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Really Special Education: State Investigation Confirms "Lap Dance Therapy" Allegations

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Supreme Court, Taxes, Expensive Lap Dances, Education, Add, Disabilities, Teens, Addiction, Treatment, Mount Bachelor Academy, Drugs, Troubled Teens, Living News
Maia Szalavitz

A series of investigations could spell the beginning of the end for the billion dollar, taxpayer funded troubled teen industry.

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Workplace Flexibility and People with Disabilities

Robin Shaffert | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, Flexible Work Arrangements, Sick Days, Employee Benefits, Disabilities, Work and Family Month, Medical Leave, Paid Medical Leave, Disability Employment Awareness Month, Business News
Robin Shaffert

A high percentage of people with disabilities who are ready, willing, and able to work are unemployed. Providing increased flexibility is one thing that employers can do to help.

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Stop Beating Students with Disabilities in Schools

Alice Farmer | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Aclu, Abuse, Psychological Stability, Corporal Punishment, Punishment, Elementary School, Human-Rights-Law, Students, Disabled-Children, Child Abuse, Human Rights Watch, Disabilities, ACLU Torture, Behavioral Psychology, Politics News
Alice Farmer

Corporal punishment causes pain, humiliation, and in some cases deep bruising or other serious injury; it also can have long-lasting psychological consequences.

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Signs of Progress: Honesty About Children with Disabilities

Lee Woodruff | Posted 09.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Down Syndrome, Americans With Disabilities Act, Disability, Autism, Autistic Children, Disabilities, Living News
Lee Woodruff

Near my home there is "Children at Play" sign with the word "Autistic" written in black marker. The added word seemed to say, "These are my children. I'm comfortable with it and you should be too."

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The American Gerbil Show: What Our Pets Teach Us

Holly Robinson | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Pets, The American Gerbil Show, Disabilities, Blue Gerbils, Herman the Show Jumping Gerbil, Gerbils, Love, Rodents, Living News
Holly Robinson

Today there are lilac and nutmeg gerbils, Siamese and Burmese gerbils, dove and polar fox gerbils, honey cream and silver fox, and many more.

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Gaza Radio Station Aids Disabled (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Disabled, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Gaza Disabled, Gaza, Forsan Alredada, Disabilities, Middle East, Foreign Affairs, Arab World, Deir El-Balah Refugee Camp, Advocacy, Video, World News

Forsan Alredada, a radio station based out of the Deir el-Balah refugee camp in Gaza, is championing the cause of disabled people in what is considere...

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Health Care Reform and the Disability Community

Ari Ne'eman | Posted 06.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, Disabilities, Health Care Reform, Disability, Autism, Living News
Ari Ne'eman

The disability message is a civil rights message. It is incumbent upon us to make sure that health care reform doesn't leave disabled adults and youth behind.

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91 Protesters Arrested At White House

Breitbart | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House Protests, White House Protesters, White House, Disabilities, White House Protesters Arrested, People With Disabilities, Politics News

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Park Police say they have arrested 91 protesters in front of the White House, including some in wheelchairs who chained themsel...

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Letting Go of DeFeet

Bonnie St. John | Posted 03.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Hospitals, Disability, Inspiration, Hope, Disabilities, Faith, Bonnie St. John, Living News
Bonnie St. John

There were hardly any kids at the Shriners Hospital today... The administrative assistant I contacted had tried to discourage me from coming because t...

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New York's Department of Veterans' Affairs: Where's the Outrage?

Luis Montalvan and Aaron Glantz | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Veterans Affairs, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, James Peake, Pensions, Va, New York State, War in Iraq, Michael Bloomberg Mayor, New York City, New York, Social Security Disability Claims, Afghanistan War, Veterans, Bloomberg, Iraq War, Albany, Dwight Eisenhower, Times Union, Disabilities, Veterans Issues, Senator Hillary Clinton, President Eisenhower, Disability, Hillary Clinton, Senator Clinton, Iraq, Politics News
Luis Montalvan and Aaron Glantz

Internal audits at the VA regional headquarters has revealed over half of all disability claims processed through the New York office had been illegally tampered with.

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Voting While Disabled: The Real "Functionals" In This Election

Auburn McCanta | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Disabled Voters, Senator McCain, Barack Obama, Senator Obama, Disabilities, Sarah Palin, Election 2008, Obama Disabilities, Obama Disabled Voters, Campaign 2008, Home News
Auburn McCanta

Disabled voters can make a difference, not only through their votes, but also by their campaigning activities.

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Autism and Politics: We're On The Island of Misfit Toys

Kim Stagliano | Posted 11.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Obama, Mccain, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Autism Vaccine Mercury, Dolls With Disabilities, Disabilities, Autism, Living News
Kim Stagliano

Until recently, many people with autism did not qualify for basic state level services through departments of developmental disabilities because their IQ's were too high.

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Palin Talks About Special Needs Children, But Obama Has Substantive Plans For All People With Disabilities

Paul K. Longmore | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: 2008 Campaign, Americans With Disabilities Act, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Disabilities, John McCain, Health, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Insurance, Schip, Home News
Paul K. Longmore

Ever since Sarah Palin's acceptance speech, there has been a great deal of talk about "special needs" children but little about the issues that concer...

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Hard Times for Children with Disabilities

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 10.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Welfare, Disability, Poverty, Economy, Sarah Palin, Susan Parish, Single Mother Families, Disabilities, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Track Palin, Single Parent Family, Living News
Philip N. Cohen

The evidence on well-being among children with disabilities is distressing. In this country, they are more likely to be poor, and more likely to live in single-parent families.

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Congress Pushes Back Against Supreme Court, Returns Civil Rights to People with Disabilities

Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, S.3406, Legislation, Steny Hoyer, Courts, Disabilities, Civil Rights, ADA Amendments Act, S.1881, Americans With Disabilities Restoration Act, Supreme Court, Rollback, Congress, H.RES.1299, Ada, Politics News
Cristóbal Joshua Alex

In passing the ADA Amendments Act, Congress is finally pushing back at a Court that has been hard at work dismantling our civil rights infrastructure.

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