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Special Needs - Public Help for Disabled People

“My uncle’s illness is at the last stages. How can I take care of him?

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Abilities for Disabilities - by Madeline Schwartz

When did PWD's cease to matter in the battle against bigotry?

November 9th 2009 19:30

This is a very useful article, except.....

The writer sees this issue through the lens of a parent, not an adult person with a disability

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Social Security Column

May 9th 2009 14:38

Social Security Column

DON’T BE FOOL WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY PAYMENT

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Reading Rights Coalition,-protests disabled text to speech on Kindle 2

April 13th 2009 23:21

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

Over the past few weeks, I have been organizing with colleagues from around the country to ensure that Amazon's Kindle 2 is accessible to people with print disabilities. (I am a founding member of one organization (Assn on Higher Education and Disability) and president of another (International Dyslexia Association-NY Branch). The Reading Rights Coalition is engaged in a campaign to obtain access for the blind and others with print disabilities to e-books available for Amazon’s new Kindle 2 e-book reader. The new reader, which Amazon is working to make fully accessible, has the ability to use text-to-speech to read these e-books aloud; but under pressure from the Authors Guild, Amazon has announced that authors and publishers will be allowed to disable the text-to-speech function

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ECONOMIC RECOVERY PAYMENTS COMING FOR PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND SSI BENEFITS

March 28th 2009 15:40

A. By Elizabeth Wertime
Social Security Public Affairs Specialist in Upstate, NY
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which the President signed into law in February, provides for a one-time payment of $250 to people receiving Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits

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Accessible Transportation Survey!

March 21st 2009 22:14

In conjunction with a grant received from the Federal Transit
Administration, Meeting the Challenge, Inc. is conducting a survey designed
to collect information from people with disabilities regarding their

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Autism: Study Shows Evidence Of A Major Environmental Trigger For The Disorder

November 17th 2008 17:50

Researchers at Cornell University report in the journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine that they have found evidence of an environmental trigger for autism among genetically vulnerable children.

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Television Captioning and Description

October 26th 2008 11:59

“Seeing is believing” for the millions of deaf individuals who rely on captioned video as a means of access to television, movies, and the increasingly ubiquitous videos in our lives. Likewise, those with blindness and vision impairments find that audio description brings to life the video images to which they’re otherwise denied access. As a society we’ve come much farther in providing captioning than we have in offering description, but rapidly evolving technologies pose significant challenges to both.

This issue of Family Center News and Notes tracks the history of captioning and description with three leaders in the field – Bill, Dianne, and Jason Stark – and looks at the current status of both. It’s an important topic and one we hope you’ll find of interest. In addition, Jenifer Simpson of the American Association of People with Disabilities provides important information on the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting

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My Voice, My Vote

October 21st 2008 19:18

This is a new website for young adults with disabilities who want to learn about the voting process and make a difference in theircommunities. The site includes resources for voters in Minnesota and across the country, including the many different ways one can vote and what it means to be a good citizen. The website also includes an open-captioned video on the voting process.

Please visit www.myvoicemyvote.org. You can embed the video in your website by going to Really Long Link
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I believe ...

September 14th 2008 14:35

I Believe......

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Wisdom teeth and Stem Cell

August 24th 2008 13:25

Japanese scientists claim that they have created stem cells using the tissue form a 10-year-old girl’s wisdom teeth. The researchers say their work could lead to an alternative for therapeutic stem cells.

Stem cell therapies are often controversial because they use the cells from human embryos. Researchers have been looking for alternative ways of creating those cells in order to be able to treat many life-threatening diseases

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