Friday, March 27, 2009

Sprout Film Festival to screen 13 films about developmental disabilities in May

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The Sprout Film Festival will be May 1-3, 2009 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Uris Education Center, at 81st St. & 5th Avenue i...

Film explores the world from perspective of dyslexia

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"bAd," will be screened in Santa Barbara, Calif., March 28. The 30-minute film comes from Vincenzo Giammanco, who experienced dysl...

Michigan State launches scholarship program for disabled vets

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From Indian Country Today : EAST LANSING, Mich. – Disabled veterans who are residents of Michigan will have a new opportunity to get a colle...

Deaf student at Columbia University asks for less isolating experience

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An essay in the Columbia Spectator by Blair Sinsimer , who is a Barnard College sophomore. I am the typical college student. I work hard, s...

Braille coin now available

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From CNN . And an AP story March 26 reports that "fewer than 10% of the 1.3 million legally blind people in the United States read Br...

PSA features story of homecoming queen with Down syndrome

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From the Deseret News in Utah. You can watch the PSA here. SANDY, Utah — True beauty endures and is not forgotten. Here's proof. Almost...

China says it will improve conditions for disabled people there

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From Xinhua : BEIJING -- Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu on March 26 urged to speed up building a system of social welfare and public servi...

AbledBody.com to focus on news about disability technology, innovations

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From an AbledBody.com release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Former BusinessWeek.com assistive technology columnist Suzanne Robitaille March 26 launched ...

AAPD, American Airlines to honor best TV commercials featuring disabled people

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From the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) Justice for All blog : FORT WORTH, Texas – American Airlines is partnering ...
Thursday, March 26, 2009

Vancouver Olympics, Paralympics committee reports it has plenty of funds for winter 2010

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From Reuters . Pictured is legendary U.S. Paralympian, Sarah Billmeier, winner of 13 Paralympic medals and six world championship titles bef...

GlideCycle provides another bike option for people with disabilities

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From DVICE.com : Most of us take the ability to run or ride a bike for granted. Sadly, for some folks, running and cycling are just dreams ....

Amputee builds USB finger

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From Live News in Australia: A software developer, who lost his finger in a motorcycle accident last year, has replaced it with a USB stick....

Leader of amputee organization asks Sierra Leone not to forget its disabled people

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From Awoko in Sierra Leone: The President of the Amputees and war wounded Alhaji Ahmed Jusu Jarka has pleaded on behalf of the amputees tha...

Budget crunch to close Pennsylvania deaf school

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From CBS 21 TV . Pictured are the SSSD 2008 graduates. The Scranton State School for the Deaf (SSSD) is one of the state schools set to clos...

Tanzania's government promises to quickly move cases of albino murders into the courts

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From The Citizen newspaper in Tanzania: The Government is taking new initiatives to expedite the hearing of cases concerning albino killing...