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Alzheimer's may spread by infecting brain
cells--CHICAGO — Alzheimer's disease appears to spread in a
predictable pattern, infecting brain cell after brain cell as the disease
spreads along linked circuits known as synapses, according to a new study.Click here
for article. |
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Mystery teen illness grows in upstate NY, more cases
reported--LeROY, N.Y. -- The mystery illness now producing
Tourette’s-like symptoms in a more than a dozen girls from upstate New
York is also affecting a 36-year-old who is experiencing the same tics as the
teens. Nurse practitioner Marge Fitzsimmons, who has spent her whole life in
LeRoy, N.Y., lives just a few miles from the school the teens attend.Click
here for article. |
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Alternative views of disabilities--“Disabilities
don’t know boundaries by way of country, ethnicity, religion, or
community.’’ said Remz. “Yes, we are the Jewish Film Festival,
but we believe that REELAbilities gives us a chance to expand awareness of
disabilities.’’Click
here for article. |
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Encouraging stem cell results--Results from a small
study published in Lancet Neurology suggest that stem cells may protect nerves
from MS related damage.Click here for
article. |
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Disability Day Features Governor Deal and AAPD's Mark
Perriello--Over 2,000 Expected at 14th Annual Event, The Largest Rally on
Capitol Steps During Legislative SessionClick
here for article. |
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Newark special education case illustrates dilemma faced
by all people with disabilities--The recent settlement agreement between
the Newark Public Schools and a group of parents of students with special needs
serves as an example of the dilemma that all people with disabilities face in
New Jersey and across America. The fact that a solution was ten years in the
making illustrates the frustration that all people with disabling conditions
and their families must face when seeking a judicial remedy.
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here for commentary. |
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Why repeal key health care component?--The vote to
abolish the CLASS Act flies in the face of what we know is crucial to address
our rapidly aging population. The bill was designed to fill an important gap
– one unmet by Medicare, which covers hardly any long-term care; Medicaid,
which provides essential services no one else covers, but often requires people
impoverish themselves to qualify, or private, long-term care insurance, which
excludes those with pre-existing disabilities and is often unaffordable.Click
here for opinion |
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Consider those who are blind to colors--I’ve
complained until I’m blue in the face about discrimination shown every day
to approximately 10 percent of U.S. males: those afflicted with colorblindness.
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here for letter.. |
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Rick Santorum, all disabled people deserve the care your
daughter gets--The way Santorum publicises the life of his daughter
Isabella shows up his hypocrisy on health and disability--Click
here for opinion. |
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House advances bill terminating the CLASS Act--The
House on Tuesday evening approved a rule that will govern debate on a bill that
would repeal an element in the 2010 healthcare establishing a voluntary
long-term healthcare program that the Obama administration has admitted is not
financially viable.Click
here for article. |
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American Association of People with Disabilities says ID
law unfair--A representative for the American Association of People with
Disabilities visited the Capitol Tuesday to complain that the state’s new
voter identification law is unfair to the disabled because it raises hurdles to
their casting their ballots in person.
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here for article. |
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New technology making skin cells like stem
cells--Stem cells, they could hold the key to the treatment and cure of
more than 70 major diseases and conditions.Click
here for story. |
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City Increases Fines for Disabled-Parking
Scofflaws--Following a December crackdown, the City of Chicago and
Secretary of State Police on Tuesday ticketed 10 people for misusing the
placards or disability license plates to park for free downtown, police
officials said.--Click
here for more. |
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Rides to downtown Indianapolis offered for people with
disabilities--After a last-minute scramble, Greenfield’s Super
Celebration committee will offer transportation for disabled residents looking
to get to downtown Indianapolis and all the attractions and activities of Super
Bowl weekend.Click
here for brief. |
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Disability Community Joins with D.C. Council Chairman
Kwame Brown to Support Increase in Wheelchair Accessible Taxis
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here for release. |
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Suits could force L.A. to spend huge sums on sidewalk
repair-The civil rights actions claim that broken sidewalks and missing
curb ramps violate the Americans With Disabilities Act. The city could be on
the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars.-
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UN welcomes Iraqi ratification of pact on rights of
persons with disabilities--30 January 2012 – The United Nations
welcomed today the ratification by Iraq of a convention that protects,
promotes, and ensures the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights by
persons with disabilities.
Click here for more. |
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Federal cash to help injured, disabled get back to
work
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here for article. |
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Using nature to nuture people with
disabilities--Imagine if your health practitioner wrote out a prescription
for kayaking, camping or rock climbing to help you through a health challenge?
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here for article. |
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Group helps people with disabilities find best
futures--When Highland Park resident Robynn Medansky thinks of the besieged
job market, her thoughts focus on how much tougher it is for people with
disabilities to find meaningful work.
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here for article. |
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Docs: Sen. Kirk could be paralyzed after stroke --AP)
CHICAGO - Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois could lose full use of his left arm and
experience facial paralysis after a weekend stroke that required emergency
surgery, but his physician said Monday the prospects for a complete mental
recovery are strong.
