Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Tag: People with Disabilities

Their lives go on

When 40-year-old Mindy Idaspe learned she would never walk again due to a spinal cord injury in 2002, she was heartbroken. A nurse and...

A designer gets to grips with disability

Daniel Brown refuses to let paralysis depress him. In fact, says Marisol Grandón, his work has taken him in a new direction Daniel Brown is...

Why home Care Costs So Much

Institutional costs are eligible for Medicaid reimbursement to states. Home services aren't. I wrote awhile ago about activists pushing the Medicaid Community Attendant Services...

Christopher Reeve, Scientists Share Honor

Actor Christopher Reeve, two scientists who discovered an arthritis therapy and a researcher who helped show how cells read their genes have won prestigious...

Communities

AccessDome A Global Community dedicated to individuals seeking or offering products, services, information, and participation in ensuring that the Web is accessible to people with...

Sexual problems of disabled patients

ABC of sexual health Almost 4% of the UK population have some form of physical, sensory, or intellectual Impairment--almost 2.5 million people. Many of these...