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Disabled World Community Newsletter - December 15th, 2009
Information provided by Thomas C. Weiss - Published: 2009-12-14
Disabled World Community Newsletter - December 15th, 2009.
New Tool to Help Visually Impaired Perform Online Banking
By TD
A new web accessibility tool recently launched by TD Canada Trust and TD Waterhouse improves the online experience and access for customers with visual impairments. The Web Accessibility Toolbar allows people with limited vision or with eye fatigue to customize the appearance of Web content. User-friendly features include the ability to quickly and easily adjust font sizes, change color contrast, magnify all or a portion of the screen, and have text read aloud with adjustable speed and volume control.
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The Spectrum Network - Helping People Live and Work in the Community
By Thomas C. Weiss
The people at The Spectrum Network create customized solutions for people with disabilities, so they can live and work in their own communities. The organization is there for adults with mental illness, as well as people who experience developmental, physical, or intellectual disabilities. They are also there for people who have a chemical dependency.
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H1N1 Unexpected Weakness
By Rice University
The H1N1 influenza virus has been keeping a secret that may be the key to defeating it and other flu viruses as well. Researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have found what they believe is a weakness in H1N1's method for evading detection by the immune system.
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Alzheimer's Disease Prevention - Extended Youthfulness
By Cell Press
Therapies that can keep us younger longer might also push back the clock on Alzheimer's disease, suggests a new study of mice in the December 11th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication. "There's something about being youthful that protects us from Alzheimer's disease," said Andrew Dillin of The Salk Institute for Biological Studies. "People say that if you live long enough, you get Alzheimer's.
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Irregular Arm Swing Could Indicate Parkinson's Disease
By Penn State
Irregular arm swings while walking could be an early sign of Parkinson's disease, according to neurologists who believe early detection may help physicians apply treatments to slow further brain cell damage until strategies to slow disease progression are available. Parkinson's disease is an age-related disorder involving loss of certain types of brain cells and marked by impaired movement and slow speech.
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U.S. Department of Social Security Sending Corrected Benefit Notices
By Social Security
The Social Security Administration earlier this month mailed notices that contained incorrect January 2010 payment dates. These erroneous notices went to about 6 million beneficiaries who receive their payments on either the second, third, or fourth Wednesday of each month, and are part of the annual benefit notices that go to 52 million Social Security beneficiaries.
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ChildRC.com Birth Injury Community Website
By Sokolove Law
ChildRC.com contains the most comprehensive set of tools, contacts and references for parents in need of care for their child afflicted by a birth injury. Sokolove Law LLC, the leader in the reinvention of how people obtain legal services, announced today its enhanced ChildRC.com Resource Center, the largest information-based website for parents of children with Cerebral Palsy, Erb's Palsy, Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (PPHN), and other birth related injuries.
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NotAlone.com - Community Support for Warriors
By Thomas C. Weiss
The people behind NotAlone.com draw on a group of unique individuals with personal experiences in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. These people have been where many of these warriors are, and have struggled to regain their own lives and establish a new sense of normal upon returning home. The NotAlone.com website started from the idea of creating a space for warriors and their families with combat stress to come together, spend time with others, and begin the process of healing.
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Drug Interface to Save Lives
By University of Alberta
A drug information interface system developed by two University of Alberta researchers has been shown to help in dealing with visual and motor impairments, which can make sorting, holding and identifying pills a challenge as we age. Lisa Given and Stan Ruecker, professors in humanities computing, asked seniors, age 65 and older, to imagine having accidentally dropped and mixed up their pills.
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National Vaccine Plan - IOM Report
By National Academy of Sciences
While vaccines help prevent many diseases in the United States, we lack immunization protection against several serious illnesses, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine that identifies priority areas for updating the National Vaccine Plan. The revised plan should include a strategy to accelerate development of high-priority vaccines, said the committee that wrote the report.
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Health Care Leaders to Senate: Defeat Medicare Expansion Proposal
By Mayo Clinic
ADA Access - Where Are We Now?
By Thomas C. Weiss
The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed more than two decades ago, to the great joy and expectations of vast numbers of people with disabilities. Justin Dart worked endlessly to find the ADA signed into law, and Yoshiko worked right next to him. They were certainly not alone in their efforts, and it was finally signed by President Bush.
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