All posts tagged 'disabilities'

Marshals arrest brother of mummified Ky. woman

Posted on October 29th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/29/2008 GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) _ A Kentucky man arrested after police found the mummified remains of his disabled sister in the trunk of his car was set to appear in court Wednesday for an extradition hearing. Timothy Allen Brown, 36, was arrested by U.S. Marshals in St. Louis on..
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Technology helps Fla. group home residents

Posted on October 5th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/5/2008 12:04 AM By LISA ORKIN EMMANUELAssociated Press Writer PLANTATION, Fla. (AP) _ From the outside, the one-story pink house on the quiet, tree-lined street looks like any other in South Florida’s suburbia. But once you go through the glass double doors, it’s obvious: This home is different. Doors..
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Idaho fair accused of evicting paralyzed woman

Posted on October 2nd, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/1/2008 2:49 PM By JESSIE L. BONNERAssociated Press Writer NAMPA, Idaho (AP) _ Rose Harn peers out at the world with one working eye, her arms curled tightly against her shriveled body. A rag under her chin catches her drool. In the two decades since Harn was left brain-damaged..
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Accessibility and the Internet

Posted on September 27th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

The world is forever changing and nowhere is it more evident than in the field of technology. For all of us who have been on the Web for the past decade, the internet of today is a far cry from its humble beginnings. In the past few years Web pages..
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Apple to make iTunes more accessible for the blind

Posted on September 26th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 9/26/2008 10:45 AM By JAY LINDSAYAssociated Press Writer BOSTON (AP) _ Apple Inc. and the Massachusetts attorney general have reached an agreement that will give blind people equal access to Apple Inc.’s iTunes and iTunes U programs. Attorney General Martha Coakley said details of the agreement will be announced..
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