It was much more about individual
disabilities than about social justice.
Not exact matches
The COLA also affects benefits for
about 4 million disabled veterans, 2.5 million federal retirees and their survivors, and more
than 8 million people who get Supplemental Security Income, the
disability program for the poor.
People with
disabilities demonstrate the same passion, independence and self - direction as all Americans, and given certain characteristics — including being on average older and less educated — it is not surprising that the rate of self - employment for people with
disabilities in the labor force in 2011 was
about 50 percent higher
than the corresponding rate for people without
disabilities -LSB-...]
It's true that more men are at home caring for the kids
than ever before — there are
about 2 million stay - at - home dads — but, and this is a big but, the largest number of stay - at - home fathers, 35 percent, are at home because of illness or
disability, according to the Pew Research Center, not by choice, versus 73 percent of stay - at - home mothers, who either are choosing to be at home (presumably with the blessing of their partner) or who have had to opt out for any number of reasons (the cost of child care perhaps).
About half of preemies weighing less
than 3 1/2 pounds at birth develop learning
disabilities or behavioral issues, says Cathy Boatman, a child development specialist at the Children's Medical Center of Dallas.
Rather
than focus on all the bad things
about your child's
disability, talk
about all the people who are making a big effort to help him.
Don't forget
about disability insurance: there's a higher likelihood of needing this
than life insurance.
If your child is struggling, and you suspect a pattern of difficulties rather
than an isolated instance, speak first with your child's teacher and other school authorities
about your concerns and to set up learning
disability testing.
It is
about supporting the dedicated direct care workers — who certainly deserve more
than a minimum wage — so they can support their families while they continue to support the 130,000 New Yorkers with developmental
disabilities,» the #bFair2DirectCare campaign said.
In the United States, stroke is the largest single cause of neurologic
disability, accounting for
about 800,000 new cases each year — more
than one per minute — and exacting an annual tab of
about $ 75 billion in medical costs and lost productivity.
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The more we develop the mind body relationship, we learn much more
about our capabilities
than our
disabilities and limitations, and open to new possibilities both on and off the yoga mat.
If you are actually interested in a compelling narrative
about disability, look no further
than The Intouchables.
There will always be cynicism
about the Tinseltown attitude towards fictional
disability (something that is traditionally admired as long as it comes as a package with genius), but this is a genuinely excellent performance from Redmayne, and the movie itself is far more complex and demanding
than you might expect.
It's not the gross - out slapstick, although I think they do that better
than most, but rather a level of intelligence and sensitivity that allows them to deliver — under the radar, as it were — strong humanist messages
about the objectification of women, the empowerment of people with physical and emotional
disabilities, and the importance of establishing in any kind of relationship a measure of compromise and independence.
CAMBRIDGE, MA — A new study estimates that between 7.5 and 14 percent of students in Milwaukee's voucher program have
disabilities, a much higher rate
than the one provided by the Wisconsin State Department of Public Instruction (DPI), which has stated, «
about 1.6 percent of choice students have a
disability.»
«If there are concerns
about the impact of having students with
disabilities in our classrooms, perhaps the focus should be on providing additional teaching and professional development resources rather
than singling out a student or group of students.»
Charter schools enrolled a lower percentage of students with
disabilities than traditional public schools, but little is known
about the factors contributing to these differences.
In other words, traditional publics enroll
about two percent more students with
disabilities than charters.
The new Special Needs Act has set aside more
than $ 3 - million worth of state - funded vouchers for
about 430 of Mississippi's roughly 60,000 students with
disabilities.
However, decisions
about how best to use the achievement growth of students with
disabilities for evaluating their teachers also must consider the accuracy of other measures of teaching and the costs of relying on these rather
than on value - added.
However, data from the State Department of Education reveals that
about 90 percent of Connecticut's charters serve a less needy population
than their host districts: fewer poor children, fewer English Language Learners or fewer students with
disabilities, with most having a combination of two or three of these categories.
According to Losen's report, Black children with
disabilities in most states lost
about 50 days more
than their white peers, and they were consistently found to lose more instruction time in all states that reported data, except in Wyoming and Hawaii.
(June 2003) NCSET NLTS2 Data Brief This report of the demographic characteristics of youth with
disabilities participating in the National Longitudinal Study - 2 provides important information
about factors other
than disability that affect the educational and transition experiences of youth with
disabilities.
about NSBA Asks Court to Uphold the Law that Enables More
Than 6 Million Children with
Disabilities to Receive Individual Educational Opportunities
About 18 percent of students in the Racine district had
disabilities that year, giving the public schools a much higher concentration of disabled students
than that reported by choice schools.
