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Corporate HR Volunteers Team with Enable America to Help Wounded Warriors and Disabled Veterans
Disabled veterans and wounded warriors looking for employment will get a helping hand this week from Enable America and a team of corporate human resource professionals. HR leaders from five North Carolina employers will provide job search guidance and career coaching during an Enable America... - August 22, 2012 - Enable America
Renowned British Mouth Painter, Alison Lapper, to Become Patron of European Limb Difference Organisation, EDRIC.
The renowned British mouth painter, Alison Lapper, is to become the first patron for EDRIC, (European Dysmelia Reference Information Centre) and its online arm, DysNet. - August 22, 2012 - DysNet Limb Difference Network
IT Project Manager Not Held Back by Traumatic Brain Injury
Big Tent Jobs announces another successfully placed deserving candidate with a top company in the financial services sector. - August 17, 2012 - Big Tent Jobs
Roselyn Saunders, Honorary Chair for 2012 Invisible Disabilities Association Awards Banquet Oct 14th Honoring Outstanding Individuals and Organizations in Lone Tree, CO
The Invisible Disabilities Association is overjoyed to have Roselyn Saunders join them as this year’s Honorary Banquet Chair for their 2012 Honor Awards Banquet and Auction on Sun Oct 14th in Lone Tree, Colorado. Roselyn encourages everyone to “Join the Expedition” with her at this event featuring keynote speakers, Antarctic Mike (Pierce) and his wife, Angela. 12 individuals and organizations will be honored for positively impacting the lives of people living with illness, pain and disability. - August 13, 2012 - Invisible Disabilities Association
National ADA-ACN Responds to the Tidal Wave of “Drive-By” Lawsuits in the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida
National ADA Accessibility Compliance Network, Inc., an ADA accessibility consulting company now offers its expertise and services to business and commercial property owners in the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida. - August 11, 2012 - National ADA Accessibility Compliance Network, Inc.
Big Tent Jobs, LLC to be Honored at Corp! Magazine's Salute to Diversity Awards
Big Tent Jobs, LLC is among the honorees to receive Corp! Magazine's Salute to Diversity award for their efforts in promoting diversity in the workplace. - August 08, 2012 - Big Tent Jobs
Through the Withering Storm, a Brief History of a Mental Illness
With a foreword by Dr. Brian Bishop, Psychiatrist, this book breaks new ground in giving people a window into the world of a young man afflicted by one of the most disabling and difficult mental health problems known to man, bipolar disorder, or manic depression. This candid and fearless work will change the way you look at people you once shunned. - August 03, 2012 - Leif Gregersen
NewProductHelp.com to Spearhead Marketing Efforts for Pole Lift Invention
P.A. Koscielski and Savannah C., Colorado-based inventors, have contracted South Florida invention assistance leader NewProductHelp.com to represent their Pole Lift invention to potential licensees in industry over the next 2 years. An innovative new product designed to be an essential for the... - July 22, 2012 - New Product Help, Inc.
Sage School Expands to Include Kindergarten
Private School Focusing on Language Learning Differences Expands to Include K-8. - July 12, 2012 - Sage School
Theme Parks Called on by European Limb Difference Organisations, EDRIC, Reach & Assedea, to Clarify Their Accessibility Policies for People with Limb Differences
Three limb difference non-profits in Europe are asking Disneyland and other theme parks to clarify their accessibility policies for people with limb deficiencies. - July 10, 2012 - DysNet Limb Difference Network
Innovation Direct™ Set to Represent Toilet for the Handicapped Invention to Potential Licensees
An innovative new product designed to greatly improve safety for the handicapped, the Toilet for the Handicapped, has been developed by Randy Simon of Augusta, Georgia. The invention's unique design enables its users to fulfill a daily physical necessity in a secure manner. The physically... - June 22, 2012 - Innovation Direct, Inc.
