Newly disabled in Haiti finding new life difficult
Falling debris and collapsing building have created hundreds and perhaps thousands of disabled people. Many have have lost more than one limb, making it all but impossible to get around a country that never was very disability friendly. With few building standards to begin with, there are no ramps for wheelchairs and mass transit has [...]
Can the disabled play computer games?
Most people don’t think about the disabled when they make computer games and many of us cannot grab a game controller or use a mouse and keyboard effectively to play games. Some of us are frustrated that games are not designed with the disabled in mind to the point that one person is suing Sony [...]
Ireland: Handicapped parking crackdown
The Irish government is finally working on increasing the penalties for parking in a handicapped parking spot. Presently drivers only have to pay 80 Euros for parking in a handicapped spot, assuming that most police don’t write parking tickets for this because of the low penalty and no points against the driver. If the changes [...]
Caregiving resources on the web
Caregivers have a daunting task of trying to keep the person they are taking care of as safe and healthy as possible while trying to do the same for themselves. Sadly most stop taking care of themselves because there are not enough hours in the day to do everything. Over time they begin to gain [...]
Five years after Christopher Reeves passed away
Spinal cord injuries were the non-existent medical problems that doctors and hospitals could ignore. No one knew about these types of injuries and many times the victim didn’t live very long to make much of a difference. As medical improved the injured lived longer, but little was done to improve their lives or to work [...]
Virus outbreak simulated event in N. Florida – Oct 17th
There are very few times where the disabled can help the first helpers on a scene to understand the best way to help those that are in trouble – this is one of them. Pandemic Pandemonium is an exercise for North Florida neighborhood and community leaders. The idea is to use real residents as a [...]
State program targeting disabled/elderly
As if we didn’t have enough to contend with – there is a scam running around going after the disabled that we all need to watch out for. The scam is tied to government programs allegedly trying to get money back used to pay for nursing care of the disabled and elderly. To get that [...]
Disabled heckled at meeting
At a town hall meeting in New Jersey a disabled woman who spends half her day in a wheelchair was heckled. She started to explain that she has Rheumatoid Arthritis and Sjogren’s Syndrome, both which destroy healthy nerves. Then she explained what she thought should be in the health care bill for the disabled when [...]
Miami-Dade tax vote hurt disabled
Miami-Dade county has been dealing with a steadily declining population as jobs dry up in the sunshine state. The county has been steadily firing city workers in order to keep the budget in balance but is at the point that they cannot release any more employees and still perform basic city and county functions. The [...]
The deaf community and emergency responders
SCRN has spent a tremendous amount of time trying to get the disabled on the same standing as those with no disabilities. To be honest we did not get very far because most of the folks in power were not disabled and higher management didn’t care what happened as long as bad press wasn’t generated. [...]
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