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Putting ability back into disability
ANACONDA — As they do in words, apostrophes can become wedged in people’s lives. Can’t. Don’t. Shouldn’t. Couldn’t. A simple apostrophe marks the end of what can, should and could be done.
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Survivor, the Disabled Version, Comes to U.K. TV
To television executives depressed over the dwindling audiences for reality TV shows and looking for ways to reinvigorate the once hugely profitable genre, the following pitch might be compelling. “We’ve got this great show for you. We’re going to take six strangers and strand them somewhere really remote; we’ll film them as they struggle to survive. You say it’s already been done — there’s I’m a Celebrity — Get Me Out of Here! and Survivor and, here in Britain, Castaway. But here’s the twist: our participants will be … disabled! Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Cast Offs, a uniquely challenging reality TV show.”
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Army helps vets with `invisible wounds’ find jobs
SAN ANTONIO — Richard Martin keeps a rearview mirror on his desk to prevent co-workers from startling him in his cubicle. The walls are papered with sticky notes to help him remember things, and he wears noise-canceling headphones to keep his easily distracted mind focused.
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Murdoch: Paterson’s Blindness, Cluelessness Hurts NY Politics
Why don’t we have more civility in our political discourse? “Because David Paterson is blind and can’t read Braille,” according to the wisdom of Rupert Murdoch.
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State submits plan to house mentally ill
In compliance with a federal judge’s order, Gov. David A. Paterson announced Nov. 7 that the state had submitted a plan to the court that, if implemented, would offer supported housing to individuals with mental illness who currently reside in certain adult homes in New York City.
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U.S. widening definition for disability at work
Priya Dua suffers from epilepsy, but she considers herself a hard worker who has not allowed her condition to derail her career. But her last job as an account manager for a San Diego company tested her resolve.
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“Retardation” terms not supported by Ohioans
A day after election results showed more than 67 percent of voters approved Issue 5, ‘MR/DD levy renewal’ , Hamilton County Mental Retardation and Developmental Disability center officially removed of the term “mental retardation” from their organizational name.
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Are government websites fully accessible to the disabled?
There’s a federal law–the Rehabilitation Act–requiring that federal agencies’ electronic and information technology be accessible to people with disabilities. It’s a law that every agency must take seriously, but many are falling short of the requirements to make web access fully available for 54 million Americans with disabilities.
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Disability a nonissue for actor
LOS ANGELES — Nine years ago, a motorcycle accident left Daryl Mitchell paralyzed from the waist down. Besides needing a wheelchair to get around, though, the co-star of the new Fox comedy Brothers said his life has changed little.
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Universities Say Kindle Is Unfriendly to Blind Users
The Amazon Kindle is an e-reader that has the potential to gain a lot of ground if universities turn to electronics rather than expensive textbooks. But this week, the National Federation of the Blind announced that two universities would not buy the devices unless the Kindle can make the “read aloud” functions easier for blind students to use.
