A Chance to See Disabilities as Assets
New York Times
Sure, I'd given workshops and lectures hundreds of times, but this would be my first time speaking to an audience made up entirely of people with disabilities. To be perfectly honest, I'd always felt uncomfortable around disabled people.

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Disabled cyclist takes matters into his own hands - USA TODAY
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Disabled cyclist takes matters into his own hands
USA TODAY
That led him to launch his own small business designing and building handcycles and other adaptive bikes for people with disabilities who might otherwise find the sport too expensive. About a year ago, he moved back to his boyhood home, ...

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Benefit cuts are fuelling abuse of disabled people, say charities - The Guardian
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The Guardian

Benefit cuts are fuelling abuse of disabled people, say charities
The Guardian
The government's focus on alleged fraud and overclaiming to justify cuts in disability benefits has caused an increase in resentment and abuse directed at disabled people, as they find themselves being labelled as scroungers, six of the country's ...

Editorial: Disability claims swelling in recession - USA TODAY
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USA TODAY

Editorial: Disability claims swelling in recession
USA TODAY
Certain things can cause someone to become disabled — a chronic illness, for example, or an accident. One thing that should not cause people to be categorized as disabled is a recession. But that appears to be happening with Social Security Disability ...
Facing a Disability? Employer Benefits and Social Security May Both HelpDigitalJournal.com (press release)

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Autistic man struggles in Iowa's mental health system - DesMoinesRegister.com
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Autistic man struggles in Iowa's mental health system
DesMoinesRegister.com
TARGETED HELP: In the meantime, Shults said, the Department of Human Services has a traveling team of experts who help train family members or caretakers to deal with troublesome behaviors from people with mental disabilities. The three-person team, ...

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Health Care Reform for Adults with Developmental Disabilities: an update - San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
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San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

Health Care Reform for Adults with Developmental Disabilities: an update
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
The plan will include yearly health assessments conducted by experienced developmental disability nurse practitioners to ensure that the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities and their caregivers do not go unrecognized.

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'I never qualified for disability benefit, yet I'm still called a faker' - The Guardian
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The Guardian

'I never qualified for disability benefit, yet I'm still called a faker'
The Guardian
Yet Ferrie fears she doesn't seem disabled enough. People who don't know her, she says, find it hard to comprehend the severity of a condition that afflicts someone so young and is not immediately obvious. "They either get very confused or think I'm ...

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Hospital Reconsiders Transplant Denial for Disabled Girl - Fox News
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Hospital Reconsiders Transplant Denial for Disabled Girl
Fox News
The parents of 3-year-old Amelia Rivera say she was denied a kidney transplant because she suffers from mental disabilities. Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Related Stories Doctor, Not Hospital, Denied Transplant Disabled Girl Denied ...
Parents: Mentally disabled girl, 3, might be eligible for life-saving ...Washington Post
Amelia Rivera, Mentally Disabled, May Get Kidney Transplant After AllABC News
Good News! Child With Disabilities May Get Kidney TransplantCare2.com (blog)
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Disabled students want LI to enforce Disability ACT - Vibe Ghana
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Disabled students want LI to enforce Disability ACT
Vibe Ghana
Disabled students of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), have appealed to Government to put in place a Legislative Instrument to enforce the National Disability ACT (ACT 715) of 2006 to enable them access free education. Mr. Mark Akubire Attia, ...

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Parents refuse to accept disabled baby - gulfnews.com
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Parents refuse to accept disabled baby
gulfnews.com
By Dina Aboul Hosn, Staff Reporter Dubai: A baby who was born three months prematurely and with a disability has been waiting for his parents to take him home since October, Dubai Police said. The parents have repeatedly refused to take the baby, ...
Parents abandon 'disabled' newborn in hospitalKhaleej Times

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