All posts tagged 'disability'

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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NM woman faces eviction over medical marijuana use

Posted on October 24th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/23/2008 1:26 PM SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) _ A woman was told to move out of her apartment when the landlord discovered she has marijuana for medical use. Bobbie Wooten, 47, uses a wheelchair because she was paralyzed from the waist down in a car crash several years ago..
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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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Study: Extending time of stroke drug treatment OK

Posted on September 25th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 9/24/2008 6:52 PM By ALICIA CHANGAP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Stroke sufferers can still benefit from clot-busting medicine even if they receive it an hour or so beyond the current three-hour window after symptoms start, an important new study suggests. The finding could potentially extend treatment to..
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