http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/handicapped/ en-us Sat, 1 Nov 2008 19:27:01 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121900/posts This story is out of Albany, Georgia. A handicapped man claims that he was escorted to the polls, without his family’s notification or permission. Jack Justice attends the Adult Day Rehab Program of Primus Industries, and was taken to the polls. The person assisting Justice would not cast the ballot for McCain, Justice’s choice for President. Instead, Justice claims that his vote was cast against his wishes for Obama. Video embedded on site. RWNJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121900/posts#comment Sat, 1 Nov 2008 19:27:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067247/posts Members of the Iraqi Wheelchair Fencing Federation, Ali Zhati parries with Mohammed Taliq during the first game of the Boy's Fencing Competition - part of the Rashid Special Olympics, Aug. 22, 2008, at the Al Thura Sports Handicapped Club located in the Rashid District of southern Baghdad. Photo by Staff Sgt. Brent Williams. FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON — Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers attended the Rashid Special Olympics, Aug. 22, to show their support for disabled athletes at the Al Thura Sports Handicapped Club, located in the Al Thura Disabled Veteran’s Community of the Rashid District in southern Baghdad.Soldiers of... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067247/posts#comment Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:18:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2058741/posts (A good friend, who works with the mentally handicapped forwarded a copy of this letter.) Contact Us | The Arc Website 1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 650, Silver Spring, MD 20910 | 301.565.3842 ACTION ALERT - Offensive Portrayal of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Movie Scheduled for Release on August 13, 2008August 5, 2008To: State and Local Chapter LeadersFrom: Peter V. Berns, Executive Director The following is important information about a movie - Tropic Thunder - that includes a very negative portrayal of a person with intellectual disabilities as well as extensive use of the R-word. Release of this movie was... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2058741/posts#comment Fri, 8 Aug 2008 20:20:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004137/posts The New York Archdiocesan Deaf Choir "signed" a song for Pope Benedict XVI Saturday at a seminary outside New York, where the pontiff blessed some 50 children with disabilities and visited students. The 81-year-old pontiff rose and applauded the choir of 15, accompanied vocally by the Cathedral of Saint Patrick Young Singers, after they had finished their song, "Take Lord, Receive." "God has blessed you with life and with differing talents and gifts," Benedict said in a short speech to the crowd of around 50 families of children with disabilities. "Sometimes it is challenging to find a reason for what... Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004137/posts#comment Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:57:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907296/posts 10/5/2007 - TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFPN) -- Three local children diagnosed with serious illnesses suited up and jumped into the cockpit of an F-15 Eagle during the "Pilot for a Day" event here Oct. 2. The 95th Fighter Squadron hosted the children and their families for a fun-filled event allowing them to experienced a day in the life of an Air Force fighter pilot. "Some of the highlights of the day were taking the kids on a tour around real F-15s, letting them suit up at life support with flight gear, and then fly the same simulator as... Air Force Link http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907296/posts#comment Sat, 6 Oct 2007 01:58:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893764/posts Two Latin American Babies Saved from Abortion by their Governments "Hard Cases" rejected as excuse for killing the unborn By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman LATIN AMERICA, September 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) --Two abortions were prevented by government action in two different Latin American countries last week. In Argentina, a judge issued an order preventing the mother of a unnamed mentally handicapped girl from obtaining an abortion for her child. The girl, who is 19 years old, was reportedly raped by someone close to the family, and doesn't fully understand her situation. When her mother discovered the pregnancy, she took her child to a... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893764/posts#comment Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:14:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893278/posts For years, Lafayette resident Maureen Birdsall would take her brother, who has cerebral palsy, to appointments and then drive in circles hunting for an empty handicapped parking space. It irked her to see able-bodied people pulling into those spots or using a handicapped placard that she suspected was not theirs. Birdsall now is doing battle with handicapped parking violators. She launched the free Web site http://www.handicappedfraud.org to give people a place to report the license plates, handicapped placard numbers and locations of cars suspected of abusing the law. "Something has to be done," Birdsall said. "It's gone unchecked for so... Contra Costa Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893278/posts#comment Sat, 8 Sep 2007 23:03:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1873196/posts Physical and mental disabilities can be such a burden if not viewed with a positive attitude. I write this as someone who has been using a wheelchair for 20 years and first diagnosed as bi-polar about 24 years ago. This is not everyone's experience, just mine. I do find most of the general things are these same, and there is a clear path to the Lord from here to realize our full potential in service to His kingdom. From Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have... Thy Kingdom Come http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1873196/posts#comment Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:25:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1871276/posts Couple Receives over $21 Million Dollars for "Wrongful Birth" of Handicapped Son Florida Right to Life says, "now we're holding doctors responsible to deliver a perfect baby" By Elizabeth O'Brien TAMPA, Florida, July 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A judge has awarded over $21 million dollars to a couple for the "wrongful birth" of their second handicapped son. The couple would have aborted the child if they had known about his disability, the Tampa Bay Tribune reports. Daniel and Amara Estrada have two sons who are both physically handicapped with the same genetic disorder, Smith-Lemli-Opitz, which does not allow them to... