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The Most Handicap-Accessible Destinations Around the World

Oyster | Posted 02.19.2013 | Travel
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Oyster

For those with disabilities, the challenges of traveling go beyond just getting to the airport on time and figuring out the TV in their hotel rooms. But fortunately, numerous destinations in the U.S. and abroad continue to work towards making travel for the handicapped as smooth as possible.

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Yoga: How We Serve People With Disabilities and Physical Limitations

Rob Schware | Posted 02.04.2013 | Healthy Living
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Rob Schware

"The only assumption I operate with now is that suffering is something we all share. I have also come to trust that few of us really want to be identified with our limitations or the story of our pain, so we might go to great lengths to prove that we are something else."

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STUDY: Adults With Disabilities More Likely To Be Abused Than Non-Disabled Adults

Posted 02.29.2012 | Impact
Read More: Disabled, Dick Sobsey, Jennifer Daughtery, Video, Disabled Peoples' International, Abuse, Angela Marinucci, Easter Seals, Liverpool John Moores University, Disability, Philadelphia, National Organization for Disability, Mental Disability, Physical Disabilities, Impact News

Adults with disabilities are at a higher risk of getting physically and sexually abused than than non-disabled adults, a new study published by the La...

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Actor Survives Horrific Crash, Proves Doctors Wrong

Posted 02.23.2012 | Impact
Read More: Developmental Disabilities, Video, Challenged America, Inspiring, Car Accident, My Gym, Bill Cosby, Randy Bertisch, Disadvantaged Youth, Physical Disabilities, Impact News

After a dump truck blindsided his car in a horrific crash, doctors gave Randy Bertisch less than a 1 percent chance of surviving. Twenty-four year...

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Applying To College With Physical Disabilities: What You Need To Know

| Menachem Wecker | Posted 12.05.2011 | Home
Read More: Wright State University, Physically Disabled Students, University of California Berkeley, Chris Wise Tiedemann, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US News, College Applications, Physical Disabilities, University of Houston, Home News

Applicants should try to visit campuses and prepare, as students, to advocate for their needs. There are about 1.1 million physically disabled unde...

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Vancouver 2010: It's Not Over Yet!

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
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Ali A. Rizvi

When Brian McKeever qualified to compete in the men's 50-kilometer cross-country race at the Olympics, he made headlines. What distinguishes him from the rest is the fact that he is legally blind.

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Stem Cell Research Up Close

Robert Slayton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Wheelchair, Stem Cell Research, Bush, Physical Disabilities, Stem Cells, Politics News
Robert Slayton

Under the Bush administration we lost eight years stem cell research that might have helped me. At my age I don't have those eight years to spare.

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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of a Platform - Dallas Platform Meeting

Esther Drew | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, Stroke, Equal Rights, Universal Health Care, Obama Platform Meetings, Two-State Solution, Democratic Party, Executive Power, Physical Disabilities, Foreign Policy, Home News
Esther Drew

Saturday, July 26 at two in the afternoon, I found myself in the living room of Jon and Liesl McQuillan. This, my first chance to attend a Democratic ...

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