Careers and the disabled in recessions
Disabled workers have been shown over and over to be excellent workers. Many jobs like IT do not require anything more than someone with a college education that is sitting at a desk with a phone and a computer. Since many paraplegics can easily do work sitting at a desk there is no reason that [...]
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 [...]
UK: Disabled see worst layoffs in decades
Five percent of the disabled people that had a job have been laid off in the last 12 months as the ever enveloping recession hits all areas of employment. The job losses put the disabled people at risk in losing their cars and homes forcing them on the street or in nursing homes because there [...]
YouTube now using captioning
YouTube, one of the most popular sites for personal videos to be posted will be using an automated captioning service. This will finally allow those that have hearing problems to access the videos on this site. It also allows the disabled to share their videos knowing that other disabled people will be able to read [...]
Hobby Lobby loses ADA lawsuit
Hob-Lob Inc, better known as Hobby Lobby a gift and craft store chain has lost a major ADA lawsuit. The case started when a worker was injured and could no longer use a ladder in their job. Rather than finding a job that the worker could do within the company, Hobby Lobby decided to let [...]
Gov’t plans to get rid of disabled in “emergencies”
State governments are making plans on how to deal with disabled people during emergency situations. New York State has devised a set of triage standards that are to be followed by doctors during times of emergency. Originally public views were to be put into these standards, but that quickly fell by the way side as [...]
Gov’t report shows disabled ignored by states and businesses
The National, Council on Disability has written a report on the state of disability access to medical care in the United States. It is a sobering report showing the while some agencies are working hard to help the disabled and to remove barriers, both physical as well as administrative, others ignore virtually all federal laws. [...]
Cambridge City Council Ignores ADA and Service Dog rights
A woman who lives in Cambridge, Mass. a disabled woman wanted to sit in on the city council meetings but was refused because she has a service dog. The dog was in the chamber several times before without issue, but suddenly one of the council members has become allergic to animals. Even with the dog [...]
Guides to help those in chronic pain
As someone who suffers from CRPS, this site regularly reports on what is happening in the field of pain relief and share ideas to deal with the problem. From time to time we gain access to books or articles that are worth the download and storage for later use.
Olmstead Act turns 10
Ten years ago the Olmstead Act was put into law. This act removed the last of the “ugly” laws that controlled where and how disabled people lived in the state of Georgia. A lawsuit then started where land owners and home owner associations tried to make their rules against the disabled the official law of [...]
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