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Disabled Sports USA, Challenged Athletes Foundation sponsor first all amputee team; Maple Grove resident among team ...
Disabled Sports USA (DSUSA), one of the largest sporting organizations for people with physical disabilities, in partnership with the Challenged Athletes Foundation, announced it is sponsoring Team Missing Parts in Action's climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa on Aug. 2.
Coming up in Harding, the Chesters, Mendhams and Washington Twp.
MONDAY, July 26 A program on end of life decisions is planned for noon at the Washington Township Public Library, 37 E. Springtown Road, Long Valley. Discussion topics will include, autonomy, informed consent, living wills, do not resuscitate orders and more. A complimentary luncheon will be served. Call (908) 876-3596 or go to www.wtpl.org and sign up under Adult ...
Company donating to disabled customers
TROY ? A company that provides services for people with disabilities is offering household items and clothing free to its disabled customers on Friday.
Disabled veterans can follow their dream of entrepreneurship
Kenneth Kraft, Kim Anglesey and Patrick Valdez take part in the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities. ( Lawrence K. Ho, Los Angeles Times / July 26 , 2010 )
Anniversary of ADA brings presidential order to hire more disabled workers
As the country marks the 20th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act this week, the Obama administration and Congress are taking steps to give the disabled greater access to federal jobs and technology. ADA - Programming - Languages - Disability - United States
Activists Against Disabled Service Cuts Bring Cause to Sacramento
Protesters against proposed cuts to services for the disabled camped out in South Berkeley for a month before packing up the tent city - called 'Arnieville' - to head to the state capital.
Advocates for disabled to protest at Woods Services building today
Members of the Alliance for Inclusive Education plan to hold a protest at 2 p.m. today outside the Middletown residential center for children and adults with disabilities where a 20-year-old man with severe autism died Saturday after he was left in a minivan.
Bus a lifeline to seniors, disabled
VALPARAISO -- Betty Carter relies on the transportation service provided by Porter County Aging and Community Services twice a week. Carter, who uses a motorized wheelchair and lives with her sister in Chesterton, uses the on-demand service to get blood work done in Chesterton, and to go to a wound care center in Valparaiso. "If it wasn't for this service, I don't know what I would do," Carter ...
Fatimah: Ensure the disabled have opportunities to participate in life
THE needs of people with disabilities must be taken into consideration whenever development plans are formulated.
Disabled boy closer to getting new home
It took about three hours for Dominic Stratton's old house -- a converted 1940s chicken coop -- to come down Wednesday morning.