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The U.S. Paralympics will be hosting 12 student-athletes (ages 14-19) with physical disabilities and six adults, made up of coaches, teachers and program leaders at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada, March 12-21.In the Paralympic Experience program, participants will have the opportunity to meet U.S. Par (Read More)
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washingtonpost.com - The District:
202-636-2950 http://www.arcdc.net This nonprofit advocacy group representing individuals with intellectual disabilities needs items such as collared shirts, blouses, gloves, wallets, iPods and jackets to support people with disabilities on their jobs. Donations can be delivered from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m....
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Changes to the Americans with Disabilities Act are redefining the definition of disability to include a host of workers with conditions such as epilepsy, diabetes or bipolar disorder.
Bipolar disorder - Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Health - Mental health - Disorders. (Read More)
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On November 6 the FCC held a Field Hearing on Broadband Access for People with Disabilities at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. The hearing is one of many that will discuss ways to bring access to broadband to the nation’s 54 Americans with disabilities. The meeting included panelists from A.G. (Read More)
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The Guinness Book of World Records officially says an ailing 4-year-old Great Dane named Titan from San Diego is the world's tallest dog. The gentle soul is blind, deaf and epileptic — and he stands 42.25 inches from floor to shoulder.
Guinness World Record - Great Dane - Dog - San Diego - California. (Read More)
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Two universities say they will not deploy Amazon’s Kindle DX to distribute electronic textbooks to their students, citing the Kindle’s lack of accessible features for people with print disabilities. While the Kindle DX features text-to-speech technology that can read textbooks aloud, the menus of the device are not accessib (Read More)
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Gizmodo:
One Olympic swimmer has a D-cup breast size. From a physiological standpoint, she's at a disadvantage to a swimmer who's an A-cup. If she amputated her breasts to become more streamlined, would we consider her crazy, or worse, a cheater? The Amazons, after all, amputated their left breast so it wouldn't impede their skill i (Read More)
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Gizmodo:
One Olympic swimmer has a D-cup breast size. From a physiological standpoint, she's at a disadvantage to a swimmer who's an A-cup. If she amputated her breasts to become more streamlined, would we consider her crazy, or worse, a cheater? The Amazons, after all, amputated their left breast so it wouldn't impede their skill i (Read More)
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The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon's Kindle can read books aloud, but if you're blind it can be difficult to turn that function on without help. Now two universities say they will shun the device until Amazon changes the setup.The National Federation of the Blind planned to announce Wednesday that the University of Wisconsin-Madison an (Read More)
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The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
LOS ANGELES — The glee club members twirl their wheelchairs to the tune of "Proud Mary" and in joyful solidarity with Artie, the fellow performer who must use his chair even when the music stops.The scene in Wednesday's episode of the hit Fox series "Glee," which regularly celebrates diversity and the underdog, is yet anoth (Read More)
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abledbody:
Career coach Rosalind Joffe consults people with disabilities and chronic illnesses who want to return to the workplace. Her advice: Start small, look for telecommuting opportunities and never lose hope. (Read More)
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Break a leg? Forget crutches — transfer the weight of your leg onto one of Forward Mobility’s leg braces. Joel Smith, along with his wife Patty, developed the Freedom Leg, after years of working in the bicycle industry and as an aerospace engineer at Boeing.
The Freedom Leg transfers 100 percent of the weight of [...]. (Read More)
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While the general population has a plethora of online travel sites to surf — TripAdvisor and Travelocity come to mind — for the disabled, resources have been scarce. However, a few avid travelers with disabilities have been paving the way with new websites, search engines and wikis.Disabledtravelguide.co.uk is a new, U.K.-b (Read More)
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