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Transplant May Be In Sight For Girl With Intellectual Disability

julie — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:04:33 +0000

Weeks after claiming their 3-year-old was rejected for a kidney transplant because she has an intellectual disability, a New Jersey couple said the transplant may go through after all.Chrissy and Joseph Rivera said in an interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer this week that doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are now considering a transplant for their daughter, Amelia.Earlier this month, Chrissy Rivera wrote in a blog post that a doctor at the Philadelphia hospital told the family that a transplant would not be possible because the girl is “mentally retarded.” Amelia was born with a rare chromosomal disorder called Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome that’s marked by the presence of intellectual disability, developmental delay, seizures and distinct facial characteristics.Rivera’s post went viral and more than 37,000 people have signed an online petition asking the hospital to rethink the decision.

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Transplant May Be In Sight For Girl With Intellectual Disability

Airline Fined $100K Over Disability Complaints

julie — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:57:01 +0000

The Federal officials reported on Friday that the US Department of Transportation had fined Spirit Airlines $100,000 over disability complaints filed by passengers. Spirit Airlines did not consider the disability-related complaints of passengers and also did not take any action to solve them. The Department of Transportation had also fined some other airlines for the same disability violations.

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Airline Fined $100K Over Disability Complaints

Claim: Girl Denied Transplant Because She’s ‘Mentally Retarded’

julie — Sat, 12 May 2012 23:58:23 +0000

If we do not value human life, our society will fail. Life support systems are terminated for those that are considered to be “vegetables”. Medical procedures are denied to elderly patients because they would be a “waste of resources”. Terminally ill children are regarded as “not worth saving”. And as the population control agenda of the global elite continues to be promoted in the classrooms of thousands of colleges and universities around the globe, the value placed on human life is going to continue to decline.

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Claim: Girl Denied Transplant Because She’s ‘Mentally Retarded’

True Origin Of Cerebral Palsy May Be Genetic

julie — Wed, 09 May 2012 23:58:23 +0000

Researchers now say that the cerebral palsy may actually originate in a person’s genes much like other developmental disabilities. The finding, reported online in the journal The Lancet Neurology in January, comes as cerebral palsy rates have remained steady for over 40 years despite marked progress in medical care during and after birth, the researchers note. Scientists already know of six genes that are associated with cerebral palsy when altered, but Moreno De Luca and his colleagues say that more will likely be identified.

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True Origin Of Cerebral Palsy May Be Genetic

White House Plans Nine-City Disability Tour

julie — Sat, 05 May 2012 23:58:23 +0000

Obama administration officials are planning to fan out across the country starting this spring for a series of regional White House conferences to address disability issues. Exact details on who from the administration will be hosting the conferences and precisely what will be on the agenda were not revealed to advocates.A White House spokesman declined to comment on the plans.

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White House Plans Nine-City Disability Tour

Top Schools Told To Beef Up Inclusion

julie — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:58:23 +0000

Dennis Walcott, chancellor of the city’s Department of Education, said the schools must increase the number of students with disabilities to the level seen at other area high schools. New York City’s most prized public schools are strikingly devoid of students with disabilities. The move comes as enrollment of those with special needs at 11 elite high schools numbered three or fewer students last year. It’s unclear if low enrollment of students with disabilities is because such students aren’t applying or because they are not being admitted.

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Top Schools Told To Beef Up Inclusion

Jobs Picture Still Murky For People With Disabilities

julie — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:58:22 +0000

The U.S. Department of Labor reported Friday that unemployment among Americans with disabilities dropped to 12.9 percent in January, down from 13.5 percent at the end of last year.fewer people with disabilities looking for work. In fact, the number of people within this group who were employed declined in January, as did the number considered part of the labor force, meaning that they were working or seeking a job.The Labor Department began tracking employment among people with disabilities in October 2008.Data on people with disabilities covers those over the age of 16 who do not live in institutions.

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Jobs Picture Still Murky For People With Disabilities

Autism Odds Increase With Parent Age

julie — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:58:23 +0000

New research suggests that Kids are at higher risk for autism if either — or both — of their parents are over age 35 at the time of birth.Researchers found that children were up to 28 percent more likely to have the developmental disorder if their father was over 35. The odds increased to as much as 55 percent for dads over 40.Why older parents are more likely to give birth to children with autism remains unclear.

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Autism Odds Increase With Parent Age

10 States Win Waivers From No Child Left Behind Law

julie — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:58:23 +0000

10 states won approval from the U.S. Department of Education to bypass key components of the federal No Child Left Behind education law. Those states are Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Tennesse. This is good news for our kids; it’s good news for our country, said President Barack Obama. New Mexico was the only state that didn’t receive a waiver among the first 11 states that applied in November.

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10 States Win Waivers From No Child Left Behind Law

Sarah Palin On Ups And Downs Of Son’s Disability

julie — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:58:23 +0000

“Many everyday activities like doctor’s appointments and social gatherings and travel accommodations and even mealtimes and a solid night of sleep are that much more difficult, but at the end of the day I wouldn’t trade the relative difficulties for any convenience or absence of fear,” Palin continues. “We went from fear of the unknown to proudly displaying a bumper sticker sent to us that reads: ‘My kid has more chromosomes than your kid!’”

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Sarah Palin On Ups And Downs Of Son’s Disability