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This American Life's report on kids and disability claims riddled with...
A couple weeks ago, I listened to Unfit for Work: The startling rise of disability in America an interesting program on the supposed rise in disability claims produced by Planet Money and aired on...
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The (awful and not usually very trustworthy) New York Post reports that rich New Yorkers pay thousands of dollars to an Orlando area service that rents out disabled people to accompany them to Walt...
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True cost of war visible in our overwhelmed Veterans' Administration
Army Staff Sgt. Sam Shockley, who was injured in Afghanistan when he stepped on a buried bomb, prepares to work on his balance and on walking with prosthetic legs at Walter Reed National Military...
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Miles O'Brien on life after losing an arm
Television journalist Miles O'Brien gets ready for his day. (Photo: Christopher Anderson/Magnum Photos/New York Magazine) While on assignment in the Philippines in February, reporter Miles O’Brien had...
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A history of Down Syndrome
From their inclusion in 16th-century paintings to their roles in famous families (including, probably, Darwin's), people with Down Syndrome are part of history. At the Down Wit Dat blog, there's a...
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Disabled chicken will receive a 3D-printed prosthetic leg
[caption id="attachment_411034" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Shutterstock[/caption] Cecily is a hen who was born with a bum leg due to a damaged tendon. The options were to put her down or make her...
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The Mad Max game is every bit as brilliant on disability as Fury Road was
Mad Max: Fury Road has attracted praise for its deft handling of some of the themes that Hollywood normally gets very, very wrong. The way that women take charge, for example, the Gamergate crowd had...
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For disabled players, Twitch offers community and a second income
https://youtu.be/nhnKRg9SBQ4 Simon Parkin has done an interesting profile at the Guardian of players with disabilities who have found a community—and a supplemental income—via online streaming service...
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United Airlines sorry they forced disabled man to crawl off plane to use...
A man with physical disabilities was forced to crawled off a plane at Reagan National Airport in Arlington VA, when United Airlines failed to provide him with help disembarking. (more…)
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You think holiday air travel sucks? Try flying while disabled. On American...
If I could walk, I wouldn’t have missed my connection. If I could walk, I wouldn’t have been left onboard, twice, after everyone else disembarked. If I could walk, I wouldn’t have my feet crushed,...
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Games reveal the contrasting colors of accessibility
I had to hear it from Wil Wheaton. Talking to the creators of open-world hit game Uncharted on his show, Conversations with Creators, the geek legend praised a feature that helps you guide protagonist...
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Microsoft video shows how a blind software engineer uses AI to 'see' the world
Meet Saqib, a Microsoft dev in London who lost the use of his eyes at age 7. Here's a neat little profile of his artificial intelligence development work from Microsoft Cognitive Services: (more…)
View ArticleHow do blind architects rethink buildings?
"We were exploring how we could sense it with a cane, sense it with our fingers, sense it with our feet... There is this great palette of textures...All of a sudden, it starts to engage your brain in a...
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This Ghostbusters Ecto1 Wheelchair Halloween Costume is Totally Amazing
IMGURian Ryan S. Miller posted this wonderful series of images: “Here is Jeremy's Costumer this year...The Ghostbusters Ecto-1!” “Every year we've tried to step up the scale of the costume builds we do...
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Watch how augmented reality can help those with vision impairment
Nearly 250 million people in the world have impaired vision. Oxsight is developing augmented reality glasses that could supplement or even replace canes and seeing eye dogs for many. (more…)
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Travel guide for American invalids, 1887
1887's Appleton's illustrated hand-book of American winter resorts for tourists and invalids is a whirlwind tour through all the places you can go and die of consumption in the America of yesteryear:...
View ArticleUS, EU want to delay copyright treaty to help blind people for 3-5 years
Jamie Love sez, "On April 15, 2011, the European Union participated in informal negotiations on the World Intellectual Property Organization treaty for the blind. The meeting was held at the US Embassy...
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Man chooses "elective amputation" for bionic hand, after motorcycle accident
A 26-year-old man in Austria who lost the use of his right hand in a motorcycle accident ten years ago has decided to undergo "elective amputation," after which he will be fitted with a bionic hand...
View ArticleDevelopmentally disabled man harrassed by TSA at Detroit airport
A doctor reports that his developmentally disabled son was harrassed and traumatized by the Detroit airport TSA screeners, who wanted to investigate the "puffiness" caused by his adult diaper. They...
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