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via WESTFAIR online by Kelly Liyakasa Nov-13-09, 03:10 PM This week the Bedford resident debuts online Ross Daniel Adaptive Apparel (RDAA), a stylish sock line designed for disabled children and teenagers who are fitted with orthotics. Her son Ross was...
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via USA TODAY By Lynn Elber November 10, 2009 LOS ANGELES (AP) — The glee club members twirl their wheelchairs to the tune of Proud Mary and in joyful solidarity with Artie, the fellow performer who must use his chair even when the music stops....
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Speak Out! EEOC Town Halls on ADA Ammendments Regulations From the EEOC (10/20/09): The EEOC will be hosting a series of forums for public input throughout the country in coming weeks to obtain direct input from the business/employer communities as well...
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via examiner.com by Steve Carter Dallas Disability Examiner October 30, 11:16 AM Employers’ negative attitudes and fears have long been a barrier to the employment of individuals with disabilities. Accordingly, attitude literature on the employment...
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by Janet Kidd Stewart The journey via Chicago Tribune November 1, 2009 Q : If you are on Social Security disability, can you get any kind of health insurance discount? I'm 56, have had Parkinson's disease for 10 years and have worked full time...
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By Michelle Diament October 23, 2009 The Senate approved legislation Thursday to make crimes committed against a person based on their disability a federal offense. The hate crimes legislation, which passed the House of Representatives earlier this month...
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GettingHired.com is pleased to be a national sponsor of the 2009 Disability Mentoring Day program and to have been a participant in the DMD National Launch and 10 th Anniversary Celebration held in Duluth, Minnesota on Monday, October 12 th . GettingHired...
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via REUTERS Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:00am EDT Kessler Foundation Urges Improvement in Employment Opportunities for the Disability Community Largest Minority Population in the U.S. Faces Serious Employment Challenges WEST ORANGE, N.J., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ ...
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via The Miami Herald By Jordan Levin jlevin@MiamiHerald.com Choreographer Karen Peterson has been making pieces for disabled dancers, people whose ability to move has been changed by muscular dystrophy or other ailments, for 20 years. But when she met...
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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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