Stories tagged "disabled"

Georgia Tech boffins have created a new computer interface that turns the tongue into a control mechanism much akin to a joystick. They envision a system where a disabled person's mouth could be transformed into a virtual computer where teeth act as a key

Disabled children have been wrongly held at a detention centre and families transported in cages, a report finds.

Arava the disabled turtle is using her new set of wheels to get around in more ways than one.

A police force has apologised after a disabled child and his parents claimed they were detained at a Channel crossing point under the Terrorism Act.

A new survey has revealed that three out of five disabled people have difficulty using public transport. Some people no longer choose to make the attempt of travelling, according to the Leonard Cheshire disability charity.

Actor and disability rights activist Robert David Hall ("CSI: Crime Scene Investigation") will be a speaker at The National Forum on Disability Issues

“I think most able-bodied people would say that they’d rather die because they have no point of reference. So the thought of disability is scary and intimidating,” said Whitney Sivill, a Disaboom blogger. “But if they were ever put in the situat

Emergency response officials and mass-transit agencies in Chicago need to do a better job of planning for the evacuation of the elderly, the disabled and the poor in the event of a terrorist attack or serious natural disaster, a new federal report...

Ideas for those newly disabled.

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