How will the Energy Crisis effect the disABLED
Community?
by Diana Malfa
By now, we are all aware of the energy crisis that is evolving in the United States.
It appears that again, big business is thinking only of the bottom line that we all know
is profitability and not consumer interest.
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Web Accessibility: 500 Million and Growing
By Michael G. Paciello with his permission
At first glance, it's hard to believe that more than 500 million people make up what has
always been viewed by mainstream industry as a small niche market. This is in fact a 1980
estimate maintained by the United Nations and contained in their report on the World
Programme of Action Concerning People with Disabilities.
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Garrett vs. Alabama
and the Disabled Community
vs. the United States Supreme Court.
Wednesday February 21st 2001 will be a day to remember for the disabled
community as a whole. On that day, the United States Supreme Court limited the reach of
the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) by saying that state workers can not file
employment discrimination lawsuits against their state employers under the ADA.
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The Three Who Couldn’t-But Did
by Leonard Berlow
Billy Banks wasn’t able to keep up or even play with the neighborhood kids. Billy was
born with one leg shorter than the other. That made him kind of hippity-ho when he walked
or tried to run. The other kids weren’t mean to Billy because he was different
than they were, but just the same he was always last to be taken when sides were chosen
for tag or baseball. Often, when Billy say the kids playing in the empty lot next door to
his house, he’d pretend that he really didn’t care about joining in.
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Inhaled Insulin NO MORE SHOTS?
Besides the potentially serious implications of being
diabetic, being insulin dependent and having to inject yourself day in and day out for the
rest of your life gets old. Oh yes! You get used to it. You have to. It becomes routine.
Some in the morning, more before bed.
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Article
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
begins study to evaluate bypass surgery without general anesthesia.
Last fall the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) launched a study to determine if there are advantages of performing direct coronary
bypass (MIDCAB) in patients without general anesthesia the procedure is minimally invasive
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Article
A Guide for People with Disabilities Seeking
Employment
There are more opportunities now than ever before for people who are receiving SSDI and
SSI benefits to learn job skills and find permanent employment.
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Article
Expert Consensus Treatment Guidelines
for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder:
A Guide for Patients and Families
reprinted with permission from the web site www.psychguide.com/oche.html
If you or someone you care about has been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder
(OCD), you may feel you are the only person facing the difficulties of this illness. But
you are not alone.
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What is Post Polio Syndrome(PPS)?
Post-Polio Syndrome, or PPS, is a name that describes NEW symptoms that occur to an
individual whose average age is 31 years old. The symptoms occur usually from 20 to 40
years after the onset of the initial polio infection and after a period of
"recovery" of at least 10 years.
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