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60Don't say retarded: The proper language to use when talking about a person with a disability.
All too often, I am hearing people refer to things as being "retarded." This language can be very offensive to people, especially to those with disabilities. Most people are not aware of the appropriate...
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79Practically Unheard Of Home Health Care Benefits - Part I
If I were the new publisher of a national newspaper, the above headline would be my first issue's headline. It's time for hush hush government programs to come clean. It's time to tell the general public the...
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74Disability - Are You Aware?
What reaction? When we notice someone in a wheelchair, with a stick or someone visibly disabled, what reactions do we have towards them, and how do we treat them? If we sit and think about disabled people,...
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71How to Apply for VA Long Term Health Benefits
As discussed in Part I of Practically Unheard of Home Health Care Benefits, this is a continuation of the complex process of claiming your benefits. Obviously, until you have an understanding of the actual...
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59Accessible? By What Standard?
You can't always take a business's word that they are accessible. I learned this one the hard way the first time I dared to venture out in the wheelchair for the first time. I suppose, using the term loosely,...
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67Driving Equality Forward
It has taken a long time since their introduction, but disabled persons’ parking bays have finally been affording legal protection from misuse by other drivers, but only if you live in Scotland. The...
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58Just Because We Do Things Differently!
There are so many unanswered questions about how a disability happens. I think the biggest question is why did it happen to me, or someone we love? Cerebral Palsy is of interest to me. The research and...
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59What is an invisible disability?
An invisible disability, also known as a hidden disability, is any disability (something that significantly affects your normal life activities) that isn't obvious to an onlooker. You may be surprised to learn that the majority of disabilities fall into this category.
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51Employment for disabled persons
If your disability prevents you from working at your job, you may be in financial trouble. I hurt my back skiing on vacation, and treatments were not making it better. I could no longer work! I was getting...
46Disablity Rights and Information
Even for this as being written it may not be large enough to view. This would be something for all of us to work on. Not everyone knows about the laws of discrimination to be made available. That was just a...
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