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City cracks down on illegal placard use
San Francisco California is cracking down on illegal disability placard use by increasing the fine from $100 to $1000 and increased enforcement. The city is doing this because thousands of the placards are either used by people that are not disabled or are fake. Last year alone over 1000 placards were grabbed from people that [...]
New dangers of CT Scans
Researchers are finding out that CT Scan systems are emitting more radiation than they should in many hospitals causing patients to experience radiation poisoning type conditions. A school teacher went in for a CT Scan and over the next several weeks found her hair falling out in a arc from her left temple across the [...]
Back up on upgraded server!
After several days of moving all our data and configuration from our old server to the new one we are back on the air. There are still a few house cleaning steps that we are working on, but we will be posting brand new stories tomorrow so stay tuned. We will also be refreshing the [...]
Red Cross does not help disabled in South Florida
While in South Florida Spinal Cord Resources had issues with the Red Cross refusing to transfer people in wheelchairs to commodes and to make westcot beds available during emergencies. According to the Department of Justice, anyone who is working for the county during an emergency must follow federal law and this means the ADA. The [...]
SCRN Webmaster is Fighting Medical System
Posted by Laura George, VP (aka…Roaring Mouse) Last Wednesday Webmaster/President of SCRN Greg George went into the hospital for partial paralysis to his left hand (3 hours); white lips; blue fingertips; fast respiration; and spasms. He was diagnosed with many issues but for the the concerns at hand – his shunt and neck. [...]
Swine Flu and SCI
We normally don’t point out articles that are not specifically tied to the disabled community, but Swine Flu is an exception. This bug has gone from complete obscurity to front page fame in just a few days. The scary part of this flu is it’s capability of killing those in the 10 – 45 year [...]
Law enforcement now performs all PC repairs
By Greg George
CEO
Spinal Cord Resources Network
The Texas legislature just passed a law that all computer repairs and help must be done by a person that has a private investigator license. In order to get a PI license you must either go through a 3 year college level degree program or spend three years as an [...]
MySpace development kit used by spammers
ItWorld.com is reporting that spammers are taking advantage of the MySpace development kit to blast their junk to users. The original tools allowed developers to send out promotional messages through applications as well as sending out large numbers of messages to those in user’s email list. To stop spammers from taking over MySpace the have [...]
New site – Political Scene
As we run into more and more politically charged rhetoric and insane bills in congress it is obvious we needed to let our reads know what was up. To that end we have created Political Scene. There are bills either in one of the houses or on the president’s desk that would make your hair [...]
Child removed from transplant list because of disability
The Miami Herald is reporting that a 15 year old Gainesville boy has been removed from a list of people needing a liver because he is disabled. Shands Hospital removed him from the list because the shaky state foster care program cannot guarantee that he will be placed with parents after his operation. They feel [...]
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