disability

In years past, an individual with a disability in the United States and in most western nations faced poor job prospects, financial hardship, problems with transportation and even building access.  Thanks to efforts on the part of disability rights advocates, disabled individuals have more opportunities and legal rights than their forbearers could have ever imagined.

In the United States, Social Security disability provides individuals who are unable to work with income benefits and medical care. Nations around the world have similar programs to support those affected by a disability.

While a physical or mental health disability will continue to create challenges for affected individuals, legal barriers to employment, housing and opportunity have been greatly reduced.

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• in Family
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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “disability”

 

• Disability Zine now out (with activism)

  
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  11 sheets of paper (double sided and 2 pages per sheet) 8 articles 7 images on their own pages 2 nights NO SLEEP. PRICELESS Disability Zine nitty gritty:
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• Maternity Discrimination Leads to Another Settlement

  
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  During the past year, charges of lending discrimination involving people on maternity leave have led to settlements with at least four companies. The latest to reach an agreement is a mortgage insurance company. The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced in June 2011 that a lawsuit was being filed ...
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• Doctors Say People with a Learning Disability Get Poorer Healthcare

  
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  From Mencap: Most doctors believe that patients with a learning disability receive poorer healthcare than the rest of the population. See more at: http://www.mencap.org.uk/news/article/doctors-admit-healthcare-discrimination
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• Cllr Jonathan Bacon Volunteers As A Care Worker For A Day

  
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  IWC Independent councillor Jonathan Bacon volunteered his time to be a care worker for a day last week at a Dementia Unit to get a flavour of the challenges faced by carers and the cared for.
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• Senior Life Underwriter Job at Beyond Services Limited, Wellington, Wellington Central

  
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• Utilizing a Disability Application

  
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  It is sadly no surprise to any one these days how much it costs to pay for health insurance. While a lot of strides have been made toward correcting the problem of health insurance and how it is provided by employers to employees, the issue is nowhere near from over. Each and every day millions are without coverage ...
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• Schizophrenic Indie Author “Recovered” Against All Odds

  
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  Oh Huishan, international indie author from Singapore, “recovered” from schizophrenia against all odds through writing and self publishing her books. International (PRUnderground) February 7th, 2012 4Share The battle with a mental condition such as schizophrenia can be a daunting and complicated process but Oh ...
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• Navigating The Social Security Disability Program

  
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  Application and Appeal Process It is easy to lose hope when you receive notification that your application for Social Security Disability benefits was denied. However, most applications for Social Security Disability benefits are denied at this initial stage. A Jackson Social Security Disability Lawyer can explain ...
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• Are You Disabled to The Point Where You Can’t Work? Social Security Disability Can Help

  
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  Do you have a disability that prevents you from doing any kind of work? Have you been disabled for about a year? Does your disability prevent you from living and doing the things that you need to do? If you answered yes to one of these three questions, you are entitled to Social Security Disability. When you worked, ...
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• Hope.

  
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  My whole trip down memory lane had me clicking around my old blog, reading random entries. And I found one where my pal David asked me ten questions. One blew me away. Look: 6) If you had to choose between a life without legs and a life without children, which would it be? I’m answering these out of order, ...
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• As sickness benefit cuts take effect, thousands face hard times

  
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  Fears those too ill to work will be unable to meet basic living costs as government limits contributory allowance to 365 days It all began with a telephone call. Earlier this month, Malcolm Parker, who has not worked since his spine collapsed three years ago, was rung out of the blue by an official from the ...
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• The young Rosemary Sutcliff had to endure a spinal carriage

  
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  Rosemary Sutcliff contracted juvenile arthritis at a very early age. Speaking to Roy Plomley on Desert Island Discs she spoke of how she was moved around, in a spinal carriage. A spinal carriage… was rather like a wicker coffin. It was very uncomfortable and you lay flat out in this thing and of course all [...]
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• The Frank Henry Ralph Pounsett Scholarship Fund, 2012 Canada

  
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  Post-secondary Scholarship for young adults with a physical disability at currently applying to or enrolled in a post-secondary educational facility, .. [Read Full Scholarship Detail]
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• Numerous Reasons For Having Disability Insurance In Calgary

  
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  Everyone goes to work every single day and doesn’t realize they should be considering disability insurance in Calgary. The chance of getting hurt at work and becoming disabled is a little bit over 30 per cent and that is something most us don’t realize. Most employees at the age of 20 have had injuries and a lot ...
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• John Prings Disability News Round Up - Week Ending 20/04/2012

  
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  ·          The knock-on effects of the government’s huge cuts to spending on disability living allowance could wipe out every penny of the savings it is hoping for, according to a new report. ·          Sports governing bodies must do much more to encourage disabled people to play sport ...
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• Economic Scene: Disability Insurance Causes Pain

  
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  Disability insurance takes too many workers out of the job market prematurely. It reduces their lifetime income and, to top it off, slows economic growth.
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• Defending the Defenders: New Guide Covers How to Defend Veterans with Invisible War Wounds

  
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• Insurance For Subcontractors

  
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  Scenario 1: a roofer is walking finished a cerebration site, trips over a money of bricks mitt by the mason and breaks his leg.Scenario 2: a crane cause stumbles climbing discover of the machine, hits his nous and gets a concussion.Scenario 3: a journeyman is instalment some tube when a worker who is above him [...]
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• Facebook Tells Mother: Remove Photos of Down Syndrome Child

  
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  A North Carolina mother was told by Facebook that photos of her Down Syndrome son at a Special Olympics event violated the social media sites policies.
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• The 5D’s: Death

  
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  Erin and her three beautiful children, Sean, Bridget and Ryan. Although all 5D’s are difficult (death, divorce, disaster, disability, debt), we can pretty safely say that death trumps them all. Coping with the death of a loved one is perhaps the hardest thing we have to encounter in our lives. But when ...
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