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Disability can lead to rule exemption
Charlotte Observer
But your question presents a common issue: What action can or should an HOA take to accommodate someone with a disability? A similar situation that I see frequently is when an owner requests the installation of a wheelchair ramp to allow access to the ...

One-legged basketball player thrives in Fall River
Boston.com
However, if you want a few laughs and to learn about a very upbeat kid with a great attitude about his significant disability, read on. Alex Ried, 17, is technically handicapped. He has a prosthetic bottom half of his left leg.

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Hop-N-Ing allows West Terrace students to learn more about a special classmate
Evansville Courier & Press
By Max Roll DENNY SIMMONS / Courier & Press West Terrace Elementary School student Ali Shanks, 7, learns people who are blind can read using Braille during an Easter Seals disability awareness program at her school Friday afternoon.

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Social Security Plan Symbolizes Entitlement Failure
Investor's Business Daily
By ROBERT J. SAMUELSON Posted 06:33 PM ET Social Security's disability program is a political quagmire — and a metaphor for why federal spending and budget deficits are so difficult to control. The numbers are too big; the details, too complicated; ...

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PR Web (press release)
Atlanta Accident & Disability Attorneys Help to Sponsor 2012 Atlanta Abilities ...
PR Web (press release)
The Accident & Disability Attorneys of Monge & Associates will serve as sponsors and answer attendees' questions at one of the nation's largest events for people with disabilities. We are proud to serve as a sponsor of this event and to provide answers ...

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Facing a Disability? Employer Benefits and Social Security May Both Help
Exec Digital (press release)
Learn more about how your employer-provided disability insurance meshes with Social Security Disability benefits. February 05, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Facing a Disability? Employer Benefits and Social Security May Both Help Many employers provide a ...

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Employer liable for employee's disability harassment by co-workers: Court
Business Insurance
Orange County must pay a disabled juvenile hall corrections officer more than $820000 for disability harassment, including statements co-workers posted on a blog, a California appeals court has ruled. Thursday's finding in Ralph Espinoza vs.
ESPINOZA v. COUNTY OF ORANGELeagle.com

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Disabilities: FEHC Orders Employer to Pay $96K for Termination Based on ...
HR.BLR.com
You probably know that the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state Fair Employment Housing Act (FEHA) prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals who have actual or perceived disabilities. For a Limited Time receive a FREE HR ...
Sara Boyns: Perceived disabilityMonterey County Herald

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Woman to represent Arc at White House community leaders briefing
WSLS
This particular briefing will focus on issues important to members of the intellectual and developmental disability community. It begins with speakers in the morning and then allows participants to split up to learn and talk about community and ...
Disability advocates receive a surprise visitor during a visit to WashingtonExaminer.com
Obama To Disability Advocates: 'I've Got Your Back'Disability Scoop
The Arc Brings Issues Facing People with Disabilities to the White House ...Albany Times Union

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Students Experience "Disabilities" to Raise Awareness
WLTX.com
"We are having fun learning about different disabilities, it is called Awareness: The Key to Friendship," said Carol Knight, school counselor at Brockman Elementary. Fourth and fifth grade students went through 12 stations experiencing learning, ...

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Love Story Sheds Light on How Society Treats People With Disabilities
PBS NewsHour
A New York Times bestseller, Rachel Simon's "The Story of Beautiful Girl" explores empathy and tolerance in the form of a love story where characters with disabilities overcome heavyweight obstacles. Judy Woodruff and Simon discuss how society deals ...

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Disability scheme will take time: Gillard
Sydney Morning Herald
The establishment of a national disability insurance scheme will be a change as big as Medicare and will not happen overnight, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said. Ms Gillard faced angry parents and carers of disabled people at a fiery ...

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Artistic Touch: Disability challenges artist to succeed
Ventura County Star
Despite having lost an eye as a child, Kochel was an All-State basketball player at Ventura High School and went to college on a basketball scholarship. He showed the same drive to succeed when he took up art as an adult.

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US Labor Department's Office of Disability Employment Policy releases ...
MarketWatch (press release)
9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The US Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy today announced the release of "Skills to Pay the Bills: Mastering Soft Skills for Workplace Success," a collection of career development exercises ...

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Low-income Albertans and disability workers get boost in 2012 budget
Calgary Herald
The province's poorest citizens, low-income families and workers who help Albertans with disabilities have all won significant boosts in the coming year's provincial budget. As was promised by Premier Alison Redford in the Tory leadership campaign last ...

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Disability advocacy group files class action suit against state
Nashua Telegraph
By KEVIN LANDRIGAN CONCORD – The state's leading group for those with disabilities launched a class action suit against Gov. John Lynch and the state for “needless institutionalization” of adults with serious mental illness.

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Humboldt, Kansas to Ensure Civic Access for People with Disabilities
Kansas City infoZine
The Humboldt population is just under 2000, and just over 21 percent of Humboldt residents have a disability. Washington, DC - infoZine - The Justice Department announced an agreement with the city of Humboldt, Kansas, to improve access to all aspects ...
USDOJ: Justice Department Signs Agreement with the City of Humboldt, Kansas ...7thSpace Interactive (press release)

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Abilities Expo, The Nation's Largest Event for People With Disabilities and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- More than three thousand visitors--people with disabilities, their families, caregivers, seniors, wounded veterans and healthcare professionals--are expected to attend Abilities Expo on Friday, February 17, ...

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ABA Joins Disability Advocates in Pressuring Law School Admission Council
The American Lawyer
The ABA's House of Delegates voted unanimously on Monday to adopt a resolution urging the council to "ensure that the exam reflects what the exam is designed to measure, and not the test taker's disability." The vote came during the ABA's midyear ...
ABA calls for better accommodations for disabled LSAT-takersThomson Reuters News & Insight

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East Haven Mayor Wants Disability Pension
Hartford Courant
By DENISE BUFFA, dbuffa@courant.com The Hartford Courant The state is reviewing East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo's request for reinstatement of his approximately $40000-a-year firefighter's disability pension, which was rescinded after Maturo was elected ...