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Disabled World Community Newsletter - June 15th, 2009

Disabled World Community Newsletter - June 15th, 2009.

Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)
By Thomas C. Weiss

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a heart disease that is present in the person when they are born. There are a number of different forms of congenital heart defects which vary in their severity. These defects can affect different structures in the person's heart, to include the veins leading to their heart, the heart valves, the arteries that leave their heart, as well as the different interrelationships and connections between these different parts of the person's heart. CHD may even affect the very location of the person's heart within their chest.

READ MORE...http://www.disabled-world.com/health/cardiovascular/congenital-heart-disease.php


Disability Employment Website
By Thomas C. Weiss

GettingHired.com – Disability Employment Central

GettingHired.com is a website that offers employment options for persons with disabilities, as well as opportunities for employers to connect with skilled workers.

The site is incredibly well-created, presenting not only committed employers and jobs, but advocacy organizations and services associated with persons with disabilities. The website for GettingHired.com is currently in its Beta version, making me very excited and in great anticipation of the full version of the site.

READ MORE...http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/employment/employment-website.php


Canadians with Irregular Heartbeat Five Times More Likely to Have a Stroke
By The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

Heart and Stroke Foundation report reveals: Up to a quarter of a million Canadians with irregular heartbeat five times more likely to have a stroke - and twice as likely to die from one.

According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, 250,000 Canadians currently diagnosed with the most common type of heart arrhythmia - atrial fibrillation (AF) - are at least five times more at risk to have a stroke and twice as likely to die from one. More worrisome is that the vast majority may not be aware of their stroke risk.

READ MORE...http://www.disabled-world.com/health/neurology/stroke/irregular-heartbeat-stroke.php


Dyslexic Entrepreneur uses Assistive Technology to Compete in Business
By Louise

Young dyslexic entrepreneur uses latest mobile assistive technology to compete in the business world.

Twenty-five year-old businessman, Arran Smith, set up his IT company five years ago to provide computer services and support to local businesses and individuals. Diagnosed as severely dyslexic at eight years-old, Arran's condition historically prevented him from reading and processing information. Now managing director of a successful business, Arran spends considerable amounts of time on the road, so has invested in CapturaTalk v2, the UK's first mobile phone software which converts text to speech, enabling him to access to emails, digital documents and proof read vital documents on the go. With Oxford English Dictionary definitions at his fingertips, Arran is able to access and make sense of difficult information from one handset quickly and discreetly.

READ MORE...http://www.disabled-world.com/assistivedevices/dyslexic-entrepreneur.php

Investors Wanted for 3-wheel Commuter Vehicles for Disabled Drivers
By Al Thompson, R.E.A., C.E.I.

Investors: introducing: the 2010 "chariot" or "breeze" (name to be determined).

New 3-wheel commuter vehicle for disabled drivers.
55 mpg / 45-50+ mph (street legal -- driven on the street -- not an electric scooter).

Easy and fun to drive: drive wheelchair in rear diamond-plate ramp, lock-in, start the new quiet Yamaha 125cc engine & drive off.
Scenario for disabled commuters:

Going to the market or to get a haircut ... Drive your wheelchair to your gas-hog handicap van, lower electric lift gate, struggle to get from wheelchair into driver's seat. Drive to destination. Repeat those exhausting steps (3) more times before you get back home >>> or >>> drive wheelchair into the new 2010 chariot / breeze, lock-in, start engine & drive off. You stay in your wheelchair. Simple & easy and economical to drive.

READ MORE...http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/investors/3-wheel-scooter-investors.php


New Zealand Accessible Holiday Accommodation
By Lianne Kalivati

LIANNE Kalivati has an ambition: not only does she want to provide detailed, easily accessible information for carers and disabled individuals about accessible holiday accommodation in New Zealand, she also wants to produce a website so successful, she can work from home supporting husband Peter.

Peter was diagnosed in November 2006 with a progressive, debilitating and terminal disease (motor neuron disease). The average life expectancy of individuals who suffer from this disease is between two and five years.  At this point Peter has lost the ability to use his arms and relies on the use of a wheelchair to maintain a degree of mobility and independence. He is totally reliant on a caregiver (usually Lianne) to meet his daily needs.

READ MORE...http://www.disabled-world.com/travel/new-zealand-accommodation.php


People With Mental Health Problems Receive Inadequate Medical Care
By University of Leicester

New study shows people with mental health problems receive inadequate medical care.

