September 2009 - Articles
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 21, 2009) - The Association for Airline Passenger Rights (AAPR) today endorsed a petition being circulated by Sally O'Neill, a 17-year old girl with cerebral palsy, calling on the airline industry to comply with the mandates...
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via The New York Times Published: September 12, 2009 IN high school I took the train from my home in Briarcliff Manor, north of New York, into Manhattan to take dance lessons with Syvilla Fort in a studio over a bar on 44th Street. I danced with the Alvin...
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via ScienceDaily Sep. 13, 2009 — A new study by the University of East Anglia (UEA) suggests computers are now better at lip-reading than humans. A research team from the School of Computing Sciences at UEA compared the performance of a machine...
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By Karen Meyer via abc7chicago.com September 13, 2009 (WLS) -- Beauty pageants are not just about looks. But some like the International Pageants are based on accomplishments. This is why a profoundly deaf candidate was crowned Miss International. Even...
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By Jess Nall, Staff writer via TheNews.org Published: Friday, September 11, 2009 Updated: Friday, September 11, 2009 Kristin Knabel, freshman from Louisville, Ky., never chooses to “sit this one out;” instead she chooses to dance. Leann Womack’s...
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September 6, 8:09 PM By Paul Proto Tampa Social Security Disability Examiner via examiner.com It is estimated that 3.3 million claims for disability benefits will be filed by year's end. The disability programs have evolved since their inception....
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By Kelly Rouba September 7, 2009 via NJ.com Since he was a child, Scott Ellis, of Hamilton, had dreamed of becoming a firefighter. And for a few years, those dreams became a reality. "I was a firefighter for three years in Hightstown," Ellis...
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August 12, 2009 via Science Daily A new experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) completely reverses the devastating autoimmune disorder in mice, and might work exactly the same way in humans, say researchers at the Jewish General Hospital Lady...
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August 4, 2009 via Science Daily A team of experts in biomechanics and physiology that conducted experiments on Oscar Pistorius, the South African bilateral amputee track athlete, have just published their findings in the Journal of Applied Physiology...
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August 6, 2009 via Science Daily Hearing aids and cochlear implants act as tiny amplifiers so the deaf and hard-of-hearing can make sense of voices and music. Unfortunately, these devices also amplify background sound, so they're less effective in...
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August 4, 2009 via Science Daily In a major step in spinal cord injury research, scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have demonstrated that regenerating axons can be guided to their correct targets and re-form connections...
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By Michelle Diament August 14, 2009 via Disability Scoop Advocacy groups and White House officials are fighting back after Sarah Palin and other critics recently charged that proposed health care reform would be bad for people with disabilities. Last...
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By Ari Ne'eman May 21, 2009 via Huffington Post As we speak, Congress is deliberating on vast and important changes to the system of health care in the United States. This issue is one of crucial importance to all Americans, but of particular interest...
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August 26, 2009 via Science Daily Researchers have developed a new technology that helps Parkinson's patients overcome the tendency to speak too quietly by playing a recording of ambient sound, which resembles the noisy chatter of a restaurant full...
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August 27, 2009 via Science Daily In organizational settings, managers as well as others in leadership roles should perhaps think twice before ridiculing subordinate employees on their choice of lunch, attire, or habits, or generally acting disrespectfully...
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