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Open A Door

One door handle

Homes for Our Troops

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YOUR HOME; Making Modifications for Age and Disability

by By JAY ROMANO, NYT > Disabilities

There are ways to prepare a house for the needs of tomorrow without making it look like a geriatric ward today....

add a comment | Sep 09, 2007    


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Rehabilitate Lives

One prosthetic limb

Operation USA

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Rocket-powered Mechanical Arm Could Revolutionize Prosthetics

by (author unknown), ScienceDaily: Disability News

Combine a mechanical arm with a miniature rocket motor: The result is a prosthetic device that is the closest thing yet to a bionic arm. The prototype can lift (curl) about 20 to 25 pounds -- three to four times more than current commercial arms -- and can do so three...

add a comment | Aug 20, 2007    


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Help A Deaf Student

One month of school

Deaf Connection

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Alternative Treatment Brings Hearing To Both Ears

by , ScienceDaily: Disability News

Thomas Lynch, age 2, is now able to hear on both sides of his head with a new device and surgical procedure. Born with no ear canal on his left side, Tom had significant hearing impairment and went to Loyola University Medical Center, where Dr. Sam Marzo surgically implanted a bone-anchored...

add a comment | Aug 04, 2007    

   


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Lawmakers Seek Oversight of Railroad Retirees

by By WALT BOGDANICH and NICHOLAS PHILLIPS, NYT > Disabilities

Lawmakers said a new agreement could lead to the re-evaluation of disability payments awarded to hundreds of retired Long Island Rail Road workers....

add a comment | Oct 11, 2008    


The Homes Are Familiar, the Buyers Much Less So

by By KATHERINE BINDLEY, NYT > Disabilities

Bronx residents are concerned that a newly built luxury two-family home could soon be a group residence for six mentally disabled adults....

add a comment | Oct 11, 2008    


Making It Home

by By LESLIE KAUFMAN, NYT > Disabilities

Can the design of a home improve the lives of severely wounded veterans and their families?...

add a comment | Oct 09, 2008    


Neuroscientist Finds Transplanted Hand-to-brain Mapping 35 Years After Loss Of Limb

by (author unknown), ScienceDaily: Disability News

Four months after a successful hand transplant -- 35 years after amputation in an industrial accident at age 19 -- a 54-year-old man's emerging sense of touch is registered in the former "hand area" of the his brain, says a University of Oregon neuroscientist....

add a comment | Oct 09, 2008    


Louise Rocks Fox and Friends Today

by Ginger Taylor, Adventures in Autism

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add a comment | Oct 09, 2008    


Hey You..... Go Follow Up On The Maloney Bill!

by Ginger Taylor, Adventures in Autism

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add a comment | Oct 09, 2008    


Taking Assistive Technology to a Whole New Level

by (author unknown), About Learning Disabilities

Today I had a call from a parent concerned about lack of special transportation for her child who uses a wheelchair. We'll get it taken care of, but it...

add a comment | Oct 08, 2008    


Fine Balance: Class Of Spinal Cord Neurons Makes Sure That Sides Of Body Don't Get Ahead Of One Other

by (author unknown), ScienceDaily: Disability News

Once a toddler has mastered the art of walking, it seems to come naturally for the rest of her life. But walking and running require a high degree of coordination between the left and right sides of the body. Now researchers have shown how a class of spinal cord neurons, known...

add a comment | Oct 08, 2008    


Court Rules That Atlanta Family Can Sue Wyeth for Vaccine Damage

by Ginger Taylor, Adventures in Autism

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add a comment | Oct 07, 2008    


Supreme Court Backs U.S.O.C. in Discrimination Case

by By ALAN SCHWARZ, NYT > Disabilities

The Supreme Court has denied an appeal in to a ruling by a lower court that the U.S.O.C. has the legal discretion to finance able-bodied and disabled athletes differently....

add a comment | Oct 07, 2008