Disability Issues

Campaign for Disability Employment Announces Nationwide Video Contest
National Outreach Effort Seeks Creative Video Spots to Help Challenge Perceptions about Disability and EmploymentWashington, DC (PRWEB) January 31, 2012 Today, the Campaign for Disability Employment (CDE), a collaboration by leading disability and business organizations funded by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), announced the launch of its second ...

Disability Claims Overwhelming VA
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Disability Program Grants Some Relief
Four Glenview residents residing in New Trier Township received aid this year as part of the township's program for residents with disabilities.

Disability claims pile up
Disability claims pile up Washington Post Copyright 2012 Washington Post. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 12:56 a.m., Tuesday, January 31, 2012 WASHINGTON — The Veterans Affairs Department is facing a growing backlog of disability claims, fueled by veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and a policy change making it ...

Disability-parking abuse crackdown targets meter cheaters in Loop
Police on Tuesday launched an unprecedented sweep across the Loop to catch disabled-parking abusers and found that one of every five drivers was breaking the law.The 21 officers checked 54 motorists with disability tags who parked for free in metered spots and wound up ticketing ten of them.Most of those able-bodied drivers were hit with citations that carry fines ranging from $500 to $1,000 ...

Green tea drinkers show less disability with age: study
(Reuters) - Elderly adults who regularly drink green tea may stay more agile and independent than their peers over time, according to a Japanese study that covered thousands of people. Green tea contains antioxidant chemicals that may help ward off the cell damage that can lead to disease. Researchers have been studying green tea's effect on everything from cholesterol to the risk of certain ...

New Drug Doesn't Improve Disability Among Stroke Patients
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Study: Green tea drinkers show less disability with age
Elderly adults who regularly drink green tea may stay more agile and independent than their peers over time, according to a study of thousands

Sweeping Cultural Changes in Medicine Offer Opportunities for Disability Insurance Innovations, Says Guardian
The economic and societal forces that have transformed the medical profession over the past decade open the door to new approaches to income protection, according to The Guardian L

Victoria presses case for disability plan
The Baillieu government has upped the ante on a national disability insurance scheme by urging Canberra to commit to spending more than $6 billion a year on the policy ''as a matter of growing urgency''.

Aging Issues

Aging Gracefully: Businesses help seniors get a move on
LA SELVA BEACH -- At the age of 15, Theresa Tucciarelli got her first job working with senior citizens. Working as a waitress at the former Casa del Rey Retirement Hotel in Santa Cruz was the first job Tucciarelli ever had. After decades of ...

Senior news in the Mid-Hudson Valley
LAKE KATRINE, N.Y. — The Ulster County Office for the Aging will have its next lunch on Tuesday starting at noon at the Town of Ulster Senior Center, 1 Town Hall Drive. The Senior Meal Program offers nutritious hot meals and social contact ...

Seniors show their stuff in Agency on Aging benefit
The vehicles may be old and the participants may be older. But there's iceberg on these seniors ' horizon, unless it's wall mural upstairs at Buck Kamphausen's USA World Classics Event Center in downtown Vallejo. No, these seniors are far from ...

Gov. Patrick faces criticism for proposed cut to senior meal program
Betty Thompson, on Raynham’s Council on Aging Board, said she opposes the proposed cuts. “I would be disappointed for the seniors who didn’t receive a meal,” Thompson said. “They have worked all their life. At this point, I think they deserve a ...

Old Age Security change would hurt seniors , Rae says
Any possible change to Old Age Security would have a dramatic domino effect on other social programs and income supplements, interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae said Wednesday. Speaking after a weekly caucus meeting with Liberal MPs, Rae said seniors also apply ...

Opposition, experts warn of domino effect of changing Old Age Security
OTTAWA - Making Canadians wait until age 67 to collect Old Age Security benefits would boost the cost of other support programs for low-income seniors and create a huge financial burden for provinces and municipalities, opposition parties said Wednesday.

Safeguards for aging investors
Like everyone else who’s jumped the fence into “later middle age ,” I have senior moments. Words and names flow to the tip of my tongue and stop. I can’t add and subtract in my head as readily as I used to. We may grow wiser with years ...

True old- age security rests in bricks and mortar
For example, we will have to start retrofitting traditional suburban neighbourhoods to allow seniors the ability to age in place by providing more options for younger seniors to transition from single-family dwellings to apartments located to ...

Volcanoes May Have Sparked Little Ice Age
A mysterious, centuries-long cool spell, dubbed the Little Ice Age , appears to have been caused by a series of volcanic eruptions and sustained by sea ice, a new study indicates. The research, which looked at chemical clues preserved in Arctic vegetation ...

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WESTERN MONTANA LIVES: Maynard Karsky went to bat for others, made a difference
"He has to have that," said Sara Orbe, respite coordinator and senior companion supervisor for Missoula Aging Services. "He gets very upset if he goes to a grocery store and they discontinued it, which happens frequently. So Maynard went to great lengths ...

Child Disability Issues

Carenne's transport problems resolved
BATHURST’S Carenne School has not been badly affected by this week’s row over school transport for children with a disability. Hundreds of students across the state were left stranded on Monday when it was revealed the Department of Education’s Assisted Student Transport Program was not fully operational for the new school year.

El Paso ISD students bloom in outdoor settings
Sights and sounds of children clanging xylophones, playing with sand and water and riding tricycles at Stanton Elementary looked like recess at an elaborate, new-age playground.

Pregnancy is a condition, not a disability
Would someone please tell me when being pregnant or having children was considered a disability? Designated parking for parents with babies or small children? Pregnant women?

Primary pupils 'not toilet trained'
Rising numbers of children are starting school without being toilet trained, a survey of teachers has suggested.

Social Security Q&A
What is the "definition of disability" for children filing for Supplemental Security Income (SSI)?

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Rising numbers of children are starting school without being toilet trained, a survey of teachers has suggested.

Study to understand links between premature birth and maths disability in children
Around 160 school children from London and the Midlands are taking part in a pioneering research project, funded by Action Medical Research, to try to understand the links between being born very prematurely and struggling with mathematics.

Therapeutic recreation offers social story yoga
BRIDGEWATER— The Somerset County Park Commission Therapeutic Recreation (TR) Department is offering “Social Story Yoga,” a new and exciting children’s program for ages 7 to 12 with a developmental disability. The program will combine social stories, music, and movement activities...

Why Autism Diagnosis Can Change as Children Grow Up
Children with autism tend to also have other disorders, such as a learning disability or depression, which affect them in different ways as they age, a new study finds.

Young Children Exposed to Anesthesia Multiple Times Show Elevated Rates of ADHD
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that multiple exposures to anesthesia at a young age are associated with higher rates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder .