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Disabilities are limitations in activity and/or functioning that are attributable to permanent medical conditions in physical, mental, emotional, and/or sensory domains and, significantly, are also due to societal responses to those limitations.
Defining Disability
Defining disability is challenging. There is a social/civil rights model, a medical model, and a moral model that professionals and consumers alike use to approach the definition (Bowe, 1978). More on [ Disabilities ]
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Alaska Gov. Palin To Resign
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:44:00 -0400
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who was Republican Sen. John McCain's running mate in the 2008 presidential campaign, says she will resign from office July 26.
Gov. Ted Strickland On Ohio's Budget Impasse
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:45:00 -0400
Ohio is facing a $3.2 billion shortfall in its finances. Gov. Ted Strickland has proposed slots at racetracks and spending cuts, but has not been able to reach a deal with the Legislature. The state is operating on a temporary budget for the next few days.
Rare Copy Of Declaration Found In England
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:00:00 -0400
An original copy of the Declaration of Independence was recently discovered in the British National Archives. Edward Hampshire, the diplomatic and colonial specialist at the archives, talks with Melissa Block about the discovery of the 26th copy of the document.
The Talk of the Town
Lauren Collins: Track School
Lauren Collins Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0000
June marks the onset of what one Village resident refers to as “devil-baby season”--the time of the year when the temperature climbs and New Yorkers start doing crazy stuff. This year, the weather stayed cold, and damp. Things still got weird. On Long Island, a newborn was found . . .
James Surowiecki: Caveat Mortgagor
James Surowiecki Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0000
In 1937, the Massengill Company began selling a health product called Elixir Sulfanilamide, which contained one of the antibiotic sulfa drugs. Unfortunately, it also contained diethylene glycol, a solvent that happens to be deadly to humans. In a matter of months, the elixir killed more than a hundred consumers. The . . .
Hendrik Hertzberg: Stonewall Plus Forty
Hendrik Hertzberg Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0000
The most improbable of America’s mass movements for civil rights--improbable at the time, inevitable in retrospect--got its start at a most improbable hour in a most improbable place. The hour: two in the morning, forty years ago. The place: the sidewalk in front of the Stonewall Inn, a . . .
Almanac of Policy Issues: Disability Issues - News, background information and links on disability issues, including the Americans with Disabilies Act (ADA) and Developmental Disabilities Act (DDA).
But You Don't Look Sick? - A collection of articles, stories, book and product reviews, with health resources and a message board.
Meta Description: [ ButYouDontLookSick.com is about living life to the fullest with any invisible or chronic disease. A collection of stories, book reviews, product reviews, resources, a message board and more. ]
Disability is Natural - Kathie Snow's official website. Offers a new way of thinking (and talking) about disabled people, learning disabilities and physical and mental handicaps.
Meta Description: [ Ready for some good news about people with disabilities? Discover a new way of thinking about disabled people, learning disabilities and physical and mental handicaps. ]
Mothers from Hell 2 - Grass-roots parent advocacy group, working for the appropriate education, community acceptance, needed services, rights of, and entitlements for individuals with disabilities. Resources, newsletter, membership, and contacts. Based in German Valley.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to Mothers From Hell 2 ]
Services for Deaf and Hearing Disabled - News, employment, and events for the deaf and hearing disabled.
Meta Description: [ Together Deaf Foundation - Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing including: News, Jobs, Employment, Deaf Events, Chat Room, Message Boards. ]
Stigma and Discrimination - Petition opposing NAMI approval of the Lunatix Online game which stereotypes people with mental illness and perpetuates stigma and discrimination.
Meta Description: [ Stigma and Discrimination Petition ]
Thalidomide Victims Association of Canada - An organization representing approximately 125 Canadians born disabled as a consequence of the drug Thalidomide. Site has position paper on the proposal to begin using the drug again.
The Media Edge - How to write opinion articles that editors will actually use.
Meta Description: [ The Ragged Edge: Disability-rights culture, ideas, revolution, humor ... the best you've known with The Disability Rag, now even better. Created by Cliffwood Organic Works for The Advocado Press. ]
The Trigger, the Pen and the Switch - Article on the killing of a woman thinking of moving her mother to a care facility.
Meta Description: [ The Ragged Edge: Disability-rights culture, ideas, revolution, humor ... the best you've known with The Disability Rag, now even better. Created by Cliffwood Organic Works for The Advocado Press. ]
The Way America Treats The Disabled - Tommy Allen Thompson's account of his experience with job discrimination.
Meta Description: [ It is time that the US treat qualified physically disabled individuals equally, and offer an equal opportunity for employment based on job ability, not physical disability.
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Whispers of Hope - A center to discuss issues, to find resources, and to empower people with disabilities.
[About.com] Adoption Ability, Not Disability - Article for disabled would-be adoptive parents.
Meta Description: [ Adoption and foster care information including; gay adoption, international adoption, domestic adoption and foster / adoptive parenting. Free adoption search angels for your adoption search. ]
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