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The Disability Card
The one time I'm absolutely fine with playing The Disability Card (AKA cashing in): movie theaters. I get in free! Now, they tell me it's because I don't take up a seat, but I don't get it. I'm WATCHING THE MOVIE! Like I said, I think it's got more to...
Tags: movie theater, disability, wheelchair, premier, twilight, new moon, Robert Pattinson, allnews, Raymond, Red, Aladdin, Brad Pitt, Fantasy novels, Horror novels, Teen films, Twilight series, Entertainment Culture, Romance novels, Social Issues, disability card, Brad Pitt Gets
We need more compassion for mental illness
Pembroke Pines :: FL :: USA | about 10 hours ago
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Sometimes, if we do a good job telling the story, we get recognized with prizes and awards...Words can't explain just how emotionally conflicted I was on Friday...I was one of the six, along with Broward Judge Giselle Pollack, Shari Thomas, David Meehan,...
Tags: mental illness, David Meehan, David Zimelman, Broward Judge Giselle Pollack, Brooklyn, Pembroke Pines, Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Mental disorder, Psychiatric hospital, Psychiatry, Disability, Medical ethics
Are we there yet? ‘Cast Offs’ co-writer Jack Thorne on his new TV drama
London :: United Kingdom | about 13 hours ago
Credibility I can accurately describe the first moment I felt like a disabled person...I'd been down for presents, but had suffered an attack and retreated to my room...Upstairs, I was lying on top of my bed with all the windows open; I was wearing a pair of boxers...
Tags: cast offs, tv showing, VHS, disability actors, United Kingdom, London, Disability, Educational psychology, Population, Entertainment Culture, Social Issues
Winnipeg students with fetal alcohol spectrum publish book
Winnipeg :: Canada | about 15 hours ago
Credibility But some kids with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder at Winnipeg's David Livingstone Community School can...Until she was in Grade 2, Dani was an elective mute — she chose not to speak. "Back then, she just shut down," said her older brother, Chris. "Now...
Tags: Theresa Larabie, FASD, Kaitlin, Dani Kaye, bridges program, fetal alcohol, Canada, Winnipeg, Syndromes, Teratogens, Fetal alcohol syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Alcohol abuse, Congenital disorders, Disability, Education
Learning disability ban overturned for London Olympics
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | about 16 hours ago
Credibility A ban has been in place since the Sydney Games in 2000 when the Spanish paralympic basketball team admitted some of its players were not disabled. A fair and efficient classification is central to the integrity of paralympic sport, and the organisations...
Tags: Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Paralympic Games, National Paralympic Committee, International Paralympic Committee, Philip Craven, Cheating at the Paralympic Games, Paralympics, Disabled sports, Paralympian, Social Issues, allnews, Disability, Paralympic sports
Tips to come out of depression
Mumbai :: India | 1 day ago
Credibility While medication and therapy can help, personal initiative is the greatest determinant in your recovery. Depression is a common mental disorder whose symptoms are depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of guilt or low self-worth , disturbed...
Tags: India, Mumbai, Disability, Major depressive disorder, Psychiatry, Mental disorder, Human Interest, Abnormal psychology, Mood disorders, Bipolar spectrum, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
Disabled receive $50,000
Ath :: Belgium | 1 day ago
Credibility The Vodafone ATH Foundation has given $50,220 to the group for its capacity building projects including its annual sports day. Foundation executive Ambalika Kutty said they had invested over $280,000 in projects for disabled persons in the country. The...
Tags: Belgium, Ath, Disability, Educational psychology, Population, Social Issues
After ski accident, a builder rebuilds his life from a wheelchair
Morgan Hill :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Everyone must wear a hard hat and it's not easy to get around...But here is Mark "Sparky" Muhn, 20 months removed from a ski accident that left him paralyzed, still doing the contracting job he loves. Even if it means having his wheelchair strapped to...
Tags: Carol Muhn, skis accident, Morgan Hill, Chairs, Disability, Wheelchairs
RBS loses appeal over wheelchair access ruling
Sheffield :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility The Royal Bank of Scotland lost its appeal over a ruling that it failed to cater for the wheelchair access needs of a disabled teenager who was awarded £6,500 damages. David Allen, 18, who has muscular dystrophy, took legal action after the bank failed...
Tags: wheelchair access, United Kingdom, Sheffield, Business Finance, Discrimination, Disability, Bank, Social Issues, Law Crime, Disability Discrimination Act
RIGHTS-LAOS: How Women Cope With Disability - Part 1
Vientiane :: Laos | 1 day ago
Credibility Before 2002, Chanhpheng Sivila held training workshops for the many Lao disabled women and men at her own house. Now she presides over the sprawling Lao Disabled Women's Development Centre fronting the Mekong, 20 km from Vientiane. Traffic thunders over...
Tags: Chanhpheng Sivila, Laos, Kaylie Tiessen, Vientiane, Lao kip, Disability, Social Issues
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