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As our readers know, learning disabilities—once referred to by the now derogatory term “mental retardation”—come in different varieties. One variety of learning disorder is classified as nonverbal. These individuals usually display average...
This week, the White House reportedly commemorated the one-year anniversary of the Newtown, Connecticut shooting at Sandy Hook by meeting with the families of victims and pledging to devote $100 million for mental health programs across the United States. As has been...
Disability insurance, as we’ve mentioned in previous posts, is a greatly underused resource in this country. According to the Council for Disability Awareness, 64 percent of wage earners believe they have no more than a 2 percent chance of becoming disabled for...
Depression is currently the second leading cause of disability worldwide, according to a paper recently published in the journal Plos Medicine. In some countries, clinical depression is the leading cause of disability, but on the whole depression is outpaced by lower...
With the government shutdown having come to an end, things are on their way to getting back to normal for federal programs that were put on hold, including Social Security disability and the Veterans Administration. As advocates for disabled veterans have pointed out,...
Readers who have been paying attention to the recent political debates over the national budget know that Social Security disability is often targeted as a program that needs to be cleaned up as part of the effort to control federal spending. While there is some truth...
According to a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, many patients who stay in an intensive care unit come out with brain dysfunction which affect memory, decision-making and quality of life. The study found that many ICU patients walk away...
Golf fans know that Tiger Woods has been experiencing back problems recently, most notably at The Barclays competition. During the competition, Woods went to his knees after swinging his second shot on the par-5 13th hole. Now, there is some question as to whether his...
New rules passed by the Labor Department earlier this week are good news for disabled people looking for work, as well as veterans. And there are quite a few unemployed disabled people out there. Right now the unemployment rate in this group is about 14.7, about twice...
Workplace injuries can occur in nearly any environment, but it is well known that certain industries are more prone than others to having injured workers. Not only that, but there may be a difference in the number of workplace injuries and illnesses depending on the...