disabled people

what can we do for the disabled? welcome to join thsi discussion

what can we do for the disabled? what do you think we can help to improved theri living standards and reduce discrimination against this group/ be fankly speaking i do not pay any attention to...

Monkeys Helping People With Disabilities

Here is another story from Reader's Digest, about an organization called Helping Hands that trains Capuchin monkeys to assist handicapped people with small daily tasks. Check out this heartwarming...

just appeaed on the BBC website

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6679619.stm I can't believe a company would do this, cutting jobs for disabled people. As a brother to a disabled person (albeit passed away) they need all the...

Protests Erupt Over Movie?s Use Of The R-word

Canoe-Jam! reports that Ben Stiller?s latest movie, Tropic Thunder, has generated some controversy over its use of the word?retard.? The film, a satire on Hollywood, tells the story of a group...

Fractured Society: The UK, the Relativity of Law, and a New Bill of Rights

The cross-party Joint Committee on Human Rights has said that there should be a new Bill of Rights [pdf] (or Bill of rights and Freedoms) for the United Kingdom, which will apply to both citizens and...

Exclusive Interview With Bones Writing Team (Part 2)

Searching Bones: I have a very important question to ask from one of my favorite Searching Bones readers. Her name is Annie and she lives in Sweden and she often sends me tips and messages....

Exclusive Interview With Bones Writing Team (Part 2)

Searching Bones: I have a very important question to ask from one of my favorite Searching Bones readers. Her name is Annie and she lives in Sweden and she often sends me tips and messages....

National Libraries: Turkey: Ankara’s National Library project helps the visually impaired

From the article: The National Library in Ankara has implemented a project to offer audio recordings of books according to the needs of the visually impaired. For visually disabled people, books are...

Britain's Missing Top Model is a UK competition between disabled models

Last Tuesday, the BBC debuted Britain's Missing Top Model, a reality competition that is like Top Model, except it features disabled people. The eight models include a deaf TV interpreter, a deaf...

Atlanta Film Festival 2008 - Closing Night

The Atlanta Film Festival 2008 drew to a close at the Landmark Midtown 8, with a pair of features and five shorts. I would have made it to the Noon screening of PRICELESS, but I was just up too late...

Manure

“Actress and humanitarian” Eva Longoria philosophizes, in return for money, on how great it is to be beautiful. Seen the commercial celebrating the heartwarming accomplishments of that...

Hypocrisy in the U.K. – Or Why Liberals Have Gone Jihadi

In a recent op-ed piece - Why Radical Islam Just Won’t Die – for the New York Times, Paul Berman observed that only five years ago: “Western intellectuals without any sort of Middle Eastern...

Laser-Guided Robot Helps the Disabled

By Susan Jacobs Georgia Tech's Center for Healthcare Robotics has recently developed a robot that assists disabled people around the house. Called the "El-E," this robot is over...