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The Social Security Administration, in an attempt to show greater sensitivity, recently announced it would begin using the term "intellectual disability" in place of "mental retardation," the term that has been used for years. The switch reportedly comes over two...
A settlement last month between the Department of Justice and Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has sparked a discussion about what really constitutes a disability. The case involved students who complained that their school required them to purchase meal...
According to a series of studies undertaken by the Global Burden of Disease 2010 Project, musculoskeletal conditions, particularly back and neck pain are a leading cause of disability worldwide. Low back pain, in particular, is the number-one cause of disability...
One of the things we frequently speak about on this blog is the challenges faced by those with disabilities. These challenges are mental and emotional, but also financial and social. Programs like Social Security Disability exist for the sake of ensuring that our...
Chandler McBride, an 18-year-old Three Rivers senior who suffered a broken neck and severed spinal cord this past summer after diving into the shallow end of friend's swimming pool, experience a life change that, for many people, could turn into a perpetual downward...