People With Disabilities

Belonging to a Community: How Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Are Finding Joy

Dwight Robson | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: The MENTOR Network, Intellectual Disabilities, The-Mentor-Network, Make a Difference, People With Disabilities, Developmental Disability, Developmentally Disabled, Dawna and Edwin, Impact News
Dwight Robson

Institutionalized for most of his life, Edwin longed for the opportunity to live in the community -- and 15 years ago he got that chance when he was matched with his Mentor, Dawna, through The MENTOR Network's Host Home program in New Jersey.

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Turning Wheelchairs Into Hot-Rods

Lori Sokol | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Family Caregivers, Disabled, Women, Caregiving, Loreen Arbus, Social Responsibility, Loreen-Arbus, People-With-Disabilities, Philanthropy, Cerebral-Palsy, Philanthropists, Disabilities, Cerebral Palsy, United-Cerebral-Palsy, Disability, Caregiver Support, Home Caregiver, United Cerebral Palsy, Impact News
Lori Sokol

Loreen Arbus has made it her mission to honor the work of the caregiver, 'the unsung heroines," whose kindness comes in all manners of form to help transform lives, yet who are still so severely unappreciated.

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What Disabled People Need Is Respect

Christina Patterson | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Disability, Police, Blindness, Raoul Moat, David Rathband, Disabilities, People With Disabilities, Impact News
Christina Patterson

For David Rathband, it took a few seconds for an unemployed bouncer to puncture his eyeballs, with 200 pellets from two separate gunshots, and it took a few months for his marriage to unravel, and it took a few more months for him to decide that he'd rather be dead.

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Eleanor Goldberg

Philanthropist Climbs Mount Kilimanjaro With 7 Disabled Athletes

HuffingtonPost.com | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Disabled Athletics, Video, Mount Kilimanjaro Charity Climb, Herta Von Stiegel, Charity, Disabilities, People With Disabilities, The Mountain Within, Enham, Disability, Mount Kilimanjaro, Impact News

When Herta von Stiegel decided to commit her 50th birthday to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro for charity, she could've done what most daredevil philanthro...

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Businesses That Change Lives

Jim Gibbons | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Social Enterprise, Art, Goodwill Industries, People With Disabilities, Goodwill, Paperworks Studio, Greeting Cards, Jim Gibbons, Traverse City-Michigan, Impact News
Jim Gibbons

While the job market and small business climate may continue to look bleak, it is inspiring to hear stories about booming innovative social enterprises, even in the worst of times.

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Invisible and Overlooked: Refugees With Disabilities

Sarah Costa | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Displaced Persons, Conflict, People With Disabilities, World Bank Refugees, Displaced Refugees Disabilities, Un Refugees, Human Rights Refugees, Refugees Disability, Impact News
Sarah Costa

When the only people who can get to the front of the line during a food distribution following an earthquake are those who are strong and able-bodied, something is wrong.

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Geri-ism #2: Unmasking the Real Disabilities

Geri Jewell | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Judge William Adams, The Ugly Laws, People With Disabilities, Disabilities, Abusing People With Disabilities, Disabled People, Healthy Living Health News, Mental Health, Healthy Living News
Geri Jewell

Let's unmask the real disabilities that threaten all of us. They are not cerebral palsy, or being wheelchair-bound, or having AIDS; they are hatred, prejudice, abuse, deception, false pride, hypocrisy, greed and despair.

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Stuttering Article Becomes Springboard for More Abuse

Christopher R. Smit, Ph.D. | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Terri Schiavo, Stuttering, Christopher Reeve, Abuse, Disability, People With Disabilities, College News
Christopher R. Smit, Ph.D.

The article was on the front page of the New York Times, chronicling the story of a young man with a stutter who was asked by his college professor not to participate in class discussion.

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People With Disabilities Cut First: Who Will Be Next?

Alan Singer | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Disability, Public Transit, Unemployment, Mta, Budget Cuts, New York City, People With Disabilities, Access a Ride, New York News
Alan Singer

The ability of older or disabled people to lead any kind of "normal" life is being threatened by cuts in the Metropolitan Transit Authority's (MTA) Access-A-Ride program.

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New Republican Assault on Middle Class: Slash Medicaid, Hurt Seniors and Millions in Need

Ethan Rome | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Elderly, Disabled, Health Policy, Benefit Cuts, Budget, Middle Class, Nursing Homes, Entitlement Reform, Corporate Taxes, Blind, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, People With Disabilities, Medicaid, Block Grants, Medicare, Ethan Rome, Paul Ryan, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Politics News
Ethan Rome

In these tough times when we need shared sacrifice, smart government and job creation, the Republican plan to cut Medicaid accomplishes none of these things. It only makes matters worse.

