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Disabled World Community Newsletter October 1st, 2010
Information provided by Thomas C. Weiss - Published: 2010-10-01
Disabled World Community Newsletter October 1st, 2010.
Doctors Need to Help Patients Prepare Better for Health Decisions
By University of Michigan
Zikmund-Fisher, now an assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health specializing in health communication, chose to gamble. After nine months of blood transfusions, a bone marrow match was found in Australia. Zikmund-Fisher spent another month in isolation until his new immune system began working.
Read more... Doctors Need to Help Patients Prepare Better for Health Decisions
Assisted Living Facilities: The First Step to Evaluating Quality
By AssistedLivingFacilities.net
Researching assisted living facilities for loved ones can be overwhelming with the large amount of choices, the associated costs and the stress of putting a parent in the care of someone else. Although there are many areas to evaluate, AssistedLivingFacilities.net recommends that the research should begin with the medication disbursement and the health care provided.
Read more... Assisted Living Facilities: The First Step to Evaluating Quality
Disability Awareness Education and Training Video
In this video clip we see through the eyes of students, instructors, and teachers, as they describe the Cromwell Center for Disabilities Awareness Program. The Cromwell Center for Disabilities Awareness was founded in 2003, with a mission to help ensure that people with all kinds of disabilities, learning, behavioral and emotional, developmental, and physical, receive the same respect, acceptance, and opportunity that every person deserves.
View Video... Disability Awareness Education and Training Video
Mobile Phone-Donation Program for Seniors
By Just5
Just5, a global provider of mobile devices designed for ease of use, reliability and emergency response, today announced a partnership with ONEgeneration, an intergenerational care center that serves seniors, children and their families, to implement a mobile phonedonation program for its residents. During an onsite event at ONEgeneration's Reseda, California location today, Just5 will provide 20 senior residents with one of its mobile phones with 100 free minutes, as part of the company's ongoing corporate social responsibility initiatives.
Read more... Mobile Phone-Donation Program for Seniors
Treatment for Persons with Dysphonia and Voice Problems
By Duke University Medical Center
Two-thirds of Americans with voice problems don't seek medical care either because they don't know treatment is available or because they think the problem will just go away, according to a new study conducted at the Duke Voice Care Center. That's concerning, says Seth Cohen, MD, an otolaryngologist at Duke. "Voice disorders aren't benign nuisances that just go away.
Read more... Treatment for Persons with Dysphonia and Voice Problems
Special Olympics Minnesota Athletes Selected to Compete at 2011 World Summer Games
By Special Olympics Minnesota
Eight Special Olympics Minnesota athletes have been selected to Team USA at the 2011 World Summer Games in Athens, Greece, June 25- July 4, 2011. The Minnesotans selected to Team USA include Jake Sawyer, 21, a swimmer from Champlin; fellow swimmer Amy Holty, 30, of Rochester; track & field athlete Kristina Fritz, 32, of Woodbury; bocce player Tyler DeVries, 24, of Underwood; Blaine Cox, 23, a bowler from North Mankato; equestrian athlete Matthew Schoenbauer, 13, of New Prague; and tennis players Richard Martin, 27, of Hibbing and Katie VandenBosch, 20, of Farmington.
Read more... Special Olympics Minnesota Athletes Selected to Compete at 2011 World Summer Games
Special Olympics Georgia Celebrates Eunice Kennedy Shriver Week
By Special Olympics Georgia
"Her legacy of inspiring change throughout her life will be recognized through a day of sports, meeting new people and contributions with the goal of championing hope, justice, faith and courage," said Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) CEO Georgia Milton-Sheats. "Eunice Kennedy Shriver week is an opportunity to demonstrate what Shriver has taught us by changing our perceptions of people with intellectual disabilities with sport and camaraderie," Milton-Sheats said.
Read more... Special Olympics Georgia Celebrates Eunice Kennedy Shriver Week
Anal Warts - Prevention and Treatment
By Thomas C. Weiss
Anal warts commonly spread from person to person through sexual contact, although they may also spread from inanimate objects such as a shared bath towel. Around two-thirds of people who have sexual contact with a person who has genital warts will develop them, often within three months of the time of contact. Medical science estimates as many as one-million new cases of anal and genital warts are diagnosed each year in the United States alone.
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Millions of Americans Are Living with Hidden Epidemics of Hepatitis B and C
By Trust for America's Health
The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) issued a new report today calling for action to be taken to transform how the country deals with viral hepatitis – to help identify millions of Americans who know they are living with chronic forms of hepatitis B and C and to assure access to treatment for all who need it, to prevent even more Americans from becoming infected.
Read more... Millions of Americans Are Living with Hidden Epidemics of Hepatitis B and C
Phantom Limbs More Common than Previously Thought
By Elsevier
Damage to the nervous system, such as stroke, may cause similar illusions in weakened limbs, whereby an arm or leg may feel as if it is in a completely different position or may even feel as if it is moving when it is not. Cases of phantom limbs in non-amputees have previously been considered rare events, but a new study published in the October 2010 issue of Elsevier's Cortex (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cortex) reports that more than half of patients recovering from stroke may in fact experience phantom limb sensations.
Read more... Phantom Limbs More Common than Previously Thought
ROKTalk Multi-Language Text-To-Speech Service for Websites
By ROKTalk
ROK Americas, the mobile technology, applications and services company, has today announced the launch of its ROKTalk multi-language text-to-speech service for websites. “The ability to make websites talk and to have that audible speech translated into other languages represents an enormous advancement in website accessibility on many levels” said Paolo Fidanza, CEO of ROK Americas “not least for the benefit of those for whom English is not their first language, but also for those with a visual impairment, the under-educated and illiterate as well as the millions of people affected by dyslexia, worldwide.”
Read more... ROKTalk Multi-Language Text-To-Speech Service for Websites
Tips for Flying Abroad for Travelers With Special Needs
By Special Needs Group, Inc.
September and October, the traditional "shoulder season" between summer's high season and winter's low season, are good months for slow walkers and individuals with special needs to travel. There are fewer tourists overall, meaning more space on walkways and fewer lines for museums and other attractions. Prices drop, too, especially for international destinations.
Read more... Tips for Flying Abroad for Travelers With Special Needs
American Community Survey Data - Census Bureau
By U.S. Census Bureau
The U.S. Census Bureau released the results of the 2009 American Community Survey (ACS), one of a series of data products the Census Bureau is releasing in the coming months that provides information on the nation's population. The release is based on survey responses collected over the course of the 2009 calendar year and provides data about the nation's socioeconomic, housing and demographic characteristics.
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