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慈善家陳石成病逝 生前致力推動視障教育
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年邁的陳石成，因常目睹鄰居年老行動不便，再發願捐贈一輛復康巴士，以提供行動不便者利於就醫之用。(記者林呈彥攝) 畢生致力關懷弱勢，長年行善的永和區欣和獅子會長陳適銘父親陳石成，因重病住院多日下，於農曆年前仍不敵病魔打擊，最後病逝在醫院病床，陳石成老先生在 ...
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　　每到月底，院生與老師就開始進行期刊出刊的準備工作，每位院生要做什麼也都不用老師講，大家都會自行就定位開始貼期刊。

　　

　　小吟的情緒在大家靜靜貼期刊的時候，也獲得某種程度上的緩和。

　　老師都清楚院生們在長假返家後回到機構，情緒方面難免有點不穩定，小吟是其中的重點人物。

　　小吟跟媽媽的感情很深，每當有回家，返回機構的時候總會拉著媽媽又摟又抱，很捨不得媽媽回去；碰到媽媽來機構探視的時候也總開心到不行，媽媽知道小吟的期待，也擔心造成機構困擾，往往來院探視或接回之前都要老師先不要跟小吟說，以免她事前得知的話會因為太high而暴走。（笑） (觀看全文...)

Police Log: Elderly Wheelchair User in Middle of Dilla Street
Patch.com
By Mary MacDonald Milford police and firefighters responded to several incidents Thursday into Friday, according to the combined dispatch log, including to a report that an elderly woman was riding her wheelchair in the center of Dilla Street.

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MPS Prevails in Appeal of Disability Rights Case
89.7 WUWM - Milwaukee Public Radio
The group Disability Rights Wisconsin sued MPS in 2001 in a case called the "Jamie S. Case", claiming the school system had been failing to identify students in need of special services, so some were not being adequately educated.

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Green tea drinkers show less disability with age: study
Reuters
For the new study, Japanese researchers looked at a different question: Do green-tea drinkers have any lower risk of frailty and disability as they grow old? Following nearly 14000 adults age 65 and older, they found that people who drank the most ...

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Wheelchair curling championship comes to North Grenville
Your Ottawa Region
Curlers from RA Curling Club play during the first day of the Dominion Wheelchair Provincial Curling Championship, which ran from Jan. 31 to Feb. 3 at the North Grenville Curling Club. Photo by JP Antonacci Twenty-four of Ontario's top wheelchair ...
Curling: Small field, strong field for wheelchair playdownwww.kamloopsnews.ca

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Kelley on cross in Dimora corruption trial: 'I get $4000 a month on disability'
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And, it was during that time Kelley worked to get on mental disability. Christman asked how much his disability payment is each month, and Kelley answered, “about $4000 a month. “It's based on the amount you make, and the years you served,” Kelley ...
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Shouldering the Disability
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By Rod Moser, PA, PhD I had an extensive rotator cuff repair of my left shoulder a little over two months ago. This has been a longer road to recovery than I anticipated. At first, I only cancelled two weeks of patients, thinking I would be back at the ...

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Monmouth woman in wheelchair hit, killed by vehicle
Peoria Journal Star
Mabel A. Magnuson, 75, was crossing North Main in the 1000 block in her motorized wheelchair at about 5:30 pm when she was struck by a vehicle. Monmouth Police Department Lt. Joe Switzer confirmed at least one other vehicle had swerved to avoid her ...
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北市身心障資源中心 將增新據點
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台北市政府社會局昨天舉行年初工作報告記者會，釋放多項身心障礙者利多消息，包括將增設6家身障日間服務據點、1家社區小型作業所、1家精神障礙會所，預計今年下半年陸續完成。 北市目前有6家身心障礙者社區資源中心，分別由北市視障者家長協會、廣青文教基金會、心路基金 ...

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My Down's Decade (Disability Dads series)
BBC News (blog)
As his tenth birthday draws closer, his dad Steve blogs about the first decade in 'Down's world', for the first of our series on dads and disability. Ten years ago, my sometime blokey self was looking forward to a date later in 2002 when I imagined ...

