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Those on disability qualify for Homestead Exemption

Posted in Business, News, Politics on November 18, 2008

TALLADEGA COUNTY — Many in the area may not know about a property tax exemption available to permanently disabled citizens and some senior citizens in Alabama.

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Loans For Disabled: Best Supports For Your Disability

Posted in Business, News on November 18, 2008

Like all other borrowers the disable people too deserve to be helped financially. Even for them especial loan with especial provisions should be implemented. If such steps are taken then they will get the confidence of facing any situation with self-confidence. That is why; the loans for disabled are being brought into action so that it works as a ray of hope for all disable people.

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Disability in the workplace: The forgotten minority

Posted in Business, News on November 18, 2008

The government has set some very ambitious targets for recruiting more disabled people in the workplace over the next two years, but what are employers actually doing about it?

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Disability Rights Fund Makes Grants to 33 Organizations in 7 Countries

Posted in Business, News on November 18, 2008

BOSTON, MA – The Disability Rights Fund (DRF) – a groundbreaking collaborative to support the human rights of people with disabilities around the world– today announced funding decisions from its first request for proposals. A total of $800,000 will be gifted to 33 organizations in seven countries. The grants will support work to raise awareness about the rights of people with disabilities, build coalitions and networks, and develop advocacy and monitoring activities, in connection with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

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Todd Ossenfort: Disabled vet seeks relief from credit-card debt

Posted in Business, News on November 18, 2008

Living on a fixed income, minimum payments become unmanageable.

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Loss of contract may doom Garland agency for the mentally disabled

Posted in Business, Community, News on November 18, 2008

Dozens of disabled workers sit at their usual tables in a no-frills Garland warehouse, waiting for something to do.

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New position at OneWorkSource helps the disabled find jobs: ‘I love this job and love helping people”

Posted in Business, Education, News on November 10, 2008

PLATTSBURGH, Nov 09, 2008 (The Press-Republican - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) –

A recent hire at OneWorkSource in Plattsburgh is dedicated to helping the disabled find employment and support.

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Veterans struggle to readjust

Posted in Business, Education, News on November 10, 2008

Hundreds of Louisiana servicemen and women are looking for work this Veterans Day — including many who were wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, state officials say.

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Workshops sue to restore $17-a-day pay for disabled

Posted in Business, Education, News on November 10, 2008

Six sheltered workshops recently filed a lawsuit challenging the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s recent decision to pay people with developmental disabilities $15 a day instead of $17 a day.

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Michigan Personal Injury Lawyer Mayer B. Gordon Announces Perfect Social Security Disability Claims Track Record and New Website Signup Form

Posted in Business, Education, News on November 10, 2008

Detroit, MI (PRWEB) November 3, 2008 — Social Security Disability benefits are part of our Social Security system which provides a life line of retirement level social security benefits to those totally disabled prior to retirement age. Proving total disability, however, is a tall order even for the most experienced skillful social security lawyers, let alone, those who make the mistake of representing themselves. Michigan personal injury lawyer Mayer B Gordon announces his perfect track record and new Social Security Disability Claims website signup form.

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