Review led by Leicester psychiatrist raises concern over treatment of patients with past mental health issues.

New research led by the University of Leicester and published this week in the British Journal of Psychiatry reveals that people with mental health problems are receiving inferior care for their medical needs.

The study by a team of researchers led by Dr Alex Mitchell from the University of Leicester Department of Cancer Studies and Molecular Medicine, warns that medical care delivered across most branches of medicine to those with a mental health or substance abuse diagnosis is of inferior quality to the usual standard of care.

READ MORE...http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/mental-health.php


Wounded Warrior Honored for His Disability Advocacy
By HSC Foundation

The HSC Foundation Selects Young Marine for Annual Award
A young combat veteran from Arlington, Virginia who returned from Iraq with brain injuries was honored today for his "tireless quest to help other veterans" by the prestigious HSC Foundation, a Washington nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting teens and young adults with disabilities.

Ryan J. Lamke, 24, was selected by The HSC Foundation for its Advocates in Disability Award. The HSC Foundation's annual recognition promotes and awards young individuals between the ages of 14 and 25 "who have dedicated themselves to positively impact the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families in the Washington, DC metropolitan area."

READ MORE...http://www.disabled-world.com/news/veterans/wounded-warrior-honored.php


Cooking Barbecue Food - Safety Tips
By Health Canada

Barbecue season has begun and Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency would like to remind Canadians of steps they can take to avoid foodborne illness caused by bacteria such as E. coli and Salmonella.

Eating undercooked meat and other foods that have come into contact with raw meat can result in food borne illnesses. Symptoms can include severe stomach cramps, vomiting, fever and diarrhea.
Foodborne illness can be avoided by handling and cooking raw meat carefully.

READ MORE...http://www.disabled-world.com/fitness/cooking/barbecue-food-safety.php


Justin Hines Internet Video Message
By Justin Hines

A new and exclusive interactive online contextual viral video promotion for singer-songwriter JUSTIN HINES Orange/Universal single and video, SAY WHAT YOU WILL, from his new album CHASING SILVER, let's people create a customized video message and insert it into an edited version of the song which can be sent to anyone on the web. Go to http://swyw.inmusic.ca/

The song and video have enjoyed widespread early penetration, topping the iTunes singer/songwriter chart, on CMT in Medium rotation, on MuchMoreMusic in Light rotation, with features on Yahoo’s homepage, on mtv.ca and on the heavily trafficked inmusic.ca homepage, where it debuted inside the top 15-streamed videos.

READ MORE...http://www.disabled-world.com/entertainment/hines-video-message.php


Deadbeat Dads and Disability
By healthychickenalmanac

State Governments are seizing the Federal Stimulus Checks from the disabled. By going back years in their paperwork, Washington DSS is finding ways to snag some of the stimulus money under the guise of going after "Deadbeat Dads".

Are the Disabled Dads Deadbeats?

Even though they can identify the Disabled Dads and know they are not in the same category as real deadbeats who hide their assets and cheat the system, the state does not differentiate. Besides, a Disabled Dad can't run and hide like the real deadbeats.

Thought Social Security Would Pay?

How could that be? If the person is disabled, Social Security pays the children Social Security payments? Right? Wrong. Not If the proper paperwork was never done. Their are many reasons why the proper paperwork was never done and the responsibility for filing that paperwork rest with the Mother.

READ MORE...http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/blogs/deadbeat-dads-disability.php


Radio Chip Mimics Human Ear
By Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Drawing inspiration from nature to build a better radio - New radio chip mimics human ear, could enable universal radio.

MIT engineers have built a fast, ultra-broadband, low-power radio chip, modeled on the human inner ear, that could enable wireless devices capable of receiving cell phone, Internet, radio and television signals.
Rahul Sarpeshkar, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and his graduate student, Soumyajit Mandal, designed the chip to mimic the inner ear, or cochlea. The chip is faster than any human-designed radio-frequency spectrum analyzer and also operates at much lower power.

"The cochlea quickly gets the big picture of what's going on in the sound spectrum," said Sarpeshkar. "The more I started to look at the ear, the more I realized it's like a super radio with 3,500 parallel channels."

READ MORE...http://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/technology/radio-ear-chip.php

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