News tagged with disabilities
UD professor leads efforts to support science students with disabilities
Karl Booksh points to data collected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) showing that Americans with disabilities make up some 10-15 percent of the population but account for less than 1 percent of those ...
Apr 27, 2012 |
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Improved ergonomics for wheelchair users
(PhysOrg.com) -- Empa engineers, together with the firm r going, have succeeded in developing an ergonomic seat for electric wheelchairs which encourages the user to move around frequently. True to the motto ...
Jan 16, 2012 |
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Blind, visually impaired New Yorkers contribute to state economy
Employment statistics suggest bleak economic realities for New Yorkers who are blind. Nearly two in three are out of work, a level in line with national unemployment figures for individuals who are blind and other populations ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jan 04, 2012 |
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India's uranium mines cast a health shadow
Gudiya Das whines as flies settle on her face, waiting for her mother to swat them while she lies on a cot in Ichra, one in a cluster of villages around India's only functioning uranium mines.
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Study: Simple teaching tool boosts student reading performance
Research from North Carolina State University shows that utilizing a freely available literacy tool results in significant advances in fundamental reading skills for elementary school students, without requiring ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Using touch screens and apps to treat autism
As a commercial software expert for the financial services industry, Ted Conley was frustrated with the technology that a speech therapist recommended to help his developmentally disabled son. So he decided to build his own ...
Jul 22, 2011 |
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Rhesus monkeys have a form of self awareness not previously attributed to them
In the first study of its kind in an animal species that has not passed a critical test of self-recognition, cognitive psychologist Justin J. Couchman of the University at Buffalo has demonstrated that rhesus ...
Jul 05, 2011 |
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Poor 'gut sense' of numbers contributes to persistent math difficulties
A new study published today in the journal Child Development (e-publication ahead of print) finds that having a poor "gut sense" of numbers can lead to a mathematical learning disability and difficulty in ach ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Study finds much different work histories for disability rejects, beneficiaries
Male disability applicants rejected for federal benefits tend to have lower earnings and labor force participation rates over the decade prior to applying for federal disability benefits, a new study finds.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 24, 2011 |
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Physical disabilities add challenge to pregnancy
(AP) -- Her first pregnancy brought Dianna Fiore Radoslovich a break from the weakness and pain of her multiple sclerosis.
May 09, 2011 |
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Early work indicates drug used to treat alcoholism may help those with Fragile X and autism
In small, early clinical trials, adults and children with autism and Fragile X syndrome have shown improved communication and social behavior when treated with acamprosate, according to Craig Erickson, M.D., assistant professor ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Recovery Act-funded jobs program helps high school grads who have ASD
JobTIPS, a free, Web-based program unveiled today, aims to help youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or other disabilities develop and maintain skills needed for successful employment. Supported through the Recovery ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 01, 2011 |
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Society needs to prepare now for aging
A ground-breaking report released today highlights the wide range of health care needs affecting older women.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 31, 2011 |
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Older lesbians, gays have higher rates of chronic disease, mental distress, isolation
Members of California's aging lesbian, gay and bisexual population are more likely to suffer from certain chronic conditions, even as they wrestle with the challenges of living alone in far higher numbers than the heterosexual ...
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Past medical testing on humans revealed
(AP) -- Shocking as it may seem, U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving hepatitis to mental patients in Connecticut, ...
Feb 27, 2011 |
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Disability
Disability is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 as "a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities." An individual may also qualify as disabled if he/she has had an impairment in the past or is seen as disabled based on a personal or group standard or norm. Such impairments may include physical, sensory, and cognitive or intellectual impairments. Mental disorders (also known as psychiatric or psychosocial disability) and various types of chronic disease may also be considered qualifying disabilities.
A disability may occur during a person's lifetime or may be present from birth.
For more information about Disability, read the full article at
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