Celebrating Special Education Inclusion and the Forgotten Children
Kathleen M. Cleaver writes on special education inclusion, Education for All (EHA), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and the forgotten children (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - March 13, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Blogs - Writings - Stories Source Type: news
Gun Manufacturers Target Women as Serious Students in Advertising Efforts to Drive Sales
Study reveals gun manufacturers are appealing to women as serious students of firearms in their advertising - a shift in strategy that may be contributing to increased gun sales (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - March 13, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Americas Source Type: news
SignLight International Film Festival Showcases Deaf Talent
SignLight Inc., will launch the inaugural SignLight International Film Festival, the world ' s largest gathering of Deaf and hard of hearing film and television talent, in Hollywood April 16-20, 2024 (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - March 13, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Photo and Film Casting Source Type: news
VA Benefits Now Available to Millions of Veterans
VA health care benefits are now available to millions more veterans in one of the largest expansions of coverage in the U.S. The inclusion of significantly more veterans compared to past bills comes at the direction of President Joe Biden.
Veterans Who Now Qualify
Veterans of the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Global War on Terror or any other combat zone after 9/11.
Service members who were exposed to any toxins or other hazards during service at home or abroad.
Those who were never deployed but were exposed while training or on active duty in the U.S.
Benefits cover exposure to asbesto...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - March 13, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Travis Rodgers Tags: Asbestos (general) Asbestos Exposure Cancer Center Doctors/Specialists Treatment Veterans Source Type: news
Preventing people with a learning disability from dying too young
This report examines whether they are able to access the services they are entitled to in order to prevent illness. It looks at a set of five key preventive health care services and functions to understand whether they are working as they should for people with a learning disability.ReportNuffield Trust - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - March 13, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news
Boosting Disability Employment Could Drive Billions into Australian Economy
A recently released report highlights stagnant employment rates among individuals with disabilities in Australia for the past twenty years (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - March 12, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Australian Disability Employment Source Type: news
Social Media's Political Fury Breeds Cynicism in Society
How exposure to political attacks on social media promotes anger and political cynicism (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - March 12, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Disability Political Editorials Source Type: news
Nike Mannequins Come in All Sizes
The sportswear brand Nike has introduced new, inclusive mannequins to their Niketown stores in London that include representations of physically disabled and plus-sized athletes. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Burden of depressive disorders in Vietnam from 1990 to 2019: a secondary analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 - Vu QT, Harada K, Nishimura Y, Hagiya H, Tan E, Lehasa OME, Zamami Y, Koyama T.
Depressive disorders are among the leading causes of disability globally. However, information on the burden of depressive disorders in Vietnam is limited. We aimed to analyse the burden of depressive disorders in Vietnam from 1990 to 2019. Using data from... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
1-year-old Aussie startup goes global for its digital care ecosystem
Disability-care focused Kismet recently raised $8 million in seed funding in the United States. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - March 12, 2024 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Game Lab Unveils Unity Accessibility Toolkit
The toolkit focuses on players with visual impairments and makes it easier for game developers to implement gamer aids for people with disabilities (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - March 11, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Accessible Games and Gaming Source Type: news
Experts Can ’ t Agree If We ’ re Still in a Pandemic
As a health journalist, I’ve written the phrase “the COVID-19 pandemic” more times than I care to count in the four years since the World Health Organization (WHO) first used that term on March 11, 2020. But lately, the word “pandemic” has given me pause.
Maybe you’ve noticed it too: these days, a lot of people refer to the pandemic in the past tense. “During COVID,” they say, or, “when we were in the pandemic.” The implication is that the virus is gone and the pandemic is over.
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The former is clearly untrue. The ...
Source: TIME: Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Who is getting a Social Security payment this week?
Millions of Americans are set to get Social Security payments this week, and beneficiaries can expect a 3.2 percent cost-of-living boost to all payments this year. Social Security checks arrive monthly to both seniors and those living with disabilities. Depending on your birthday, you might end up…#socialsecurity #michaelryan #michaelryanmoneycom #jonathanprice #segal (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Isolation of Having Long COVID as Society Moves On
When Karyn Bishof started experiencing Long COVID, there wasn’t a name yet for the symptoms that lingered after her infection in March 2020.
“I had these continued, prolonged symptoms that I wasn’t hearing about initially,” says Bishof, who founded a group called the COVID-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project to help advocate for those suffering with Long COVID. She experienced extreme fatigue, nausea, and insomnia, among other things, but doctors kept testing her for COVID-19, or telling her her symptoms were psychosomatic.
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March 11 marks four years s...
Source: TIME: Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Simmone Shah Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 feature News Desk Source Type: news
Modifications to child restraints for children with disabilities - experiences of Australian caregivers and health professionals - Cook L, Bilston L, Whyte T.
All children travelling in motor vehicles must be properly secured in a size-appropriate child restraint. However, for many children with a disability, standard child restraints are not suitable, and health professionals or caregivers modify restraints. Th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
