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Captioned-Radio Initiative Paves Way For Deaf To Experience Radio prototype car dashboard enabling deaf and hard-of-hearing to experience or “listen” to radio. More...

The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation has begun a summer-long search to crown the 2010 Best Dad on Wheels via an online contest. More...

The Departments of Justice and Education announced the publication of a joint 'Dear Colleague' letter reaffirming the agencies' commitment to ensuring students with disabilities have equal access to emerging technologies More...

Contest of Talent Mother Nature took center stage on the first day of the 2010 U.S. Paralympics Track & Field National Championships as rain washed out the majority of final events. Before the storms rolled in, four 800m races were More...

More Fiber For Better Health The Rural Nebraska Healthcare Network (RNHN), a consortium of rural hospitals and related health clinics in Nebraska, announced a pending transaction that will facilitate the deployment of a new $20M fiber optic medical network More...

20 Years After the ADA and Department of Justice Still Working for Access The Justice Department announced an agreement with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, to improve access to all aspects of civic life for More...

3 Tips to Avoid Childhood Obesity Warning signs that a child may be in danger of becoming obese can be boiled down to three key questions: · Is my child involved in sedentary after school activities such as watching television, phone texting More...

Andrea Friedman, Actress with Down Syndrome, is Asked About the R word (edited from interview in April/May issue) Cooper: The other thing that’s happening right now is the controversy over what they call the R word. What is your-- Andrea: Oh, yes. I know. Cooper: What is your thought about that? Andrea: About “retarded,” the R word? I don’t really like it at all. It really affected me in many ways, because I’ve been teased a lot. I’ve been teased with that from elementary school, high school, and I didn’t like it. I was going to stand up for myself, but I didn’t have the courage. And I said something like, “Leave me alone or my sister will come after you.” (laughs) More...

Fox News - Job Hunt Series Asks ABILITY Magazine Jamie Colby of Fox News, reporting under the Job Hunt Series, asks ABILITY Magazine and ABILITY Jobs about issues surrounding the hiring of people with disabilities. Two video versions appeared on the Fox Network. The second video includes appearances with best selling author and AM writer Allen Rucker, comedian and AM humor therapy writer Jeff Charlebois, Vista member Dana Nelson, AM's Chet Cooper and Nancy Villere of Crush Photo Studios More...

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