提昇社福成效北市廣設服務據點
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為提昇社會福利政策成效，臺北市政府社會局昨日指出，未來將推動兒童和少年及育兒的多項福利措施，保障兒童和少年相關權益，預計設立收出養中心、育兒友善園及建置第2座親子館；另也將推動長者和身心障礙者的福利措施，例如「銀髮友善好站」今年預估達到700站、身障者日間 ...

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disAbility Coalition tours adult services program
The Star Democrat
Enjoying a disAbility Coalition tour of the Benedictine's Adult Services Program are, from left, Kelley Malone, Benedictine vocational coordinator; Bill Roth of the disAbility Coalition; and Scott Evans, Benedictine deputy director.

新北身心障礙者職訓專班受理報名
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為提升身心障礙民眾的就業能力，新北市勞工局開辦「101年度身心障礙者職業訓練專班」，計有數位資訊軟體應用、複合式烘焙、視障者電話值機服務人員、行動彩繪造型師、平面排版設計、按摩職業訓練師等6個班別，即日起受理報名，名額有限。詳洽29603456轉5586。

New Drug Doesn't Improve Disability Among Stroke Patients
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Study Highlights: , Feb 3, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- A new drug, AX200, which produced improvement in an earlier small clinical trial, didn't improve disability among stroke patients when begun within nine hours of the onset of stroke symptoms ...

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It has been a week of political ups and downs in benefits and social care.

Coalition plans to cut payments to families with disabled children were rejected by the House of Lords in a seventh defeat on Tuesday.

Neil Coyle, Director of Policy at Disability Alliance said:

'The government's decision to continue on a path which will deny help to thousands of disabled people and leave many more families in poverty is a bitter blow. It is hugely disappointing for the many disabled people and their families who have raised concerns with MPs and charities in an apparently vain attempt to ensure their voices were heard'.

On Wednesday, the Bill with amendments from the House of Lords was overturned in the House of Commons. In the next stage, we will see the Bill back in The Lords possibly for an old-fashioned upper and lower chamber game of ping pong. Convention tends to dictate that the upper chamber will eventually concede to the will of the lower elected chamber. Charities have been out in force condemning the government for its actions.

Ministers argue the money saved will be spent on providing additional support to the most disabled adults.

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Measures 'reduced suicide rate' - BBC News

London 2012: Disabled artists tackle Oylmpic challenge in medieval town - BBC News

Disability measure is praised
Martinsville Bulletin
By PAUL COLLINS - Bulletin Staff Writer Jim Tobin, executive director of Piedmont Community Services, praised a settlement reached last month that provides a blueprint for the future of Virginia's intellectual and developmental disabilities system.

Stan Palmer has Down's Syndrome. As his tenth birthday draws closer, his dad Steve blogs about the first decade in 'Down's world', for the first of our series on dads and disability.

Ten years ago, my sometime blokey self was looking forward to a date later in 2002 when I imagined both of my perfect children, my three year-old and my yet-to-be-born son, would be sleeping through the night and everything would be going smoothly. But, now I know what I know, I'm grateful for Stan, arriving - with an extra chromosome - like a juggernaut through my hopes.

I would probably have hit middle age with an air of unattractive parental smugness had it not been for him. It's amazing what a massive change of perspective can bring.

Flash forward. On New Year's Eve 2011, a totally different me, with ten years Down's dad experience under my belt, I found myself in a pub disco with Stan, dancing to the camp classic 'It's raining men' by The Weather Girls. And I was blissfully happy.

So, how did I get from 'pipe and slippers' to becoming an active and positive 'disco dad'?

It's 2002. I'm holding my son and I've just been told he has Down's Syndrome. I place him in his cot, and I'm a bit shocked ... I'm not sure I can deal with it.

I've always been haunted by this memory - at the moment he most needed me, just after he came into the world, I appeared to be rejecting him.

When I think about how we reacted on the day he was born, I feel silly. After being told, I spent the first few hours in a denial phase, looking to see if the fold in his hand went straight across - apparently a sure-fire confirmation of the syndrome - when in fact I just needed to look at his face.