Radio DJ Jim Kerr Has Home Dedicated in His Honor
The soothing voice of Jim Kerr has come into New Yorkers’ homes over the radio waves for 37 years. Currently he is the host of the Jim Kerr Rock & Roll Morning Show on Q104.3. Now, one home will do more than hear his voice—it will bear his name. Since 1987, Jim Kerr has been a... - June 02, 2012 - HeartShare Human Services of NY
Glen Miller the Home Doctor Offering Handicap Construction Options
Glen Miller The Home Doctor is pleased to announce it offers affordable handicap construction options for those wishing for a barrier free living within their home or office. - June 01, 2012 - Glen Miller
Virtual Speech Center Releases an iPad App to Practice Plurals
Expedition with Plurals was created by a certified speech and language pathologist for PK–3 students to practice regular (e.g., cat/cats) and irregular plurals (foot/feet) in multiple contexts, targeting both receptive and expressive language skills and accompanied by recorded audio instructions. This fun and colorful app includes both an audio recording feature that allows students to hear their productions and a fun memory game that can be customized. - May 31, 2012 - Virtual Speech Center Inc.
DysNet Chairman, Geoff Adams-Spink, Appointed to Board of Disability Rights UK
Thalidomide survivor and chairman of network for people with limb differences to work with leading UK disability charity. - May 30, 2012 - DysNet Limb Difference Network
DreamWorks Recruiters Get Eyeful at Exceptional Minds Studio Presenting Young Talent on the Autism Spectrum
DreamWorks recruiters visit Exceptional Minds studios, the only vocational school and working production studio in Sherman Oaks, California, for young adults on the autism spectrum. Exceptional Minds studios was formed in 2011 to prepare ASD individuals for work in movie production and animation; one in three young adults with autism lack the experience or education to get a job, according to recent report prepared for U.S. Department of Education. - May 25, 2012 - Exceptional Minds
DysNet Global Self-Help Network Launched to Support People with Limb Differences
Ambitious project for online community founded by Thalidomide survivors, aimed at uniting limb deficiency groups world-wide. - May 21, 2012 - DysNet Limb Difference Network
Fitness Product Offers the Elderly and Arthritis Sufferers a Better Grip Stick-e® Gloves Originally Designed for Yoga Offer Numerous Therapeutic Benefits
Stick-e® Gloves, originally created for yoga, are now being utilized as a therapeutic prop. From the people using mobility devices to people suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis, MS, Parkinsons, and other autoimmune diseases are benefiting from the protective, non-slip properties of Stick-e Gloves. - May 16, 2012 - Stick-e Products LLC
Virtual Speech Center Releases a Multiple Meanings iPad App for Speech Language Pathologists
Virtual Speech Center Inc., the provider of mobile applications for speech therapy, announced today the release of Multiple Meanings Library, an iPad application available for download on Apple’s iTunes App store. - May 16, 2012 - Virtual Speech Center Inc.
Gavin's Gusto Battles Against Health Care Constraints When Trying to Maintain Child's Quality of Life
Gavin has Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and needs a wheelchair accessible vehicle in order to enjoy activities outside his home. His family wants to give him the freedom he deserves, but health insurance doesn't cover the cost for this fundamental "need." Gavin Needs Our Help. - May 15, 2012 - Gavin's Gusto
Rocky Mountain ADA Center Announces Five Tips for Establishing a Mentally Healthy Workplace
In Honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Rocky Mountain ADA Center Addresses Hidden Workplace Issue. - May 12, 2012 - Rocky Mountain ADA Center
Platform Lift Assists Less Able Students
West Suffolk College opted for movemanSKG when it decided it needed a platform lift to allow less able pupils access to the upper floors of its premises. - April 30, 2012 - movemanSKG
Nampa Social Security Attorneys, Advocate Attorneys, Introduces Its Services to Disabled Claimants in Nampa Idaho
Nampa Social Security Attorneys introduces its practice to disabled claimants in Nampa, Idaho. - April 19, 2012 - Advocate Attorneys For the Disabled
New Tech Provides Secure Freedom to Autistic Children, Adults
Cellular device and smart phone app uses GPS location alerts to increase personal safety. SecuraFone®, a new mobile application debuting from SecuraTrac®, and the LifeTrac® MobileProtector™ can ease difficulties faced by people with Autism, empowering them to carryout daily activities safely and independently. - April 18, 2012 - SecuraTrac
TFI Envision Puts a Face to the Issues That Keystone Clients Deal With
Some issues are just hard to put a face to. For people with psychiatric disabilities, they often feel 'faceless' and unnoticed. And unfortunately, so do the issues that make their lives more difficult than most. At Keystone's May 10th "Growth Towards Independence 18th Annual Silent Auction... - April 17, 2012 - TFI Envision, Inc.