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here for article. |
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Rap music powers medical sensor --Acoustic waves from
music, particularly rap, were found to effectively recharge the pressure
sensor. Such a device might ultimately help to treat people stricken with
aneurisms or incontinence due to paralysis.
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here for article. |
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Advocates for people with autism fight for funding
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here for article. |
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Santorum cancels morning campaign events to be with
hospitalized daughter, Bella--Isabella Santorum has Trisomy 18, a genetic
condition caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 18th chromosome.
When asked about her, Santorum says his daughter was not expected to survive
until her first birthday and often has to catch himself to stop from tears.Click
here for article. |
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Suit: Sheltered Workshops Violate Rights of People with
Disabilities --The suit charges that the workshops unnecessarily segregate
the plaintiffs in work environments where they are paid less than minimum wage.
The suit also claims that the workshops perpetuate a stereotype about the
inability of people with disabilities to function in mainstream work
environments.Click
here for article. |
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Disability rights groups sue L.A.'s Community
Redevelopment Agency--Three Los Angeles-based advocacy groups for the
disabled are suing the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles and the
city of L.A., alleging both discriminated against people with disabilities. Click here for
article. |
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Plans to require wheelchair-accessible cabs in
Philadelphia
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here for article.
D.C. Wants More Wheelchair-Accessible Taxis in Fleet
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here for article. |
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Judge’s ruling may allow English man to commit
suicide --Lawyers for stroke victim cleared to challenge country's
assisted-suicide law.Click
here for article. |
MTA Purchases Paratransit Vehicles--NEW YORK—The
Metropolitan Transit Authority purchased 30 paratransit vehicles and will test
them to see if they can ultimately replace older Access-A-Ride vans.Click
here for article.
Wheelchair Friendly Taxi Rolled Out In Manhattan
Today
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here for article. |
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Oregonians with disabilities file class action suit
against the governor, state officials--Advocates hope the lawsuit, filed in
U.S. District Court in Portland, will set a national precedent and end the
practice of having people with disabilities to spend their days in "sheltered
workshops," where they complete repetitive or rote tasks for a sub-minimum wage
and without the opportunity for training or advancement.Click
here for more. |
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Bloomberg challenges a broad decision mandating
'meaningful' taxi service for the disabled--The city has requested a stay
of the judge's order. He has yet to rule on its request. So as of now, it's
still in effect. That means that even if the state legislature approves the
grand compromise announced by Cuomo and Bloomberg last month, which it could do
as early as this week, the city still won't be able to move forward with the
bulk of its outer-borough taxi plan.Click
here for article. |
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Child model with Down syndrome inspires thousands --Ryan Langston has
everything a casting director would want in a child model: charisma, a hip
haircut and a knockout smile. This 6-year-old also has Down syndrome -- and it
is that fact that has daytime talk shows, international newspapers and news
networks all wanting to tell Ryan's story.Click
here for story. |
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Using the Golden Globes to Shine A Light On Domestic
Violence--Alyssa Rosenberg uses Peter Dinklage’s important moment at
the Golden Globes last night to riff on important issues surrounding domestic
violence of disabled people.Click
here for article. |
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PETER DINKLAGE WINS A GOLDEN GLOBE --Winning the
category of BEST PERF ORMANCE BY AN
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR
TELEVISION for his role in “Game Of Thrones” (HBO), actor Peter
Dinklage poses backstage in the press room with his Golden Globe Award at the
69th Annual Golden Globe Awards.Click
here for more.
In speech at Globes, Peter Dinklage spurs interest in
assaulted dwarf, Martin Henderson
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ere for more.
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Peter Dinklage |
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A Champion of France’s Downtrodden, With Limits of
His Own-- He might have looked like a patient being transferred to
a hospital, but for Mr. Parisot, 44, one of the highest-ranking civil servants
in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon, it was just another day on the job. At
the age of 10, Mr. Parisot received a diagnosis of limb-girdle muscular
dystrophy, a rare genetic degenerative disease that has, so far, paralyzed his
torso and most of his limbs.Click
here for article. |
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Women are a mystery to British physicist
Hawking--LONDON (Reuters) - The biggest mystery in the universe perplexing
one of the world's best known scientists is -- women. When New
Scientist magazine asked "Brief History of Time" author Stephen Hawking what he
thinks about most, the Cambridge University professor renowned for unravelling
some of the most complex questions in modern physics answered: "Women. They are
a complete mystery."
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here for article. |
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Paralyzed girl learns to walk again- -
MOBILE, Alabama -- Plagued by a backache for several days, Jillian Parker
descended the stairs at home the morning of May 26, headed for the living room.
Her legs began to go numb, she told her mother, and within a few minutes, the
11-year-old was too weak to walk.Click here for
blog. |
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Crash Miraculously Heals Paralyzed Athlete--Dutch
cyclist Monique van der Vorst confounded doctors when a crash miraculously
un-paralyzed her. The 27-year-old suffered paralysis from the waist down when
she was 13 following leg surgery that left her with nerve damage. A subsequent
car accident exacerbated her condition when it damaged her spine..Click
here for article. |
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