Stories tagged "disabilities"

HOW TO COPE WITH DISABILITY RETIREMENT FORCED BY A STROKE Stroke information is necessarily somewhat vague and generalised, simply because a stroke can vary in intensity from a mild stroke, sometimes called a ‘mini stroke’ to a very severe stroke, whi

JACKSON - Eight-year-old children aren't supposed to make life-changing decisions. But Kira Brazinski did. The now-16-year-old made a decision that would alter her life forever during the third grade. She decided to have her left leg amputated. "She

Am I saying that the social security disability and SSI system is fair. No, in fact, in most of my writing, I go on about how unfair the system is. However, the fact remains that a certain minimal level of fairness and equity is built-in to the system.

Filing for disability means encountering a system that is filled with many obstacles, obstacles that are made even worse in tough economic times. The primary negatives about the system, of course, involve time spent processing a disability claim.

6 - Lou Brissie -- When in Italy serving his country in W.W. II he was hit by artillery fire that shattered his shin bone into 30 pieces and broke his foot

Web accessibility refers to the practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities.

Little Trig Palin prompted more than delegate coos when he joined his mother on stage at the Republican convention. He also raised new questions among parents whose children have disabilities.

Sarah Palin’s offer of friendship sparked hope in many with a stake in the often-marginalized subject of disabilities rights, an issue she has not focused on in Alaska.

Ever wonder what it would be like to grow up as a hearing child of deaf parents. Every day things that we, as the hearing world, take for granted seem to be a challenge for those who are deaf. A personal journey of a hearing child of deaf parents.

Is 'Tropic Thunder' making fun of the mentally challenged, or actors? (Aren't they the same thing?) Is it time to bury "the r-word"? Do we need a retarded Martin Luther King, Jr.?