01/08/2009
Disabled people plead for funds (The Wichita Eagle)
For people with disabilities, a state program providing home care can be the difference between living at home and living in a nursing home surrounded by people much older. In addition, helping people stay in their homes saves government money and creates jobs. Those were the arguments that disabled people and their advocates brought to state lawmakers Wednesday, as they pleaded for someone ...
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01/08/2009
Uganda: Disabled Get 92 Wheelchairs (AllAfrica.com)
Kampala — THE Masaka and Mengo Rotary clubs and the Wheelchair Foundation have donated 92 wheelchairs worth sh32m to disabled persons' in Masaka district.
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01/07/2009
Disabled people plead with legislators for support (The Wichita Eagle)
Disabled people and advocates for them pleaded with lawmakers today to do something to alleviate a funding crunch that has frozen new applications for services to help the disabled stay in their homes. Greg Cryer, a 46-year-old man who uses a wheelchair because of amputations and blood clots, said there's no way he could continue to live on his own without the 23 hours of aide time he receives ...
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01/07/2009
Region VIII, Biloxi apartment unfair to disabled woman (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
HUD has charged the Mississippi Region VIII Housing Authority, Sun Belt Management Co., and Oakridge Park Apartments in Biloxi with denying a first-floor apartment to disabled resident Mary Waltman in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act.
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01/07/2009
Medication stolen from a disabled man (KXAN 36 Austin)
A disabled man was leaving a CVS in North Austin when another man stole his medication right out of his hands.
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01/07/2009
Unity Bus Driver Charged With Sexually Assaulting Disabled Women (WTAE-TV Pittsburgh)
Police have charged a Westmoreland County bus driver they said sexually molested six mentally disabled female passengers over a three-year period.
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01/07/2009
Dog killers slash disabled woman (ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
A gang stabbed a dog to death then slashed its disabled owner with a knife, police have said.
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01/07/2009
Updated 1/7: Recycle old tech gear and help disabled students on Saturday (Glenview Announcements)
Area residents with old computers and medical equipment can do some good for disabled students and the environment by participating in a recycling drive from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Glenbrook South High School, 4000 W. Lake Ave., Glenview. The high school's Interact Club sponsors the drive, along with United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Chicago. Acceptable electronics for the drive are: ...
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01/07/2009
'Magnetic Bra' Gives Independence Back To Disabled And Older Women (Medical News Today)
Coventry University has helped to develop a new bra for older and disabled women which replaces traditional fastenings with magnets. Birmingham company Adaptawear has worked with the University's Health Design and Technology Institute (HDTI) to bring its front-fastening bra the latest product in its range of adaptive clothing for men and women to market.
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01/07/2009
Taxi driver admits refusing to take disabled woman (icNewcastle - Evening Chronicle)
A TAXI driver has been left shamed after refusing to transport a disabled woman. Dad-of-two Syed Ahmed told the 69-year-old woman that he didn’t know how to use the ramp to get her wheelchair into his vehicle.
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