Sentences with phrase «than physical disabilities»

The emphasis of the Policy is that when it comes to laws around discrimination, mental health disabilities should be treated no differently than physical disabilities.

Considering a mental disability can be very different than a physical disability, they will be treated differently by life insurance companies.

Not exact matches

The characteristics are, but are not limited to... Keeping more than 1 week's worth of food in your household, owning any type of gun or ammunition, paying in cash, physical disablements and disabilities, disagreement with government policies, opposition of 1 world government, opposition of the UN and agenda 21, opposition of the Federal reserve, living off the grid, being a prepper for disaster situations, growing your own food supply, etc...

Special Needs - Conditions that make some children harder to place than other children include: physical, mental, and emotional disabilities, age, race (minorities), sibling groups, and history of physical or sexual abuse.

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 described a disabled person as someone with «a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long - term adverse effect on his ability to carry out normal day - to - day activities», which has or can be expected to last for more than 12 months.

Mail - in absentee ballots are only available upon request for active members of the military, those with an illness, physical disability or travel plans that prevent them from voting in person on Election Day, and election workers who are working at a polling place other than their own.

People with learning (intellectual) disabilities have a lower life expectancy than the general population and are more likely to suffer physical disabilities and chronic conditions.

He notes that he teaches many more students with learning and physical disabilities than he did at a 4 - year college.

In addition, psychology coursework appears to focus more on the least - common disabilities, including psychiatric disabilities and cognitive disabilities, rather than the most common disabilities, such as chronic health and physical disabilities.

Only women give birth, and it is an event that interrupts the career of a higher percentage of professors than any other «physical disability» or family obligation.

Kessler Foundation Program Center has provided more than $ 20 million in funding to a variety of employment - related projects that are benefiting veterans, young adults, students and others with physical and cognitive disabilities.

Kessler Foundation Program Center has provided more than $ 20 million in funding to a variety of employment - related projects that are benefiting veterans, young adults, students and others with physical and cognitive disabilities.

No significant physical injuries (complaints of physical pain or disability lasting more than a few days) were reported during 2015.

For example, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) had small positive effects on disability and catastrophic thinking.66 Exercise therapy reduced pain and improved function in chronic low back pain54; improved function and reduced pain in osteoarthritis of the knee51 and hip52; and improved well - being, fibromyalgia symptoms, and physical function in fibromyalgia.48 Multimodal and multidisciplinary therapies helped reduce pain and improve function more effectively than single modalities.55, 67 Multiple guidelines recommended acetaminophen as first - line pharmacotherapy for osteoarthritis68 - 73 or for low back pain74 and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) as first - line treatment for osteoarthritis or low back pain70, 74; first - and second - line drugs for neuropathic pain include anticonvulsants (gabapentin or pregabalin), tricyclic antidepressants, and serotonin - norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs).75 - 78 Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have been associated with hepatic, gastrointestinal, renal, and cardiovascular risks.63, 73,79

Rudd Center goes as far to say that weight discrimination is now even more prevalent than hiring bias based on ethnicity, sexual orientation, and visible physical disabilities.

Solondz is the bamboo splinter beneath the fingernail of that shame — his manifesto lies in the decision to confront the ultimate causes behind our embarrassment with fetishism, our horror at the recognition of racial difference (suggested by George Bush Sr.'s boldly insane, «I don't see colour»), and our inability to treat people with physical disabilities as anything other than children or objects of pity.

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.

Technology tools that contribute to the academic success of those with physical disabilities or learning differences might help more students than we've traditionally assumed.

In a report, the FPH said: «Mental, emotional or psychological problems account for more disability than all physical health problems put together.

As a result of evolving legislation and educational initiatives, today more than 95 percent of students with physical, emotional, learning, cognitive, visual, and hearing disabilities receive some or all of their education in regular classrooms.

Limited to students with special needs, those diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder; cerebral palsy; Down syndrome; an intellectual disability; muscular dystrophy; Phelan - McDermid syndrome; Prader - Willi syndrome; spina - bifida; Williams syndrome; identified as deaf, visually impaired, or having a traumatic brain injury defined by the State Board of Education; those who are hospitalized or homebound with a medically diagnosed physical or psychiatric condition for more than six months; or students age 3, 4, or 5 who are considered «high - risk» due to developmental delays

In New York City, thousands of students fall into one of three unique student population categories: English Language Learners, who speak a language other than English at home and score below proficient on English assessments when they enter the school system; District 75 students, who have significant cognitive and physical impairments and require a specialized school setting; and special education students, who have an identified disability and an individualized education plan.

Assistance dogs include guide or leader dogs that guide individuals who are legally blind; hearing dogs that alert individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to specific sounds; and service dogs for individuals with disabilities other than blindness or deafness, which are trained to perform a variety of physical tasks, including, but not limited to, pulling a wheelchair, lending balance support, picking up dropped objects, or providing assistance in a medical crisis.

That's when she decided to combine her years of business experience with her life's passion and founded Putnam Service Dogs, a 501 (c) 3 charity, which provides free service dogs and follow - up support services to people with physical disabilities other than blindness.

«We are committed to greatly improving the lives of both people with physical disabilities other than blindness, and the shelter and rescue dogs selected to be trained by us.»

Dogs serving recipients with physical disabilities other than blindness have to be calm, preferably low energy, and very trainable.

Putnam Service Dogs provides free Service Dogs and follow - up support to people with physical disabilities other than blindness for residents of the United States.

Because the waiting list is over two years long for Service Dogs for people with physical disabilities other than blindness, Ms. Teague founded Putnam Service Dogs.

