Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Smartphones provide greater convenience, safety for wheelchair users

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From phys.org : With modern communication aids, users of electric powered wheelchairs can operate a PC and cellphone without human a...
Friday, May 31, 2013

‘Bulletproof,’ an indie film featuring disabled actors, continues a proud tradition

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from The Boston Globe : “Bulletproof,” an indie film having its local premiere May 30 at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, may strike so...

Campaign against restraint, seclusion in schools launches with new film

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from Education Week : New Hampshire-based filmmaker Dan Habib, whose first documentary, "Including Samuel" , chronicled the...

National Federation of the Blind, MPAA join forces to back book treaty

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from The Washington Post : The National Federation of the Blind and the Motion Picture Association of America announced May 30 that they...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Hearing aids: A luxury good for many U.S. senior citizens

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from NPR : More than 30 million Americans experience significant hearing loss, but only a third of them get hearing aids. There a...
Saturday, May 25, 2013

How an entirely new, autistic way of thinking powers Silicon Valley

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By Temple Grandin and Richard Panek . Adapted and excerpted from The Autistic Brain : Thinking Across the Spectrum in Wired magazine . ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Team of academics redesigns a disability icon for NY City

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From The Chronicle of Higher Ed : Parking lots, public bathrooms, and entry ramps all have that same familiar character. It's the b...

Hollywood's disabled actors protest NBC's 'Ironside' casting - When is it their turn?

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From The Wrap : When the '60s procedural "Ironside" is revived on NBC this fall, the setting will move from San Francisc...
Thursday, May 16, 2013

In Britain, Radio 4 discovers the untold history of disability in 10-part series

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From the BBC : In a new ten-part radio series, journalist Peter White (pictured) uncovers new historical sources revealing what life ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

New closed-captioning glasses help Deaf people go out to movies

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From NPR : There will be a special attraction for deaf people in theaters nationwide soon. By the end of this month, Regal Cinemas pl...
Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Disabled married couple fights to live together in NY group home

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From the Asbury Park Press in N.J.: PORT JEFFERSON, N.Y. — With the beaming smiles of newlyweds, Paul Forziano and Hava Samuels hol...
Saturday, May 4, 2013

Today's life with Down syndrome is full of possibilities

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From Liz Szabo at USA Today : Tim Norton was devastated when his daughter was diagnosed with Down syndrome shortly after her birth in 2...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Nevada buses hundreds of mentally ill people to cities around country

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Note from Media dis&dat: This practice has been around since the 1980s. When I was a journalist in Texas then, Texas sent mentally ill...