Archive for July, 2009
New shelf system for paraplegics
Anyone living with others runs into issues of where things are put on shelves. If the shelf is near you it is relatively easy to grab what you need. But if the shelf is higher than you good luck trying to access something on that shelf.
BBG may halt spinal cord injuries
Research that has been done on BBG, or Brilliant Blue G shows that limb function can be returned – at least in laboratory animals. This research has been going on with BBG but this is the first confirmed experimentation that shows damage can be repaired by the use of this food additive. The scientists were [...]
19th anniversary of ADA
Nineteen years ago the American’s for Disabilities Act was signed into law. Before this law there were numerous "ugly" laws passed by cities across the United States making it illegal for the disabled to appear in public or live in communities with the able bodied. The ADA made it illegal to have these types of [...]
Government grab for your medical coverage
For those that have not had the time (or patience) to watch the politics behind the news, congress and the president have been locked in a fight over our medical care system. Fights have broken out on both sides of the isle trying to get us to believe that their plan is the way to [...]
State budgets crushing disabled
The economy has slowly made it impossible for states to take care of the disabled. With so many people out of work, states are not bringing in money like they were before the recession. Income taxes have gone down drastically as well as non payment of property taxes.
Georgia Hospitals Ignored ADA
For years the disabled have found that the hospitals in and around Atlanta have not been helpful to the disabled. They will not get you a waffle bed while you are in emergency or even after you are admitted. While in emergency they will not give you medication that you need to live.
Air travel with a service dog
With summer in full swing everyone is thinking about vacations. It may seem a simple process of bringing your service dog with you to the airport, that is not the case. In fact the airlines are not even covered by the ADA.
Deaf community needs emergency broadcast information
As we move into tornado season for many in the Midwest and south, we are once again running into problems getting emergency broadcasters to display weather emergencies for the hard of hearing. Most of the alerts that are sent by weather reporting bureaus is on the form of an audible alert explaining what to do [...]
Summer fun and being disabled
The able bodied think little about changes in weather and how that effects how to play outside. As temperatures rise, the disabled have to keep track of their internal temperature since many of us do not sweat properly. In the summer heat it is easy to fly into the heat stroke temperatures before any danger [...]
Hospital staff hands out hepatitis C to patients
When one enters the hospital you expect to be safe. The instruments that are used on you are expected to be sterilized and needles are to be immediately thrown out. Unfortunately, that is not what has been happening for the last thirty years and the medical community is not planning on fixing the problem any [...]
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