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Disability News
• America’s Wounded Warrior Veterans March on the Congress
EarthTimes
The Military Order of the Purple Heart is stepping up to the call from Congress for input on how best to resolve the issues most important to the nation’s veterans. America’s wounded warriors from across the country will converge on Washington, D.C. during 8-12 February, 2010 to meet with their state’s Senators and Representatives to educate them on these important issues.
• Hundreds turn out for free dental care
By KEITH MORELLI and ERIC HAUSMANN
Gibson, who was returning for the third year, had hopes of having her broken teeth pulled. She is a retired Air Force veteran living on disability, the office said. Although Gibson receives medical care through the Department of Veterans Affairs, she does not have dental coverage or the means to pay for dental insurance.
• Deaf patient was dying, but no one told her
By LORA PABST
David Nelson got the bad news about his wife in December 2005. He just didn't know it. For three months, the Nelsons met with doctors at North Memorial Medical Center, but they weren't aware Mary Ann was dying of cancer.
• New arena to be disability friendly
By Dan Shaw
Disabled patrons of the Downtown arena will be able to go through a main entrance there with everyone else, buy a seat for anywhere in the range of prices offered and sit next to friends and family. On Friday, architects and managers working on the project told the local Advisory Board on Disability Services of efforts made to ensure anyone can move about the new venue and take advantage of the various amenities inside.
• Disability Rights Advocates Cheer Christie’s Reforms
by Dana Commandatore
New Jersey has a bad reputation in the disability community. It is being sued for violating The Supreme Court’s Olmstead decision and some N.J. institutions are responsible for the injuries and unwarranted deaths of several residents. N.J. also has the highest rate of autism diagnoses in the United States. According to the 2009 census, out of 8.7 million residents, over 1.3 million are disabled. Enter Republican Governor Chris Christie.
• Mixed Jobs Report for January (BLS)
by Dollars and Sense
Persons with a disability had a higher jobless rate than persons with no disability--15.2 versus 10.4 percent. In addition, the labor force participation rate of persons with a disability was 21.8 percent, compared with 70.1 percent for those without a disability.
• Man Denied Hotel Room For Bringing Guide Dog
By Brent Frazier
A blind man claims he was denied a room at the Clarksville Microtel Inn and Suites for trying to bring his guide dog in, too. It appears to be a violation of the federal Americans With Disabilities Act, passed in 1990.
• ILC receives funds for building upgrades
By Brian Smith
For Evelyn Tileston, executive director of the Independent Life Center, the past few months have been a “dream come true.” Months after purchasing the building located at 438 Yampa Ave., Tileston and the ILC staff received another boost Wednesday morning in the form of a check for $460,000 to start several building renovation projects.
• Battle for disabled children
StarGazette.com
I am learning that caring for children with disabilities requires love, stamina and dedication. It also requires suspicion, diligence and a willingness to fight. My wife and I are grateful we are raising our children in a time when so many services are available to them.
• Health insurance has reader worried
News and Tribune
I am a retired teacher from Greater Clark County Schools who is plagued by medical problems. As a member of the teaching profession since 1969, I mistakenly trusted that my caring for our youth would be rewarded in my retirement. Instead, I have found that our government has been more concerned with helping large corporations instead of people like me.
• Program arranges work for disabled
By MAUREEN MAHANEY
According to Jan Eblen, director of Industries and Vocational Services for LifeSkills, nearly 1 in 5 Americans is living with a disability. “That adds up to quite a large number of individuals in our community,” Eblen says.
• John A. Smith: Vietnam vet, advocate active in many organizations, causes
By Blanca Gonzalez
If there was a veterans event anywhere in San Diego County, there was a good chance that John A. Smith was there and helping out. A Vietnam veteran who made it his mission to aid as many fellow veterans as possible, Mr. Smith was involved in helping organize the annual Stand Down event that provides services to homeless vets, raising money for the Veterans Village of San Diego and serving on the San Diego County Veterans Advisory Council.
• Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)Letters To Leaders
Martinez , GA
I need to know how a disabled person can work part time without losing their housing assistance. I suffer from Muscular Dystrophy and Borderline Personality disorder and have been on disability since 2001. I am an educated person who worked all my life until my physical handicap kept me from being able to perform on a continuous 40 hour/week job. I want to work!!
• Tax break for veterans moving through General Assembly
By Hugh Lessig
Legislation that would provide a significant tax break to fully disabled Virginia veterans is moving smartly through the General Assembly with almost military precision. The measure would exempt veterans from paying local real estate taxes if they have a 100-percent, service-connected permanent disability.
• New HBO film depicts life of autistic woman
By Ellen Gray
THE MOST impressive review of HBO's "Temple Grandin," which premieres Saturday, may have come from Temple Grandin herself. A scientist and best-selling author with autism, the 62-year-old Grandin's a visual thinker - she titled one of her books "Thinking in Pictures" - and the details matter to her.
More than 175 organizations issued a letter of support today to the President, the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives to strongly support comprehensive health reform efforts, emphasizing the need to modernize and increase funding for disease prevention, wellness, and public health in the United States. The following is the text of the letter and a list of the organizations that have signed on in support of the letter...
• What to Do if You Only Need One Shoe
by admin
Your feet carry you thousands of miles in your life, it is vital that you take excellent care of them. You may have problems with his feet from your Aunt Sue but more often inherit problems with his feet, caused by wear and tear or neglect. Shoes you wear make a huge difference in the affect of your feet.
• COAT Affiliates Confer with AT&T on Accessibility & Aging Marketing Topics
COAT
On February 4, 2010, representatives from several COAT affiliates – AAPD, AFB, Alliance for Technology Access, Inclusive Technologies, NCIL, TDI and WGBH Media Access Center – met in Atlanta, GA as members of AT&T’s Advisory Panel on Access & Aging (APAA). This first of four quarterly meetings in 2010 focused on how AT&T approaches "national marketing to the Disability and Mature segments." Also discussed was the development of applications that can further support these communities.
• Female Athletes and Media Attention
by Mike Dunford
Correct me if I'm wrong, but sports is supposed to be about competition, strength, skill, and determination - that's the theory, anyway. But if that was reality, most of you would be almost as familiar with the names "Jessica Long" and "Natalie Coughlin" as you are with "Michael Phelps". I'm willing to bet that quite a few of you know that Coughlin is an Olympic swimmer, but not much more than that. I'd be shocked if more than a handful of you have even heard of Long.
• Unspread The R-Word
Closer To Lucy
Sarah Palin called for Rahm Emanuel's job when he dropped the unpalatable word in a meeting with Liberals, which ignited much Republican banter. When a staffer within the Republican Party used the R-word, Palin excused it as inappropriate behavior. Really? Are kidding me?
• What is SSI Disability Pay Based On?
By Tim Moore
SSI, or Supplemental Security Income disability, is a disability program designed to help individuals who have not worked, have worked very little, or worked long ago (and, thus, are no longer insured for Social Security disability). SSI is also the disability benefit program for minor-age children and individuals who qualify for social security disability, yet are only eligible to receive a small monthly social security disability benefit check.
• Military and VA Health Care and Disability Systems Red Tape
Disabled-World.com
Today, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the nation's first and largest non-partisan, nonprofit organization representing veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, released a revealing new report highlighting the countless bureaucratic roadblocks, lengthy waits for care, and complicated disability systems facing wounded veterans.
• Disability Arts Online - at the forefront of the disability arts evolution
Disability Arts Online
Animate explores the rich history of Disability Arts through talks and workshops. Colin Hambrook asked visual artist Noemi Lakmaier about her plans for the second of these talks at Shape on 8 February 2010.
