August 2009 - Articles
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By Tara Parker-Pope August 26, 2009 via Well Blogs NY Times Today's Patient Voices feature focuses on narcolepsy, a neurological disorder that can lead to sudden "sleep attacks" during any type of activity at any time of the day. But as...
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August 17,2009 via ScienceDaily Research with tiny artificial muscles may yield a full-page active Braille system that can refresh automatically and come to life right beneath your fingertips. Yosi-Bar Cohen, a senior researcher at NASA's Jet Propulsion...
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By Lindsey Tanner August 22, 2009 via The AP Like seeing-eye dogs for the blind, trained dogs are now being used to help autistic children deal with their disabilities. But some schools want to keep the animals out, and families are fighting back. Two...
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By Dennis Hevesi August 22, 2009 via NY Times Sign language, lip reading and speech training helped James Marsters get through college and dental school and made it possible for him to succeed as an orthodontist. He could communicate very well face to...
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August 23, 2009 via 1010wins For Chris Noel, hailing a yellow cab in Manhattan that he can get into is like hitting the lottery. The odds are daunting. New York City has just 239 yellow taxis equipped to transport riders like Noel, who uses a wheelchair...
Filed under: wheelchair, people with disabilities, bolted ramps, London mandate that all cabs be accessible, Taxis for All campaign, accessible taxicabs, NYC, roll-ins, spinal injury, Accessible Dispatch System pilot program, paratransit a poor alternative, New York City
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August 21, 2009 via The Washington Continent D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and Department of Disability Services Director Judith E. Heumann announced that a cohort of District of Columbia Public School students with disabilities will report to the U.S. Department...
Filed under: U. S. Department of Labor, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, District of Columbia Public Schools, office management, employability skills curriculum, Project SEARCH, communicating with supervisors, DCPS, resume writing, new career path program, District of Columbia Public Schools students with disabilities, workplace expectations, model program that can be replicated throughout the federal government, competitive marketable job skills, changed workplace culture, telephone/reception skills and etiquette, data entry, DC Department of Disability Services Director Judith E. Heumann, school-to-career project for youth with disabilities, interviewing skills
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By Danny Rose August 20, 2009 via The Autism News A Danish businessman who runs a successful IT firm staffed only by people with autism says it's time to recognise the special skills of people with disabilities. Thorkil Sonne founded Specialisterne...
Filed under: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Specialisterne, boosted memory recall, staff motivated by repetitive tasks, attention to detail, people with autism, special skills, sharp focus, software bug testing, Danish firm, enhanced numerical skills, AT firm, ASD
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By Gina Morgano Aug 19, 2009 via Medill Reports Victoria Maxwell had delusions of meeting with God. But to Maxwell, 42, from Vancouver, British Columbia, it all seemed perfectly real. So one day she walked out of her house, ripped off her dress and ran...
Filed under: Art therapy, counseling, depression, Mental illness, disability arts festival, Vaslav Nijinsky, Brooke Shields, Medill Reports, Sylvia Plath, Northwestern University, healing power of art, Kay Redfield Jamison, " potential links between creativity and mental illness, music therapy, Vincent van Gogh, creativity, mania, going against the norms, "Touched with Fire, mood disorders, Crazy for Life Co, psychiatric services, Victoria Maxwell, Robert Schumann, Virginia Woolf, Edgar Allan Poe, Linda Hamilton
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By Richard Lakin July 27, 2009 via CSRwire Recently, we worked on a CSR media project for a foundation that provides information technology training for U.S. veterans, individuals with disabilities, women, minorities, youth at risk, and dislocated workers...
Filed under: transitioning veterans, CSR, youth at risk, professional certification, information technology training, women, training, underrepresented in the AT industry, dislocated workers, assistive technology industry, computer-related internships with local businesses, minorities, individuals with disabilities, Creating Futures, training for U.S. veterans, retraining laid-off auto-workers for technology careers, Corporate Social Responsibility, specialized training, CompTIA Educational Foundation
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By Marc Beja August 19, 2009 via The Chronicle of Higher Education While music-recording companies have been fighting people who illegally share songs, book publishers are looking to expand file-sharing for college students with print-related disabilities...
Filed under: print disabilities, college students, accessible textbooks, DSS, beta version, online database, AccessText, file sharing, Association of American Publishers, alternate formats, Disabled Students Services Offices
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By Kevin Parks August 5, 2009 via ThisWeeknews He can't see very well. She can't see at all. Not exactly recruiting poster material, this couple. Nevertheless, Jenine and Kent Stanley of Minerva Park are members in good standing of the U.S. Coast...
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via The Oakland Tribune August 5, 2009 An 86,000-square-foot disability center is scheduled to open next spring in Berkeley, California, with universal access via mass transit. The idea behind the campus - a first of its kind in the world - is to allow...
Filed under: universal access, housing services, UC Berkeley, job development, Ed Roberts campus, disability benefits assistance, job training, one-stop disability services, disability center, mass transit, parenting support, founder of independent living movement, health and fitness support services, educational services, paved the way for campus disability support services
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By Christina Macone-Greene via The Union-Tribune August 6, 2009 VALLEY CENTER - Nikki, a German shepherd protection dog, races toward Tom Riche and sinks its sharp teeth into his padded sleeve. In one fluid motion, Riche spins the dog in midair then safely...
Filed under: blindness, learned braille, off-leash obedience, advanced levels of protection, schutzhund club, dog trainer at SNUG Pet Resort in San Diego, no obstacle, training director of SoCal Working Dog Association, learned how to travel, protection helper, Tom Riche, new possibilities, scent tracking of up to 800 human footsteps, Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy, German dog sport, training at Braille Institute, white mobility cane, professional dog trainer
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via UN News Centre July 31, 2009 The United Nations has welcomed the signing by the United States of the landmark treaty to protect and promote the rights of the world's estimated 650 million people with disabilities. Ambassador Susan Rice of the...
Filed under: United Nations, Ambassador Susan Rice, US decision to join pact, work, practices, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, improve disability rights, health, freedom from exploitation, Optional Protocol allowing petitions for grievances, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, abolish discriminatory laws, Chief of the Secretariat, equal recognition before the law for persons with disabilities, rights to education, adequate living conditions, Akiko Ito, freedom of movement, customs
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By Harvey Zucker via NJ.com July 6, 2009 One of baseball's most memorable moments occurred when Bobby Thomson's homer in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Brooklym Dodgers won the pennant for the New York Giants in 1951. Jersey City's...
Filed under: St. Joseph's School for the Blind, New York Yankees, blind journalist, "Strikeouts for Scholarships, Foley's NY Pub Restaurant, Ed Lucas, Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame, not a handicap, considers blindness an inconvenience, Peter O'Malley accepting award for late father, scholarships for students with disabilities, " Seton Hall University
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