Sassy Scrubs Reveals Their Expansion Into Adaptive Clothing
With advancements in medicine and surgical technologies and the rise in America’s elderly population, the need for adaptive clothing has steadily grown. This has resulted in Sassy Scrubs’ decision to expand their product line to include custom made adaptive scrubs. - April 15, 2012 - Sassy Scrubs
ASD Publishing Adds Books on Autism & Foster Care to Spring Releases
Author Gregory G. Allen releases adult novel and children's picture book in the same month. - April 11, 2012 - ASD Publishing
Gone with the Night: True Crime Paperback
Gone with the Night New True Crime paperback from disabled Children’s and Teen’s Author Robert K Boscarato on Amazon.com and CreateSpace https://www.createspace.com/Preview/1099306 58 pages ISBN-13: 978-1475141368 (CreateSpace-Assigned) List Price: $7.88 8.5" x 11" (21.59... - April 06, 2012 - RKB HOLDINGS LLC
New Jersey Father, Teenager Use Blogs to Stress Importance of Federal Tourette Syndrome Legislation
Bill H.R. 3760 would help TS families around the nation by amending current standards, creating new centers of excellence and facilitating further research. - March 07, 2012 - New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome
movemanSKG Partners with Local Construction Firm
movemanSKG partnered with Blackpool firm Tyson Construction to install two movemanSKG Prestige platform lifts and one Supreme lift in the newly revamped Blackpool Tower. The units ensure visitors with disabilities have full access to its facilities. - March 07, 2012 - movemanSKG
Poetry Book Chronicles Life of Author Diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Washington State Poet Travis Laurence Naught shares his views on life, love, and the world in this debut book. - February 22, 2012 - ASD Publishing
St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center Welcomes Two New Board Members to Its Executive Team
Marcy Shugert and Keith Miller have been selected as board members for St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center - February 15, 2012 - Saint Madeline Sophie's Center
Stars of The Secret to Align in Chicago Charity Benefit Event with Steve Olsher of Bold Enterprises for Premiere of New Movie
Stars of The Secret to align in Chicago with author and keynote speaker, Steve Olsher. 50% of net proceeds from the March 13, 2012 movie premiere of the groundbreaking film, The Keeper of the Keys, to benefit The Keep On Keeping On Foundation (KOKO), which assists those with severe physical... - February 13, 2012 - Steve Olsher
Documentary Chronicling 2010 Soldiers to the Summit Expedition Premieres February 18
World T.E.A.M. Sports' inclusive 2010 Soldiers to the Summit Nepal Expedition successfully brought 11 wounded warriors to the summit of Nepal's Lobuche East. The climb is chronicled in "High Ground," a documentary from Stone Circle Pictures and Serac Adventure Films premiering at the Boulder International Film Festival in Colorado February 18. - February 12, 2012 - World T.E.A.M. Sports
Central Concrete Contributes to an Award Winning Community Project
Central Concrete Supply Co., Inc., a U.S. Concrete, Inc. operating company, today announced that it has received the 2012 AGC National Community Award as one of the contributors to the “Camp Via West” project in Cupertino, California. The “AGC in the Community Awards” will... - February 11, 2012 - US Concrete
D. F. Pierce Author Releases 6 Books in 3 Mounths
Pierce, dyslexic author, took 22 years to write 3 of the 6 books released. Only weeks to create his short stories, Pierce never gave up, every word he wrote he had to look up to check the spelling several times. Not a single sentence looked the same twice to Pierce. At first, people he new would... - February 05, 2012 - Power or Wow
Enable America and Tampa Bay Lightning Team Up to Honor Disabled Veterans and Wounded Warriors
Enable America, a nonprofit organization devoted to improving employment opportunities for people with disabilities, is partnering with the Tampa Bay Lightning Foundation to honor disabled American veterans and wounded warriors. - February 01, 2012 - Enable America
Young Female Associate Slams Carl's Jr. Defense Team in Near Unanimous Verdict
Civil Rights attorney, Julie Mehrban and her client Alexander Johnson achieve a sweeping victory for the disabled against fast-food giant, Carl Karcher Enterprises, represented by Scott Ferrell of Newport Trial Group. Spectators of the trial noted Mehrban’s calm, skillful and assertive handling of the trial, and the destruction of virtually every element of the defense theory. - January 30, 2012 - Law Offices of Morse Mehrban, A.P.C.
