Latest Disability Stories
Community Employers Provide Individuals with Disabilities a Chance to Achieve Their Dreams ORLANDO, Fla., April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bishop Grady Villas, a residential and employment services provider for individuals with disabilities, is proud to recognize the local businesses that have made an impact in the lives of their residents and clients. Over the past several years, the organization has had the privilege of partnering with dozens of local employers that have offered...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A new website has been developed to help disabled veterans understand the disability systems used by the US Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs. www.MilitaryDisabilityMadeEasy.com launched in March, 2013. The website provides simple descriptions of the entire disability process, including definitions of key terms and hints on how to maximize disability ratings. With over 50 pages and 215 illustrations,...
As one of the springtime’s most popular useful devices from Enabling Devices, the Therapy Gardening planter offers the perfect solution for the disabled gardener. Making gardening more accessible for every user regardless of physical limitations, this sturdy and attractive planter allows gardening inside or outside at an even level with wheelchair access. Elberton, GA (PRWEB) March 31, 2013 Rehabmart.com, an online e-commerce company that sells rehabilitation and medical supplies, has...
Ability Jobs Plus, the only job site for the disabled by the disabled is relaunching their website and services starting today, March 22, 2013. Santa Ana, CA (PRWEB) March 29, 2013 Ability Jobs Plus is the only job site for the disabled by the disabled. The site is dedicated to helping millions of disabled American find work and is relaunching Friday, March 22, 2013 after months of improvement. The site is run and managed by founder Richard Hill of Kingman, AZ. Since originally launching...
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Sensory Integration Dysfunction, and a variety of other developmental disabilities are making tremendous gains with the use of the right technology at Abilities First Preschool in the Hudson Valley region of New York State. Wappingers Falls, New York (PRWEB) March 28, 2013 When Abilities First opened its Little Red Schoolhouse back in 1962, little did anyone know that education would one day be transformed by technology, particularly for children...
Make the First Five Count® and Act for Autism® at All 139 A.C. Moore stores with a Free Craft Event and Register Donation Program in March & April CHICAGO, March, 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the fourth year in a row, there's an easy and crafty way families can help people living with autism. A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc. has teamed up with Easter Seals for an in-store campaign and free crafting event that asks customers to Act for Autism® beginning March...
Having the right disability insurance policy can be the difference between a successful financial future or one swimming in debt. (PRWEB) March 26, 2013 Having the right disability insurance policy can be the difference between a successful financial future or one swimming in debt. An individual needs to consider their occupational duties, both physically and mentally, when purchasing a disability policy. “Consider what important duties are at work. Would you be able to perform your...
DUBLIN, Ireland, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8czz2f/foot_and_ankle ) has announced the addition of the "Foot & Ankle Devices Market (2012 - 2017) By product type (external fixation, internal fixation, joint replacement, prosthesis, bracing) - Global trends & competitive analysis" report to their offering. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130307/600769 ) The foot & ankle...
Easter Seals Teams with Vista Life Sciences CHICAGO, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Online exercises and other web-based tools are showing promise to enhance our memory, improve our focus, speed our thinking and achieve other gains in brain function. These same tools are also showing real promise for people living with neurological conditions, illness or other disabilities. As a trusted resource for people with disabilities and their families, Easter Seals and its new...
Dan McMillan of The Standard continues CDA's mission to educate working Americans on the importance of income protection PORTLAND, Maine, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council for Disability Awareness (CDA) today announced Dan McMillan, vice president of the Insurance Services Group for Standard Insurance Company, "The Standard" has been elected chairman of the CDA Board of Directors. McMillan joined the CDA board in 2009. He succeeds John Roberts, president and...
Latest Disability Reference Libraries
The Braille system is a method that is widely used by blind people to read and write. It was devised in 1821 by Louis Braille, a blind Frenchman. The Braille characters are made up of six dot positions arranged in a rectangle containing two columns of three dots each. Including a subset when dots are not raised, there are sixty-four possible subsets. The positions on the grid are number 1-3 from top to bottom, on the left, and 4-6 from top to bottom on the right. Horizontal Braille text is...