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Caring for Our Disabled Veterans: Who Is Responsible?

Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Veteran Care, Family Caregiving, Veterans PTSD, Disabled Vets, People With Disabilities, Veteran Caregivers, Caregivers, Veterans, Disabled Veterans, Healthy Living News
Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.

Given our current economic circumstances, we can't reasonably expect government to step in and provide the human resources that veterans and their caregivers need, leaving us with only one viable solution.

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Our Ability: Web Portal for People With Disabilities

John Robinson | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Usbln, Small Business, Social Entrepreneurship, Get Off Your Knees, Cargill, Disability, Our Ability, Entrepreneurship, Barclays, Corporate Diversity, Business, Labor Force, People With Disabilities, John Robinson, Amputee, Impact News
John Robinson

People with disabilities have very few mentors or ways to connect with other people with disabilities. I want to help solve this problem.

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Disabled 3-Year Old Found Dead On School Bus

2011-03-27-Screenshot20110327at9.11.56AM.jpeg | KTLA News | Posted 05.27.2011

Read More: Video, Disabled 3 Year Old, Disabilities, People With Disabilities, Aliso Viejo, Disabled 3 Year Old Dead, Los Angeles News

ALISO VIEJO (KTLA) -- A three-year-old child was found dead on a school bus in Aliso Viejo Friday. Detectives say the bus driver had just dropped o...

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LA FAIL: No Disaster Plan For Disabled Is Discrimination

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Disabled, Los Angeles Disaster, Los Angeles Disaster Plan, People With Disabilities, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — The city of Los Angeles discriminates against disabled people because it lacks specific plans to meet their needs in the event of ...

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Would Your Relationship Survive A Disability?

Richard C. Senelick, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Disability, People With Disabilities, Physical Disability, Disabilities, Persons With Disabilities, With Disabilities, Disabled People, Home News
Richard C. Senelick, M.D.

What makes for a good relationship and can we predict who will weather the storm of a disability and stay together?

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Workforce Flexibility Promotes Employment of People with Disabilities

Robin Shaffert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Time Off, Americans With Disabilities Act, Family-and-Medical-Leave-Laws, Flexible Work Arrangements, Unemployment Rate, People With Disabilities, Part-Time, Disability, Paid Sick Leave, Workplace Flexibility, Telecommuting, Employment Rate, Business News
Robin Shaffert

We need to explore more fully the importance of predictability in scheduling and the options for expanded paid and unpaid leave in order to address the needs for flexibility of an even broader group of workers.

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Employing The Disabled: Focus On What They Can Do, Not What They Can't

Jim Gibbons | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: People With Disabilities, National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Disabled Employment, Disabled People Employment, Disability Employment, Disabled People, Healthy Living News
Jim Gibbons

As an employer of people with disabilities, I encourage and urge business owners, government leaders and people in the community to focus on job candidates' abilities, not their disabilities.

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Independence and Interdependence: Equally Important Values

Laura Hershey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2010 Colorado Election, Proposition 101, Interdependence, Amendment 61, People With Disabilities, Medicaid, Amendment 60, Independence, Home Care Services, Fiscal Policy, Denver News
Laura Hershey

If voters are persuaded to approve Amendments 60, 61, and 101, all Medicaid programs, including the life-enhancing services for the disabled that I use, will be gutted.

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People with Disabilities Are an Asset to the Workplace

Jim Gibbons | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Ada, Americans With Disabilities Act, Disabilities, People With Disabilities, Workforce Development, Jobs, Disability, Goodwill, Anniversary, Healthy Living News
Jim Gibbons

When I was a child and slowly losing my eyesight, my dad told me I may have to work harder to do everything other people can do with full sight. I bec...

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Build Career Onramps for People Who Want to Work: Vote for Goodwill's Proposal for Transitional Job Opportunities

Jim Gibbons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fund Transitional Jobs, Transitional Employment, Transitional Jobs, Ideas for Change, Jim Gibbons, People With Disabilities, Career Onramps, Goodwill Industries International, Goodwill, change.org, Home News
Jim Gibbons

Most of us know the job search experience. The bills don't go away -- student loans, rent, and just the costs of living - they all add up. What if you...

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Stop Using People with Disabilities as the Poster Children for the Republican Attack on Healthcare

Lennard Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: People-With-Disabilities, End of Life Care, Sen. Grassley, Death Panels, Sarah Palin, Disability, Healthcare Reform, Euthanasia, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Lennard Davis

This rhetorical concern for the disabled is fascinating coming from the right, which has routinely worked against extending accommodations for them under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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91 Protesters Arrested At White House

Breitbart | Posted 05.25.2011

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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