Abilities Possibilities Expo Set for February 14 in Sarasota, Florida
The Stroke Association of Florida will host its first Abilities Possibilities Expo in Sarasota, Florida. - January 29, 2012 - The Stroke Association Of Florida
Elizabeth P. Ball of TFI Envision, Inc. Selected as Chairperson for Keystone House, Inc. Fundraising Committee for 2012
Elizabeth P. Ball, President and Creative Director of TFI Envision, Inc. has been selected as Chairperson for Keystone House, Inc. Fundraising Committee for 2012. This committee is responsible for planning and implementing fundraising events by raising funds via the private sector for capital... - January 26, 2012 - TFI Envision, Inc.
Vitalis Lanshima Announces 2012 London Paralympic Preparation Schedule
Vitalis Lanshima announces his schedule for 2012 in preparation of the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Vitalis, a Paralympic hopeful, will participate in three indoor track competitions and twelve outdoor competitions at locations across the United States and internationally in preparation for the... - January 25, 2012 - Vitalis for County Clerk
Enable America Honors North Carolina Businesses and Organizations for Support of People with Disabilities
Enable America, a nonprofit group working to improve employment opportunities for people with disabilities, honored more than two dozen North Carolina businesses and social service organizations for their support of that mission, in an awards ceremony Friday at the North Carolina Governor’s... - January 19, 2012 - Enable America
Nalley Lexus-Roswell Opens Café Blends to Support Autism Awareness
Dealership Offers Unique Opportunity to Individuals on the Autism Spectrum - January 12, 2012 - Nalley Lexus of Roswell
NJCTS Seeks New Year's Resolutions from Tourette Syndrome Families
Entries already are piling up on the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome's TSParentsOnline blog, which has been live on the Internet for two months. - January 11, 2012 - New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome
Chichester School Gets Accessibility Lift from movemanSKG
movemanSKG, a specialist lift supplier based in Leicester, has supplied a unit to an architects firm for use at a school in Chichester. - January 06, 2012 - movemanSKG
Enable America Celebrates Record Setting 2011
In conjunction with the support of a record number of participating corporate partners and social service organizations, Enable America is proud to report that 2011 resulted in more programs to improve employment opportunities for people with disabilities than in any previous year of the... - December 24, 2011 - Enable America
Ms. Abilities America Seeking Contestants
Ms. Abilities America is a new pageant for those who happen to have physical or cognitive special needs. Currently in its first year, the Ms. Abilities America is seeking to crown state titleholders. The official crownings of State titleholders will be July 5-7, 2012. In 2013, the first National... - December 16, 2011 - Ms. Abilities America
Author Pens Children’s Book Based on Godson with Autism
Gregory G. Allen has entered the MeeGenius Author Challenge to get his children's book about autism awareness published. - December 08, 2011 - ASD Publishing
MaxiAids Releases List of Top 10 Holiday Gift Ideas for Those with Special Needs
With the holiday season – and the accompanying search for "the perfect gift for everyone on your list" – in full swing, MaxiAids Products for Independent Living offers its Top 10 Holiday Gift Ideas for Those with Special Needs - December 03, 2011 - MaxiAids Products for Independent Living
Enable America Honors Military Veterans with Job Opportunity Programs
In conjunction with Veteran’s Day, Enable America, a non-profit organization devoted to improving employment opportunities for people with disabilities, has launched its third annual series of programs devoted to disabled veterans and wounded warriors. The programs are part of the... - November 11, 2011 - Enable America