Sex in the City could have been written about Liz Carr and Penny Pepper. Carr, 34, fresh from the Edinburgh festival, is still excited about the rave reviews for her Fringe show Bravetarts, one of which described her as “unapologetically dirty”. She considers herself to be a modern, liberated woman and describes herself as semi-single – she has been seeing a married man for the last few years, retaining the freedom to date anyone else.
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Experts are seeking to improve the design of equipment which aims to make life easier for disabled people.
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Being labelled ‘subnormal’ can blight a child for life. But Catriona Wrottesley meets two extraordinary people who overcame their diagnoses and found success as adults
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Claire Miller’s sons Sam and Harry are autistic. Her 11-month-old baby may also have autism – she’s waiting for a diagnosis. She cares for her children and her husband, who has schizophrenia. She says her family would fall apart without the support she receives from the Surrey-based charity Disability Challengers. “They have been my lifeline. Challengers is the only respite we have from the children,” says Miller.
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More use must be made of powers to stop discrimination on the grounds of race, sex and disability in Scotland, according to a report.
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The last time it happened, a crew from the Wichita Fire Department spent two to three hours at the scene.
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As a physical therapy student in the 1970s, Thomas Holtackers learned to help people overcome injuries that interfered with their daily activities. When Holtackers was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), he supplemented his physical therapy work with insight gained from personal experience. These days, a retired Holtackers actively encourages positive thinking to help people with disabilities meet the challenges of daily life.
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“The body’s spinal cord is lik e a super highway of nerves. When an injury occurs, the body’s policing defenses put up a roadblock in the form of a scar to prevent further injury, but it stops all neural traffic from moving forward.”
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Stephen Bennett doesn’t need a wheelchair-accessible bathroom. But the president and chief executive of United Cerebral Palsy has lots of friends and professional acquaintances who do and says “when I have friends over, I want them to be able to go to the bathroom in my house.”
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June 1, 2006 – Last July, I took a car trip with Kevin, my 15-year-old brother. The music was blasting and the sun was shining through the windows, warming our faces. We were singing loudly to the tune on the radio—Bruce Springsteen, of course. We cruised down the highway enjoying the summer heat and each other’s presence. I looked over and couldn’t help but feel immensely happy when I saw his face with its beautiful smile that cures all pain and those deep blue eyes that see the world in a perfect light. The song ended, and he hit repeat.
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U.N. members should finish drafting a treaty to protect the rights of the world’s 650 million disabled people by the end of next week, the diplomat leading the negotiations said on Tuesday.
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During Hurricane Katrina, Benilda Caixeta, a New Orleans resident with quadriplegia, tried for two days to seek refuge at the Superdome. Despite repeated phone calls to authorities, help never arrived for Caixeta. Days later, she was found dead in her apartment, floating next to her wheelchair.
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Skin Deep: Imaging Technologies May Detect Pressure Ulcers And Deep-tissue Injuries That Healthcare Workers May Miss…
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OAKLAND, Md. — It’s no secret that farming is hard work. Many aspects of the job demand physical labor, and farmers know that some tasks will be harder than others. But they do what is needed to get the job accomplished. However, for some people, even everyday chores become challenging because they have a disability, and they can’t always perform tasks like everyone else.
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Cindy Peacock, 31, is losing her vision through retinitis pigmentosa, a progressive degenerative illness. She has neither a guide dog nor a white cane, but when, 18 months ago, she lost her bearings on her way to pick up her son from school in Dagenham, Essex, and suffered a panic attack, she realised she needed support.
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A Japanese quadriplegic on Monday partly realized his dream of ascending one of Switzerland’s highest mountains, thanks to a friend who carried him up with the help of a high-tech robot suit.
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Prominent Columbia businessman Bob Andrews obeyed doctor’s orders last October, took new pills after he’d taken his usual heart medicine and – within hours – dropped dead.
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Airlines are failing to accommodate disabled travellers, with shortcomings including charging extra for overweight guide dogs and inadequate websites.
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