability benefits for the elderly in Harlow. The small print of Labour's plans to create a National Care Service reveals they will scrap Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance for pensioners to pay for it. An average...
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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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