Though the training of Autism Assistance Dogs and Multipurpose Service Dogs (dogs trained in more
than one area of service dog work or for more
than one child within the same family) are the programs outside agencies inquire
about the most, 4 Paws offers internships to any agencies outside the United States who wish to learn more
about any of our work with children of all ages and a wide variety of
disabilities.
[42] In other words, Part 7 (at least so far as it is concerned with benefits following injury, rather
than death benefits) has two related objects: to compensate an insured person for a portion of the financial loss accrued from temporary total
disability caused by a motor vehicle accident; and, where possible, to do so in a manner that brings
about the end of the total
disability by returning the injured person to employment or self - sufficiency.
The issue is less
about enjoyment of specific rights,
than the effective enjoyment of all human rights without discrimination, by people with
disabilities.
In the end, there are more important things to worry
about when it comes to long - term
disability insurance
than the probationary period.
How
about this for a statistic: you're twice as likely to get a
disability than you are to die young, but only 28 % of Americans have long - term
disability insurance compared to
about 70 % who have life insurance.
We are talking
about individual private
disability insurance coverage, rather
than group coverage through your employer.
1) Could you please confirm if lIC eterm 825 will cover a) Natural Death b) Accidental Death (Not
disability) c) Suicidal (if premium of paid for more
than 1 year then they will return 80 % of premium paid minus taxes I tried asking many people
about this but did not get a satisfactory answer.
How do I handle requests for such references?Thank you so much for your help!CherylCHERYL M. EARLE3407 Old Dobbin Road, Montgomery, Alabama 36116 - 1903Home Phone: 334-215-3706 Cell Phone: 334-233-2631 Fax: 334-273-0477 E-mail:
[email protected] position managing legal discovery and document review with opportunity to assist attorneys with civil litigationBAR ADMISSIONAlabama State Bar, 1999LAW - RELATED EXPERIENCELaw Firm, AlabamaResearch Attorney for Special Projects, Mass Torts Department, November 2001 — February 2008 • Managed Multi-District Litigation (MDL) Document Depository (September 2002 to February 2008) o Reviewed more
than 1 million pages of evidentiary documents for litigation purposes and for inclusion in electronic databaseso Coordinated document review assignments with attorneys at local depository and at other sites across the USo Retrieved, reviewed and coded documents in Concordance and Summation legal databaseso Prepared memoranda and spreadsheets providing detailed analysis of discovery materials • Aided attorneys and support staff with processing and preparation of personal injury claims and litigationo Conducted legal research and drafted pleadingso Conducted supplementary online research for additional documents and information pertinent to litigationo Assisted with preparation of correspondence to clients and referring attorneyso Contacted clients for additional information needed in case preparation, litigation, and potential settlementso Prepared and input case intakes and referrals into databaseLaw School, AlabamaStudent Intern, Alabama
Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), August 1996 — June 1997 • Participated in law school clinical program under third - year law student practice rule (as authorized by Alabama Supreme Court) o Assisted attorneys and advocates in cases involving mentally ill patients confined to state mental health facilitieso Interviewed clients in person (at state facilities) and over the phoneo Worked with clients, attorneys, and social workers to investigate and resolve issues concerning involuntary confinement and treatmento Aided in legal research on an appellate brief submitted to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (ruling granted in favor of our client) Faculty Research Assistant for Library Services, Bounds Law Library, March 1996 — June 1997 • Prepared research and teaching materials for law school faculty; worked 20 hours per week while matriculating 10 - 15 hours per semester) o Investigated copyright issues related to procuring and reproducing texts for academic useo Conducted legal research using WESTLAW, LEXIS and the InternetADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCEManufacturing Company (MC), Montgomery, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant and Cost Analyst, Materials Purchasing Department, April 1999 — September 2001 • Assisted materials buyers in negotiating and preparing commodities contracts between raw materials suppliers and MC for manufacturing plants in the US and Mexicoo Assisted Legal Department at MC's corporate headquarters with coordination and preparation of documents for litigationo Notified and educated suppliers
