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I Have Two Bank of America Debts I Want to Pay But Can't Find. - Vivian

Steve Rhode | Posted 05.02.2013 | Business
Steve Rhode

Dear Steve, My husband became disabled while in the middle of a major addition and remodel of our house. He was a carpenter and was doing all the work.

Accessibility to Medical Professionals

Lia Seth | Posted 05.02.2013 | Healthy Living
Lia Seth

This is an important kind of accessibility that is severely lacking in the medical world. My doctor should be as accessible to me as her front office is. She should be as accessible as a designer is to his clients, as owners are to their dogs, as a manager is to her employees.

Sequestration Puts More Subsidies For Needy At Risk

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 04.16.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says 15,000 low-income elderly and disabled people in rural areas could lose rental subsidies bec...

Continuing the Discussion on Working From Home

Lia Seth | Posted 04.11.2013 | Women
Lia Seth

f my company or manager were not flexible about me working from home on occasion -- as long as I'm actually getting my work done -- I would not be able to keep this job. I really doubt I am the only person (or person with a disability) in the country in this situation.

Teddy: Aventura, Florida, Dec. 30, 2010

Robert G. Zuckerman | Posted 04.08.2013 | Healthy Living
Robert G. Zuckerman

I thought I'd cured myself of my chronic "foot-in-mouth-itis" -- that is, saying things to people based on assumption, being totally wrong, then feeling like a jerk. But alas, it lingers.

The Bird and the Worm

Lia Seth | Posted 03.27.2013 | Women
Lia Seth

I stood there bewildered for a moment. Sure, I watch as much Planet Earth as any other person, but I had never seen a vicious act of nature in person before. In that instant, I came to the realization that I didn't really have it that bad.

The Medicaid Expansion Dilemma in Florida: Senate's 'Florida Plan' Hits the Sunshine, Texas Hits Bottom

Gary Stein | Posted 03.27.2013 | Politics
Gary Stein

Out of the 50 states, Florida ranks 48th in the number of people that have health insurance. That means only two states have fewer people insured, with Texas being the worst. More than one in every five Floridians have no way but self-pay or no pay when they need medical attention.

Pope Perpetuates Religious Prejudice by Blessing "Disabled Man"

Lennard Davis | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics
Lennard Davis

If Pope Francis wants to "help" people with disabilities, he will have to abandon his habit of kissing and blessing people with disabilities. Instead, he should make all churches accessible and open the clergy up to all kinds of people, including priests with disabilities.

Abusing Legal System to Discriminate Against the Disabled

Liane Kupferberg Carter | Posted 05.14.2013 | Impact
Liane Kupferberg Carter

I'm not laughing. In fact, I'm fuming. A developmentally disabled 42 year old man named Robert Schiavelli was slapped with two court summonses for laughing too loudly, because his neighbor Daniel O'Hanian complained to the police that Schiavelli was "disturbing the peace." Why was he laughing?

Please Don't Make Me Prove That I'm Disabled

Lia Seth | Posted 05.01.2013 | Women
Lia Seth

I try to keep the conversation light-hearted at first, but once it's clear that my conversational partner is getting a little too light-hearted, I need to make sure that they know I'm serious about the fact that the blue tag hanging on my rearview mirror is mine.

Lessons My Developmentally Disabled Sister Taught Me

Posted 02.20.2013 | OWN

By Monica Wood Author Monica Wood sees more in her sister than developmental delays -- like intuition and wisdom, kindness and joy, and one hell ...

WATCH: Disabled MLB Great: Students Deserve 'Fair Opportunity' In Sports

Posted 02.13.2013 | HuffPost Live 321

In a decision being compared to Title IX, the Department of Education has clarified language around the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, judging that schoo...

A More Inclusive World

Isaac Zablocki | Posted 04.07.2013 | Impact
Isaac Zablocki

By celebrating the Special Olympics we are celebrating the beauty that is in everyone, not the random standard that society is selling us to make us feel safe. We are asked to take a chance and see the amazing accomplishments of each individual.

One Inspirational Gay Couple On Being Foster Parents To Disabled Youth

Posted 12.16.2012 | Gay Voices

A father and mother are still typically presented as the desirable norm for family life: usually portrayed laughing along with a couple of smiling, ch...

Republican Ironies

Kelly James Clark | Posted 02.10.2013 | Politics
Kelly James Clark

I have just returned from watching Steven Spielberg's Lincoln and couldn't help reflect on the ironies of the Republican Party.

Quadriplegic Man Robbed Of His Only Way To Communicate

Posted 12.10.2012 | Crime

When a heartless thief stole an iPhone from William Washington, he wasn't just robbing him of a smart phone. He robbed this quadriplegic man of his...

The Poor, the Elderly, the Disabled Stand to Lose the Most

Marc Joseph | Posted 02.03.2013 | Impact
Marc Joseph

In reality, giving has got to come from the heart, not because you are saving some money in taxes. In actuality, though, movements by the government to guide how we live and spend our money are a major influence on how non-profits get funding.

GOP Opposition Downs Treaty Despite Support Of McCain, Other Republicans

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 02.03.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Led by Republican opposition, the Senate on Tuesday rejected a United Nations treaty on the rights of the disabled that is modeled after...

South African Taxi Driver Is Disabled and Poor -- Yet Ready to Start a Social Enterprise

Alexandre Lemille | Posted 01.26.2013 | Impact
Alexandre Lemille

Mpondo has been driving the streets of Cape Town for nine years. In 2009, he was hijacked by two youngsters who shot a bullet from his shoulder through to his chest. With the help of neighbors and friends, Mpondo adapted his taxi to his disability.

Student Loans: New Rules for Disabled Borrowers Are Big Breakthrough

Lilly O'Donnell | Posted 01.21.2013 | College
Lilly O'Donnell

Under a new set of rules, adopted earlier this month, the Education Department will recognize Social Security award letters as proof of disability, streamlining the process immensely.

N.Y. Man With Cerebral Palsy Lost Wheelchair, Income, Van To Sandy

Posted 11.16.2012 | Impact

When Frank Murtagh’s Long Beach, N.Y., home flooded in Superstorm Sandy, he lost his independence. Murtagh, 53, uses a specialized electric wheelcha...

'The World Is Missing Out on a Whole Lot:' Conversation With Disability Rights Scholar Ashley Volion

Ada McMahon | Posted 01.02.2013 | Impact
Ada McMahon

Nothing hurt this 28-year-old academic from Lafitte, Louisiana as much as having to defer pursuing a Ph.D. in Disability Studies in Chicago because Louisiana's Department of Health and Hospitals denied her request to provide care there.

Disability Vote Could Decide Election

Don C. Reed | Posted 10.27.2012 | Politics
Don C. Reed

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, "Nearly one in five people in the U.S. have a disability." This includes people like my son, Roman Reed, paralyz...

Goodwill's Charity Racket: CEOs Earn Top-Dollar, Workers Paid Less Than Minimum Wage

John Hrabe | Posted 11.25.2012 | Politics
John Hrabe

An American multi-national corporation, which accepts millions of dollars in government funds, pays its top executives more than half a million dollars per year in total compensation, while simultaneously paying some of its employees less than the federal minimum wage.

Did Bank Of America Really Do That?

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 09.21.2012 | Business

Daniel Herrmann, whose right hand, arm and leg were disabled in a car accident, had a good thing going at Merrill Lynch. The company gave him a left-h...