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- 62 Years in a Wheelchair Just Part of Judy's Life (NW Disability Connections – 2/28/11)
Judy was offered a job because "someone in Iowa City wanted a secretary with a visible disability.” Judy had been in a wheelchair since polio struck at age 4. “I didn’t want a job just because somebody was interested in somebody with a disability,” she says. - Advance – for Physical Therapists & PT Assistants
The nation's physical therapy news magazine. - Center for Independent Living Advocates for People with Disabilities (Media for Freedom – 4/6/09)
Everyone at CIL is fighting for the same basic rights that people without disabilities have – to access the community, to access transportation, to work, to have families and lives, to live and love and be in society." - Chronic Disease and the Internet (Pew Internet)
Recent survey data from the Pew Internet Project and the California HealthCare Foundation show that adults living with chronic disease are significantly less likely than healthy adults to have access to the internet. - CRPD Outreach & Education (U.S. International Council on Disabilities)
On July 30, 2009, the United States signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). As the United States moves towards ratification of this historic treaty, USICD is working to help the U.S. disability community and our allies better understand the CRPD and what we can all do to ensure its successful implementation for people with disabilities everywhere. - Designing a Garden for People with Disabilities (The Gardening Register – 2/12/10)
Patti's Comments: This is interesting – I never thought of it before. - Get to Know the Person Behind the Disability (Infoforum)
Picture yourself in a wheelchair. Add this fact: It is permanent. There are no miracles left. Forget about the cause; this is the life you have now. There is no choice but to accept your fate and make the best of it. Got the picture? Now, go out into society and see what you run into. Most people don’t see the person behind the disability. You are treated not as a person with a disability, but as a disabled person. People look at the things you can’t do rather than the things you can do. - Human Factor: A goal is a direction, not an end (CNN blogs – 11/8/11)
In the Human Factor, we profile survivors who have overcome the odds. Confronting a life obstacle – injury, illness or other hardship – they tapped their inner strength and found resilience they didn't know they possessed. This week meet Kyle Maynard. Despite being born without arms or legs, Maynard has played football, wrestled, and he's hoping to hike Mount Kilimanjaro. - New Study Reveals Lack of Characters with Disabilities on Television (I am PWD – 9/29/10)
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and a new report released today on minority representation on broadcast television shows that scripted characters with disabilities will represent only one percent of all scripted series regular characters — six characters out of 587 — on the five broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, The CW, Fox, and NBC. Not only is this invisibility in the media misrepresentative of people with disabilities, it also means few opportunities for actors with disabilities to be cast. - Peace of Mind: Common Considerations for Interacting With Those Who Have Disabilities (News Network – 9/14/10)
Many people have certain fears about interacting with individuals with disabilities, such as doing or saying the wrong thing, being offensive, and/or embarrassing themselves or the individual. Such fears can create barriers that separate and alienate individuals with disabilities rather than fostering situations in which they are treated as equals. - Polio's Legacy (YouTube video)
Introduction by Mikail Davenport: "When I was a little kid my mother said to me, 'You know you'll never be like other boys, but that doesn't mean you can't excel.' Well, as a kid all I heard was, 'You'll never be like other boys.' Basically at an early age I decided, 'I'll be damned if people are going to consider me unable.'" - In 2005, Mikail completed the "Capitol Ride '05" where he hand-cycled from South Padre Island to the Texas State Capitol (350 miles in 7 days) to raise awareness about Coalition of Texans With Disabilities’ (CTD) legislative priorities…and "for anyone who has been told, 'You can't do that…you can!' As a 62-year old postpolio and cancer survivor, I know what it is to be challenged… daily. All challenges and changes in our lives mold us and our characters by the way we approach and handle them. As a Texan with disabilities, I have known both discrimination and acceptance, and seek through advocacy to find new avenues for dialogue and legislative action for my fellow Texans with disabilities. I have a simple philosophy: The only limits we possess are those that we impose upon ourselves or that we allow others to impose upon us!"
- Safety Planning: A Guide for Individuals with Physical Disabilities
Published by the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life. - Social Networks a Lifeline for the Chronically Ill (New York Times – 3/24/10)
For many people, social networks are a place for idle chatter about what they made for dinner or sharing cute pictures of their pets. But for people living with chronic diseases or disabilities, they play a more vital role. - Spotlight on Disabled Horse Riders in US (Horsetalk – Oct. 2007)
The American Horse Council (AHC) has submitted comments to the nation's Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board supporting broader outdoor recreational and trail access for America's disabled riders. - Victims with Disabilities: Collaborative, Multidisciplinary First Response (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
Techniques for first responders called to help crime victims who have disabilities.
Publications – General Disabilities Issues
- Complete Disability Resource Guide (Medicare Solutions)
Disability often brings to mind wheelchairs and amputees on crutches. The scope of disability has changed throughout the years and so has the mindset on what constitutes a disabled person. Federal disability discrimination law states that disability is defined as a mental or physical affliction that to a large extent hinders at least one or even more of an individual’s important life actions. Impacted life activities can include self-care, learning, moving, and the basic activities of daily life, which include cooking to keeping your home clean. The terms that once defined disability have changed as well. - Disability: Facts and Resources (Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement)
Most Americans know someone with a disability, but few are aware that disability could affect them at any point in their lives. Though some disabilities exist from birth, others, such as work-related injuries and serious illnesses, can be incurred later on, even by people in good health. All disabilities and illnesses have the potential to bring incredible financial strain. People with disabilities are at a greater risk for poverty throughout their life course and especially in old age. For this reason, an understanding of government benefits, as well as other financial opportunities available is crucial for the financial security of anyone with a disability and his or her dependents. - List of Disabilities (Buzzle.com)
Comprehensive guide to various physical, mental and developmental disabilities and rehabilitation. Throughout the world, there are millions of people who have some form of emotional, mental, or physical handicap that can limit their activities to varying degrees. The terms disabled and differently abled are both preferable terms to the outdated term handicapped. Disabilities can be the result of accidents, resulting in paralysis, brain damage, etc., while some people are born with such afflictions as cerebral palsy, spina bifida, Down syndrome, muscular dystrophy, blindness, etc. This guide offers disability facts, statistics, information and resources on a list of disabilities covering several mental, physical, and emotional handicaps and the necessary assessment, treatment for people with disabilities, and advocacy of it in both public and private arenas. Disability facts and information for parents of children with physical disabilities and medical issues. Disability resources to learn about accessibility, disabled assistance, developmental and learning disabilities in physically handicapped children, disabilities rights and parenting kids with disabilities. - Medical Model vs. Social Model of Disability
What is the medical model vs. social model of disability? This model was created by Carol Gill at the
Chicago Institute of Disability Research to explain how people with disabilities are seen by society
and how the Disability community sees ourselves. Disability studies scholars believe that an
overemphasis on the medical model has detracted from full citizenship for people with disabilities.
Patti’s Comments: We should move past this debate already —it should be the social model of supports!