A day later, the silliness stopped. I had my 'get it' moment in Homebase. I don't know why I'd nipped out to the DIY superstore with all that was going on around me, but I did. And I fell in love with Stan whilst there.

I was at the till when I suddenly realised that I had two sons now, not one, and that Stan needed me. I got my act together just in time. Right there, amid the tools and hardware, Project Down's Dad had begun. I was on The Mission. 'The Mission' was to achieve the best life possible for my son and to teach people along the way.

If the ghost of birthday future had appeared and listed what Stan and we, his family, would accomplish in the following ten years, I wouldn't have believed it.

• When Stan was four, our experiences were turned into Petal's story on EastEnders, when a child character with Down's was born to Honey, one of the main characters on eastEnders at the time.

• He's been the star of two Christmas pantos.

• He's conquered electronic devices with ease.

• He's been horse riding.

• He's received many awards at his school.

• And more besides.

A mate of mine reminded me today that when he heard Stan had been born with Down's, he was concerned, but that he knew that I was the man for the job. You know, Down's Dad. And once I'd had the DIY store / road to Damascus moment, I suppose I just got down to it. The Project. The Mission.

In the last ten years, I've written blogs, appeared on radio shows and generally been a Down's activist much like Eva Longoria from Desperate Housewives, but without the looks. But it's equally important to have a normal family life, and to be seen to be having one.

If we all go out to eat, Stan isn't the centre of attention. He tries to be but he is included equally, one part of our family. The extended family all love Stan; they've all watched him grow up to be a cheeky, exasperating, lovely boy and they contribute to his life.

We also have support from a local group. It's great that we can all get together and share ideas, and, at times, our worries.

Looking back at this decade, there is one thing I'm particularly proud of, that's bonding with other Down's dads.

A group of us now regularly go out for a curry and it's just a really good time to have a chat, about non-Down's stuff, and about Down's stuff.

Those dad conversations have been perhaps the most intense and satisfying discussions I've had about the issue.

I've written on my personal blog about why it's important for men to have their own time to discuss issues. We lads can be a bit backward in coming forward, and it's important for us to be fully involved with schools, hospitals, doctors and all the appointments our kids tend to have. And the really good news is that, this year, Stan has a male teacher too.

The other good news is that the Mums are so impressed, they're now doing their own curry night.

At Stan's tenth birthday party, many of his classmates will be there. We use to worry that he'd never have any friends but, these days, they're queuing up. And why not? We're so proud of both of our children.

And yes, in this blog I've left out some of the difficult times because, today, we celebrate ten years of a life less ordinary. He's survived two heart operations - a common complication in Down's - he's established himself in a school where he's part of the furniture, and he's single-handedly educated a whole swathe of people about Down's just by being himself.

At the disco on New Year's Eve, the other members of our party abandoned the dance floor and it was just me, Stan and The Weather Girls. And I had one of those dad-son moments that I dared not to dream about ten years ago.

I'm going to have to break off now. I've just got into trouble for not taking Stan his drink. Instead of being the great Down's Dad on The Mission and getting mucked in, I've been caught writing a blog entry about it.

Stan says hello.

The Disability Dads series continues next Friday.

Are you a dad to a disabled child? Do you have a support network like Steve or do you go it alone? Tell us in the comments below.

賣場偷食物 被抓亮殘障手冊
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任姓男子（61歲）到台北市中華路一家賣場行竊，將白米、濃湯包、冰糖和杏仁餅等多樣商品放入自己的黑色袋子內，結帳時只拿泡麵和水餃付款；店員覺得不對勁，報警處理。任拿出殘障手冊表示自己有失智的症狀，並不是故意犯法；警方偵訊後依竊盜罪嫌將任送辦。

Cheryl Perkins column: Technology helps some regain independence
Appleton Post Crescent
Some with spinal injuries will recover and many others will depend upon wheelchairs for their independence. It isn't easy being confined to a wheelchair. There are obstacles and difficulties almost everywhere that the walking person wouldn't notice.

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