Archive for May, 2009
Website to help those in pain
We have found an excellent site to help those in chronic pain. The site is http://www.painaction.com. They have many self help session to help with the mental side of chronic pain. Most times pain medications do little to stop or control this type of pain that can gnaw at you in ways the sufferer does [...]
Disabled can’t use new buses
The town of Skelmersdale has recently purchased several buses from Wirral in England. The new buses were the double decker style and were supposedly much more comfortable and the customers really liked them. However, after putting them on the roads it was discovered that there was no way to get a wheelchair onto the bus. [...]
Mind controlled wheelchair coming soon
The University of Zaragoza has developed a wheelchair that can be moved by nothing more than thought. Extensive work by teachers and students at the university has created a computer controlled wheelchair that moves by someone thinking where they wan to to go and how fast they want to go. Using a P300 nerophysiological protocol [...]
Justice Department sues apartment management
The Justice Department said today that it is suing a Fitchberg Mass. apartment complex for ADA violations. The problem comes from a request from a disabled person that asked to be moved to an open apartment that would ease the disability. The report did not say but we assume that the initial apartment was probably [...]
Naltrexone found to relieve chronic pain
A study at Stanford on fibromyalgia patients has found that naltrexone to be very effective in reducing chronic pain. In the double blind study, the drug was found to be effective by an average of 30% over a placebo. This test was only done on women over a 14 week period, but shows great promise [...]
Emergency Laws to Protect the Disabled
For those that work for companies we have a link to the law and how you are to be treated. The disabled are usually the first to be tossed out the door and companies try to find excuses to do this. The law explicitly states that companies cannot toss out or layoff disabled people just [...]
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