about MC's freight - on - board policy and its corresponding Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) provisions; result was the reduction of freight claims for both the company and its supplierso Prepared contracts and purchase orders for raw materials and capital projects involving plant maintenanceo Solicited price quotations from current vendors and established Excel spreadsheet format which simplified quote submission process and allowed MC to track and compare usage volumes and costs over timeo Prepared and analyzed cost reports used by materials buyers and production planners in purchasing decisions, including cost reductions, materials consolidation, and selection of vendorso Acted as liaison between vendors and the Purchasing, Transportation and Accounting Departments on issues concerning inbound freight, commercial carriers, and payment terms for commodities, resulting in reductions in freight costs and greater payment discounts for raw materialso Established online databases and printed directories for the Purchasing Department, allowing buyers to have easier and faster access to current vendor informationo Completed Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance project, which involved data collection and communication with MC's past, present, and potential materials suppliers and service providersNot - For - Profit Organization, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Combined Federal Campaign, September 1998 — January 1999 • Aided Campaign Director with 1998 Federal Campaigns (CFCs) in City 1 and City 2, which together generated nearly $ 700,000 for more
than 1,000 local, national and international charitieso Prepared weekly reports on donations using WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Excel and dBase IVo Wrote script for Talent Showcase at City 1's 1998 CFC Kickoffo Assisted Director with merger of the City 1 and City 2 CFCs in 1999Regional Bank, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Year 2000 (Y2K) Department, March — June 1998 • Worked with Vice President of Corporate Projects on short - term project for the bank's Y2K Departmento Analyzed and processed data on Y2K readiness for all branches of Bank throughout the southeastern USo Organized meetings for personnel of Banko Communicated with vendors of computer hardware, software, and office equipment to request information on Y2K complianceo Prepared compliance files for Federal Reserve auditso Prepared in - house memoranda and reports using Microsoft Word and ExcelRecord / Music Promotion Company, AlabamaRecord Pool Co-Founder; Office Manager, September 1990 — December 1991 • Co-founded record pool to enhance promotion of music in Alabama and the southeastern USo Procured and distributed records from major and independent labels for club, radio and mobile disc jockeyso Coordinated jointly sponsored promotional events with record companies, radio stations and clubso Designed, wrote, and published bi-weekly reports and brochures to inform the music industry of the progress and popularity of music and performers in the region, with specific focus on the Alabama music sceneMajor University, AlabamaGraduate Research Assistant, AUM Department of Marketing, June 1989 — August 1990 • Worked 13 - 20 hours per week as a research assistant to Marketing faculty while carrying a full course load in the MBA programo Analyzed consumer surveys used in academic researcho Assisted Conference Chairperson with coordination for Atlantic Marketing Association (AMA) annual meeting (October 1989) o Co-authored five - year index and classification of AMA Proceedings (published Fall 1991) EDUCATIONLaw School, AlabamaJuris Doctor (JD), 1997 • Scholarshipso Seybourn H. Lynne Scholarship, 1996 - 97o Dexter C. Hobbs Memorial Scholarship, 1995 - 96o E. W. Godbey Memorial Scholarship, 1994 - 95 • Honorso Who's Who Among American Law School Students, 1996 - 94o Arthur Davis Shores Award, 1997 • Activitieso Frederick Douglass Moot Court Team Manager, 1996 - 97 Southern Regional Competition, Second Place National Competition, Eighth Placeo John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition, Spring 1996o Black Law Students Association Delegate, BLSA National Convention, 1997 Co-Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1996 - 97 Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1995 - 96 BLSA President's Award, 1996 and 1997o American Bar Association, 1996 - 97 Entertainment and Sports Industries Forum Intellectual Property Section Law Student Divisiono LAWS Student Group Leader, 1995 - 96Major University, AlabamaMaster of Business Administration (MBA), 1990Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.), 1988 (Major: Marketing — Advertising and Promotion Track) • Honorso Dean's List • Activitieso National Student Advertising Competition Team, 1988 - 90 Seventh District Competition: Third Place, 1990o Marketing Club, 1987 - 90 Vice President — Career Development, 1988 - 89o Public Relations / Advertising (PR / AD) Club, 1988 - 90 Charter Member, 1988 Active in fund - raising and membership driveso Theater Guild, 1988 - 90 Screening Committee, 1989REFERENCESAvailable upon request
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Research has shown that older people are less likely to know
about depression, less likely to consider it an illness or
disability and are less likely to seek treatment
than other age groups.
Good Shepherd's Kathy Landvogt said highly discriminatory proposals such as where people will no longer be able to qualify for the
Disability Support Pension on the basis of their substance abuse alone (estimated by Whiteford to affect fewer
than 450 people each year, saving
about A$ 22 million over five years) ignore the connection between mental illness and drug addiction, and threaten to breach basic human rights and that drug testing welfare recipients «comes dangerously close to criminalising poverty.»
The judge asked all the things you had told us she would ask, and agreeably noted that child support would extend longer
than usual (we told her the children had
disabilities), asked
about my health insurance, and that was it.