Star-News(Wilmington, N.C.)
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Social media opens social world to elderly, disabled
Social media is developing into more than a pastime for the elderly and disabled. If implemented properly, it could become their social lifeline.
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CNN
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Heather Mills joins Larry King to discuss efforts to help those who lost limbs as a result of the Haitian earthquake.
The Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal
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Gov. Mark Parkinson is on the cusp of determining the fate of Kansas Neurological Center in Topeka.
The New York Times
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Cases: An Ill Father, a Life-or-Death Decision
I am utterly spent by the time my father lands in the emergency room, shortly after 1 a.m. on a cold January night.
The Syracuse (N.Y.) Post-Standard
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80 skiers with disabilities enjoying winter at Toggenburg
For Andrew Lee, things are looking up when he’s going downhill.
Concord (N.H.) Monitor
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Martin Wallem breathes with a ventilator and can only move only his eyes and grind his teeth. He uses those limited movements to tell his son when it’s bedtime and his wife when he wants to go deep-sea fishing, hunting and downhill skiing.
Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram
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Getting work is no easy job for the disabled
Michael Blazek, an out-of-work financial analyst who’s visually impaired, has one way to confront hiring managers’ questions about whether he can do the job. He brings his tools to the interview.
The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer
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Soldier with disability continues to serve
Capt. Ivan Castro is taking it easy this spring. He’s running only three full marathons and the Myrtle Beach half-marathon.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
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STARS Program in North Park hitting the sweet spot
At 35 seats, the North Park Vaudeville & Candy Shoppe claims the distinction of being the smallest theater in San Diego. And if all goes well, artistic director Summer Golden hopes someday it will be … still the smallest theater in San Diego.
The Oakland Tribune
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CityWise: Oakland settles lawsuit with disability rights group
City officials reached a settlement this week with the Berkeley-based Disability Rights Advocates over a 2007 lawsuit that said the city was ill-prepared to help disabled people in the event of a disaster such as an earthquake or firestorm.