54Freedom.com Politics Posts
Multiple Sclerosis affects the whole family
When Michelle Obama talked about her father and his living with Multiple Sclerosis she mentioned his difficulty walking. She remembered him struggling with two canes just to cross the room to kiss his wife. But what she talks about the most is the fact that he had to get up 1 hour earlier to allow him to get ready to go to work.
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Obama and Social Security Disability
Over the next few months, Obama will tackle the issues he discussed during the heated presidential debates, ranging from the American economy to tax benefits to the war in Iraq. It can be speculated that Senator Obama’s success or failure in reforming America’s Social Security will be one of his most challenging issues as president of the United States in 2008.
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What Barack Obama’s Presidency Will Mean for Social Security Disability
With the election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States, Americans have shifted their focus, directing their attention to Obama’s new cabinet members, and how the Obama administration will address and take on national issues. One issue of focus that was not fully addressed during the election is the topic of Social Security Disability. A national disability lawyer takes aim at what we can expect from an Obama administration relative to the topic of SSDI and SSI disability.
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Gates: Follow law on PTSD-disability rating
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has issued a policy stating that the military will follow a new law requiring that service members being medically retired for post-traumatic stress disorder be rated at least 50 percent disabled, a provision of the 2008 Defense Authorization Act.
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ADA expansion opens disability protections to additional workers
The almost two decade-long tug-of-war between employers and employees over the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act suddenly favors the employees.
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Justice Department blasts state schools for the disabled, threatens to sue Texas
AUSTIN – Residents of Texas’ state schools for the disabled are in so much danger of neglect and mistreatment that their constitutional rights have been violated, the U.S. Department of Justice charges in a scathing report sent to the state this week.
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Hire Education: Three Unions Launch Campaign for Disabled Performers
Although 20 percent of Americans—56 million people—between the ages of 5 and 64 are living with a disability, they are represented by less than 2 percent of characters on TV.
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Three Out of Ten American Workers Will Become Disabled — Is This You?
According to the Counsel for Disability Awareness, three out of ten American workers will become disabled during their working lives.
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Those on disability qualify for Homestead Exemption
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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Campaign to end 2-year insurance gap for disabled
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress and the Obama administration should end the two-year wait that people deemed too sick to work by the government face before qualifying for Medicare, lawmakers and leading advocacy groups said Wednesday.
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