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Human rights for disabled persons
Did you know that more than 500 million people are disabled? That’s 10% of the worlds population, and yet they are still looked down upon. Many of these people live in horrible conditions, making it virtually impossible to fully participate in the community. As a result millions of children and adults are segregated and deprived of their rights as a human and therefore only lead a marginal life.
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Group recommends overhaul of services to disabled
The Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities hosted a near-capacity town hall meeting Monday at the Wheaton Community Center to highlight a plan that would fundamentally reform the state’s system for providing developmental disability services.
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Program helps developmentally disabled find a place to call home
Kevin Berg can get himself a snack and a cup of water in his new house.
For Berg, who has cerebral palsy but likes to stay up way later than his wife, Melinda, that’s a big deal.
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A parental juggling job
Meg Comeau has flexible work, good family health insurance through her husband’s job, and the right schooling for their daughter. Yet life, she says, is still a “house of cards.”
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Paterson rep: ‘SNL’ ridiculed the disabled
NEW YORK, Dec. 16 (UPI) — David Paterson’s representative said a recent “Saturday Night Live” sketch that poked fun of the legally blind New York governor’s disability went too far.
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The Waltz of a Fearless Flower
When the Joffrey Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” opens at the Kennedy Center on Thursday, 8-year-old Mary Cassell and 17 other local ballet students will become children attending an elaborate Victorian-era Christmas party.
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Disaboom an online community for the disabled
Dr. Glen House has a passion for providing invaluable resources and insight to anyone dealing with any form of disability.
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Paterson skit on ‘SNL’ funny or insulting? You decide
There’s lots more out there today on the skit about New York Gov. David A. Paterson that appeared on ‘Saturday Night Live’ over the weekend. Here’s a sample:
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Advocates urge halt to admissions at state schools
AUSTIN — Advocates for the developmentally disabled called on Texas officials Friday to stop all admissions to the troubled state school system and send in independent teams to assess residents most at risk, including children and the medically fragile.
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Web Portal Aims to Find Jobs for the Disabled
It’s a stubborn fact that the majority of working-age Americans with disabilities can’t find a job, or enjoy the independence a paycheck delivers. But New Jersey-based GettingHired is hoping to change things with its just-launched Web portal, a job-search database that encourages employers to pay an annual fee to get their openings in front of this under-tapped talent pool.
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