«We will provide free service dogs and follow - up support services to people with physical disabilities other than blindness.»

VA has covered veterinary care for service dogs that assist veterans with physical disabilities for more than 15 years.

(1) the temperament and developmental needs of the child; (2) the capacity and the disposition of the parents to understand and meet the needs of the child; (3) the preferences of each child; (4) the wishes of the parents as to custody; (5) the past and current interaction and relationship of the child with each parent, the child's siblings, and any other person, including a grandparent, who may significantly affect the best interest of the child; (6) the actions of each parent to encourage the continuing parent child relationship between the child and the other parent, as is appropriate, including compliance with court orders; (7) the manipulation by or coercive behavior of the parents in an effort to involve the child in the parents» dispute; (8) any effort by one parent to disparage the other parent in front of the child; (9) the ability of each parent to be actively involved in the life of the child; (10) the child's adjustment to his or her home, school, and community environments; (11) the stability of the child's existing and proposed residences; (12) the mental and physical health of all individuals involved, except that a disability of a proposed custodial parent or other party, in and of itself, must not be determinative of custody unless the proposed custodial arrangement is not in the best interest of the child; (13) the child's cultural and spiritual background; (14) whether the child or a sibling of the child has been abused or neglected; (15) whether one parent has perpetrated domestic violence or child abuse or the effect on the child of the actions of an abuser if any domestic violence has occurred between the parents or between a parent and another individual or between the parent and the child; (16) whether one parent has relocated more than one hundred miles from the child's primary residence in the past year, unless the parent relocated for safety reasons; and (17) other factors as the court considers necessary.

The incidence of physical and sexual abuse against both men and women with disabilities is significantly greater than in the general population due to their vulnerability and dependency upon their custodians and care providers.

Recently, a former Canadian soldier diagnosed with depression and anxiety resulting from her time in the armed forces was barred from bringing her emotional support cat on an Air Canada flight, a decision which she and the Canadian Mental Health Association decried as discriminatory and differential treatment on the basis that she had a mental health, rather than physical, disability.

... Rather than accommodate Mr. Sheen for Warner Bros. claim that Mr. Sheen has alleged physical and mental disabilities, WB instead terminated Mr. Sheen's employment agreement.»

The Equality Act 2010 says that disability is a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial (more than minor or trivial) and long - term adverse effect (to last for at least a year or the rest of their life) on a person's ability to carry out normal day - to - day activities.

Behavioral, emotional, physical, or mental disability, as documented by a recent report (less than six months old) from an appropriate, qualified professional (which could include but is not limited to a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, or Licensed Mental Health Practitioner (LMHP).

In 2002, just over one third of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years or older reported a disability or long term health problem in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey47, spread relatively evenly over remote and non-remote areas.48 Overall, 7 % of respondents reported an intellectual disability; 23.6 % a physical disability and 13.7 % a disability in relation to hearing, speech or sight (with many respondents reported more than one type of disability).49

(1) the temperament and developmental needs of the child; (2) the capacity and the disposition of the parents to understand and meet the needs of the child; (3) the preferences of each child; (4) the wishes of the parents as to custody; (5) the past and current interaction and relationship of the child with each parent, the child's siblings, and any other person, including a grandparent, who may significantly affect the best interest of the child; (6) the actions of each parent to encourage the continuing parent child relationship between the child and the other parent, as is appropriate, including compliance with court orders; (7) the manipulation by or coercive behavior of the parents in an effort to involve the child in the parents» dispute; (8) any effort by one parent to disparage the other parent in front of the child; (9) the ability of each parent to be actively involved in the life of the child; (10) the child's adjustment to his or her home, school, and community environments; (11) the stability of the child's existing and proposed residences; (12) the mental and physical health of all individuals involved, except that a disability of a proposed custodial parent or other party, in and of itself, must not be determinative of custody unless the proposed custodial arrangement is not in the best interest of the child; (13) the child's cultural and spiritual background; (14) whether the child or a sibling of the child has been abused or neglected; (15) whether one parent has perpetrated domestic violence or child abuse or the effect on the child of the actions of an abuser if any domestic violence has occurred between the parents or between a parent and another individual or between the parent and the child; (16) whether one parent has relocated more than one hundred miles from the child's primary residence in the past year, unless the parent relocated for safety reasons; and (17) other factors as the court considers necessary

Conclusions: In patients with chronic pain, depressive symptoms are correlated more strongly with cognitive variables than pain severity and pain distress, while physical disability is correlated more strongly with cognitive, behavioural and pain variables than depressive symptoms.

Our finding that the severity of depressive symptoms was a significant but relatively smaller contributor to physical disability in this sample (after controlling for the possible effects of age, sex and duration of pain) is consistent with findings of some previous studies of patients with chronic pain, but not with some treatment studies, which found that depression level contributed to less significant improvement in pain - related disability.11, 27 It is not surprising that cognitive, pain and behavioural variables accounted for more physical disability than depressive symptoms but it is notable that social support (as measured by the MPI), sense of control over life, and catastrophising did not significantly contribute to physical disability.

Similarly, physical disability due to pain appears more related to fear of re-injury and low self - efficacy for activity when in pain than either depressive symptoms or pain intensity.

Similarly, research by Timko et al. (2009) indicates the relationship between depression and other impairments — such as physical dysfunction, pain, disability, and negative events — is stronger for adults with depressed parents than non-depressed parents.

Given that many Indigenous families and communities experience lower socioeconomic status than non-Indigenous communities generally, then it should come as no surprise to find that some Indigenous young people living in poor physical and social environments experience higher rates of cognitive / intellectual disabilities and poorer mental health.