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Fearnley fury at wheelchair humiliation in airport
Seeded on Mon Nov 23, 2009 4:32 PM EST (theage.com.au)
The Human Rights Commission will be asked to look into Jetstar's disability policy after paralympian Kurt Fearnley slammed the airline for making him check in his wheelchair and crawl through an airport.
Robots that Care: Advances in technological therapy
Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:33 PM EDT (New Yorker)
Imagine R2D2 in a second career as a physical rehabilitation therapist. He encourages you as you perform repetitive therapy motions with your weakened limb. He never tires of beeping to confirm a success, and he even adapts to the extroversion/introversion level of the patient.
'Wheelchair Recycler' Gives Back Freedom
Seeded on Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:07 PM EDT (AOL)
The man best known as the "Wheelchair Recycler" has spent the past 11 years building and fixing power chairs for the people with the greatest need, but who often could not otherwise afford one. Permanently paralyzed in a car accident in 1995, David Heim, 47, of Marlborough, Mass …
The Body's Music Is Not A Shattered Life: A Letter to Stephanie Smith from Wheelchair Dancer
Seeded on Wed Oct 7, 2009 1:46 PM EDT (cripwheels.blogspot.com)
Yes, I saw that NYT piece about the "shattered life" of dance teacher, Stephanie Smith. One minute, she's a beautiful active 23 year old. One hamburger later, she's disabled, a paralyzed wheelchair user, her life over. Don't get me wrong. That is an awful thing to happen.
Wheelchair-Bound Hero Tackles Sex Offender in Wal-Mart
Seeded on Sat Oct 3, 2009 11:44 AM EDT (truecrimereport.com)
34-year-old degenerate Kevin Salyers sexually assaulted a young girl at the local Wal-Mart, then tried to flee.
California Police Officer Is Accused Of Tasing Unarmed, Legless Man In A Wheelchair
Seeded on Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:41 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)
The Merced Police Department's Internal Affairs Division is investigating whether an officer twice used a Taser on an unarmed, wheelchair-bound man with no legs.
No Thumbprint, No Money, Bank Tells Armless Man
Seeded on Thu Sep 3, 2009 12:35 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
bank in Florida refused to cash a check for an armless man because he could not provide a thumbprint.
Video of Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan, explaining how Keller was taught her first words
Seeded on Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:26 PM EDT (coilhouse.net)
Helen Keller...and her teacher and friend Anne Sullivan in a clip from 1930 in which they describe the way in which Helen learned how to speak.
Can We Stop Saying Retarded Yet?Yes, it's "intellectually disabled."
Seeded on Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:41 PM EDT (Slate)
excerpt:"Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics, died Tuesday morning at the age of 88. A number of articles made note of her work on behalf of the "mentally retarded" or in preventing "mental retardation." Is it still OK to use the word retarded?
An Appraisal: The Mother of the Special Olympics
Seeded on Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:20 PM EDT (The New York Times)
RIP Eunice
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