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Saturday, June 27, 2009 By Karen Meyer via ABC 7 News After becoming disabled in a motorcycle accident five years ago, a Chicago man has been able to resume his unique profession as a harp technician. George Flores, 39, has been repairing harps for 11...
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April 30, 2009 via abledody.com More than 20 percent of the nation's population - or 1 in 5 Americans -has a disability, and this number will increase as baby boomers age, according to a new report by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention...
Filed under: disability, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, American Foundation for the Blind, hearing loss, tinnitus, U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, IEDs, heart disease, arthritis, back problems, women higher prevalence of disability, CDC figures likely conservative, soldiers, Center for Hearing and Communications, Amputee Coalition, aging baby boom generation, more than 20 percent of Americans
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April 22, 2009 -- By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service BOZEMAN -- Surrounded by bug nets and suitcases, Montana State University entomologist Michael Ivie is preparing for another trip to the West Indies. Going this time to St. Lucia, Ivie speculated that...
Filed under: disability, international biodiversity project, resuming career, physical therapy, rehabilitation, deciding to live life as fully as possible, paralyzed, West Indies beetles, working from a wheelchair, MSU, Michael Ivie, St. Lucia, beetle specialist, entomologist, Montana State University
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via The Justice Online , Brandeis University, MA, USA By Sam Datlof Posted: 3/17/09 Special Assistant to the President of Legal Seafoods Dr. David A. Ticchi, who has been legally blind since birth, discussed discriminatory attitudes shown toward people...
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via ABC News February 13, 2009 9:08 AM After a town hall meeting in Morrisville, NY, Thursday, Empire State Gov. David Paterson unloaded on how Saturday Night Live has been mocking his blindness. Asked by a reporter if he has any thoughts on how he's...
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