http://www.disabled-world.com/ Disability Community News and Information Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:29:35 PST en-us http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/down-syndrome-tests.php Cognitive Disabilities We did not miss a single case of Down syndrome with our overall screening program, which included an option for invasive testing. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:25:26 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/cognitive/down-syndrome-tests.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/tax-reform.php USA Disability News There is one group of FSA owners for whom this new cap will be particularly cruel and onerous: parents of special needs children. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:13:31 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/america/tax-reform.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/veterans/vietnam-women.php Veterans News Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is launching a comprehensive study of women Veterans who served in the military during the Vietnam War. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:07:42 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/veterans/vietnam-women.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/employment/usa/disability-employment-funding.php US Disability Employment GettingHired.com, the largest disability employment portal in the USA, secured additional funding from Zenith Insurance Company, KDC and Fisher Capital Corp. for continued growth as well as for development of new product FastTrackRTW, a return to work initiative supporting long term disability and workers' compensation. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:55:13 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/employment/usa/disability-employment-funding.php http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/pharmaceutical/drug-discount-card.php Pharmaceutical Disabled American Veterans (DAV) announces the launch of a free prescription drug discount card that offers savings up to 75% and when the card is used, 50 cents will be donated to the DAV from United Networks of America. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:06:11 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/pharmaceutical/drug-discount-card.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/legal/civic-access-disabilities.php Legal and Lawyers Project Civic Access was initiated to ensure that individuals with disabilities have an equal opportunity to participate in civic life. As part of the project, department investigators, attorneys and architects survey state and local government facilities and programs throughout the country to identify modifications necessary to comply with ADA requirements. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:54:56 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/legal/civic-access-disabilities.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/events/november2009/fishing-tournament.php November 2009 Events Approximately 20 fishing boats and a large-mouth/peacock bass-stocked lake inside the Homestead-Miami Speedway await participants who will fish at the annual Rejuvenate Auto Hot Rod & Reels(TM) NASCAR Drivers Charity Fishing Tournament with the likes of NASCAR personalities Darrell Waltrip, Clint Bowyer, Ryan Newman, team owner Richard Childress, Martin Truex, Scott Wimmer and many others. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:47:10 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/events/november2009/fishing-tournament.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/braille-literacy.php Disability Awareness Once again, Santa has enlisted the help of the elves at the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) Jernigan Institute to get Braille letters out to hundreds of blind boys and girls this Christmas season. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:53:48 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/braille-literacy.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/pet-toxin-tips.php Service Animals The holidays are stressful enough without having to worry about a potentially poisoned pet. Below is a list of holiday-related decorations, plants and food items that the veterinarians at Pet Poison Helpline recommend keeping away from pets. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:41:13 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/pet-toxin-tips.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/insurance/disability-applicants.php Disability Insurance Allsup survey finds 85 percent of applicants say the SSA should explain assistance options at beginning of Social Security Disability Insurance application process. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:17:28 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/insurance/disability-applicants.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/blogs/charity-fair.php Disability Blogs SOFTIN was invited to an unusual and wonderful event. A corporate Charity Fair. FLIR Corporation in Goleta, California does this each year. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:00:46 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/blogs/charity-fair.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/dermatology/skin/darier-disease.php Skin Conditions Occasionally, people who have Darier disease also experience a form of neurological disorder, such as epilepsy, depression, or a mild intellectual disability. Learning and behavioral difficulties have also been reported among persons with Darier disease. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:33:33 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/dermatology/skin/darier-disease.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/disabilitycommunity/community-newsletter-11-15-09.php Disability Newsletter Disabled World Community Newsletter - November 15th, 2009. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:22:17 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/disabilitycommunity/community-newsletter-11-15-09.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/education/special/cec.php Special Education The CEC serves an audience that includes students, parents, teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals and support service providers. They serve all aspects of education and development of students with disabilities and those who are gifted. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:42:11 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/education/special/cec.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/dermatology/skin/keloids.php Skin Conditions A, "Keliod," is a form of enlarged growth or scar at the site of a wound or cut which extends beyond the confines of the original wound. Keloids can differ in their size, location, as well as their shape, and are common on hands, forearms or ear lobes. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:36:25 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/dermatology/skin/keloids.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/events/november2009/physiotherapy-associates-event.php November 2009 Events Physiotherapy Associates workers compensation services encompass physical therapy, occupational therapy, functional capacity evaluations, and specialized return-to-work programs such as work conditioning. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:08:56 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/events/november2009/physiotherapy-associates-event.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/cancer/melanoma/sunbed-cancer.php Skin Cancer Melanoma An estimated quarter of a million 11-17 year olds in England are being put at increased risk of developing malignant melanoma by using sunbeds, warn researchers in a letter to this week's BMJ. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:53:47 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/cancer/melanoma/sunbed-cancer.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/disabilities-today.php Disability In a development that could have significant ramifications for the nation's health care system, Baby Boomers may well be entering their 60s suffering far more disabilities than their counterparts did in previous generations, according to a new UCLA study. The findings, researchers say, may be due in part to changing American demographics. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:47:07 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/disabilities-today.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/diphtheria.php Types of Disability Diphtheria is a bacterial infection that happens quickly and spreads easily, affecting a person's throat and nose. Children under the age of five years and adults over the age of sixty are at particular risk of the Diphtheria infection, as well as people who live in unclean and crowded conditions, people who are undernourished, and both adults and children who do not have current immunizations. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:30:15 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/diphtheria.php http://www.disabled-world.com/health/neurology/autism/uk-autism-law.php Autism The Autism Bill will receive Royal Assent today making it the Autism Act: England's first ever disability-specific law. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:13:59 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/health/neurology/autism/uk-autism-law.php