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1871276/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:23:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1838240/posts LifeNews.com Note: Bobby Schindler is the brother of Terri Schiavo and works with the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation to help disabled and other patients like her to receive the lifesaving medical treatment they deserve.I recently returned from Austria and Germany where I had the fortunate opportunity to speak in front of several organizations to give witness to my family's struggle to care for my sister Terri. Along with the circumstances of Terri's life and death, I spoke about how the medical community continues to target the disabled by convincing the American people that if someone's "quality of life" is deemed... LifeNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1838240/posts#comment Wed, 23 May 2007 05:11:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1824432/posts When Emilio Gonzales lies in his mother's arms, sometimes he'll make a facial expression that his mother says is a smile. But the nurse who's standing right next to her thinks he's grimacing in pain. Which one it is -- an expression of happiness or of suffering -- is a crucial point in an ethical debate that has pitted the mother of a dying child against a children's hospital, and medical ethicists against each other. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1824432/posts#comment Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:06:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764950/posts Dunkin’ denial leaves customer steaming By Jay Fitzgerald Boston Herald General Economics Reporter Tuesday, January 9, 2007 - Updated: 12:42 AM EST A wheelchair-bound Weymouth man suffering from multiple sclerosis says he’s being denied his right to a hot cup of coffee at Dunkin’ Donuts. Donald Hayes said he’s bought coffee before by driving his motorized wheelchair up to the drive-up window at a Dunkin’ Donuts shop in the middle of a Weymouth shopping-market parking lot. But now, that Dunkin’ store, which has no inside seating and only serves drive-up customers, has told him he can’t use the window anymore... The Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1764950/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jan 2007 23:22:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1733196/posts LONDON -- A leading British medical college has called on the health profession to consider euthanasia for seriously disabled newborns. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology has said that "active euthanasia" should be considered to spare parents the emotional and financial burdens of bringing up such children. "A very disabled child can mean a disabled family," it says in a formal submission. "If life-shortening and deliberate interventions to kill infants were available, they might have an impact on obstetric decision-making, even preventing some late abortions, as some parents would be more confident about continuing a pregnancy and taking a... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1733196/posts#comment Mon, 6 Nov 2006 15:14:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1725134/posts MOUNTAIN VIEW -- Two Sunnyvale men are facing federal charges for allegedly assaulting an older golfer whom they derided as "Gramps" on the NASA Ames Research Center golf course in Mountain View, court records released today show. The suspects, Ryan Maxwell Alexander and Charles Talmage Alexander, allegedly attacked Edwin J. League, 61, on Sept. 18 after the victim asked them if he could "play through" because they were playing slowly at the golf course at Moffett Field, authorities said. "The group of young men were not very good at golf, which caused League and his friends to wait at each... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1725134/posts#comment Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:34:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1716093/posts A Muslim minicab driver refused to take a blind passenger because her guide dog was "unclean". Abdul Rasheed Majekodumni told Jane Vernon she could not get into his car with the dog because of his religion. Islamic tradition warns Muslims against contact with dogs because they are seen as impure. The case emerged as Jack Straw was embroiled in a controversy over Muslim women wearing veils and the row continued after a Muslim police officer was excused guard duty at the Israeli embassy. Today Mrs Vernon, 39, from Hammersmith, said: "This experience was very upsetting. "I was tired and cold... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1716093/posts#comment Mon, 9 Oct 2006 04:49:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1661501/posts UIJONGBU, South Korea (Army News Service, July 6, 2006) – Two Camp Red Cloud Soldiers saved an elderly woman and her handicapped daughter when a sandwich shop caught fire just outside the camp's front gate July 1. Pvt. Reid Erickson and Pvt. Russell McCanless Jr. of Headquarters and Headquarters Support Company, Special Troops Battalion, were first on the scene when New York Sub sandwich shop caught fire. “We walked out of 7 Club to see whether or not I could do handstand pushups, and when I was doing them I noticed something behind us,” Erickson said. Standing and turning around,... ARNEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1661501/posts#comment Thu, 6 Jul 2006 23:06:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1593546/posts MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, MARCH 9, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Many prospective parents are waiting for years to adopt children with Down syndrome, according to a recent article in the Associated Press. So why is there an extended wait for kids with special needs, who are usually more difficult to place with families? The reason might be: the growing acceptance of aborting babies with Down syndrome. Elizabeth Schiltz, law professor at the University of St. Thomas and contributor to "The Cost of 'Choice': Women Evaluate the Impact of Abortion" (Encounter Books), shared with ZENIT how aborting children with Down syndrome has not only become... Zenit News Agenc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1593546/posts#comment Fri, 10 Mar 2006 01:38:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548604/posts IPSWICH — Who could have blamed archery deer hunter Dave Myers if he had lost his head when his chance to bag a trophy buck arose? He and others had been tracking the animal for the past few years near Roscoe. To his credit, the rural Ipswich veterinarian kept his cool and bagged the 8x7 buck, estimated to be 6 years old, 290 pounds and with a 32-inch neck. The trouble was, Myers almost lost his leg while dragging the massive animal from the field. Myers, with two artificial legs below his knees, has a medical history as long as... Rapid City Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548604/posts#comment Thu, 29 Dec 2005 14:06:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1523117/posts Wednesday, November 16, 2005 Public Comment Period Closes December 12, 2005 Public comments are now being accepted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its newly proposed federal regulation regarding the testing of chemicals and pesticides on human subjects. On August 2, 2005, Congress had mandated the EPA create a rule that permanently bans chemical testing on pregnant women and children. But the EPA's newly proposed rule, misleadingly titled "Protections for Subjects in Human Research," puts industry profits ahead of children's welfare. The rule allows for government and industry scientists to treat children as human guinea pigs in chemical experiments... Organic Consumers Association http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1523117/posts#comment Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:57:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1457262/posts DAVENPORT --- A developmentally disabled man riding the Ferris wheel Tuesday at the Mississippi Valley Fair in Davenport slipped out of his car and dropped between the wheel's spokes before being rescued by six employees of Evans United Rides, which operates the ride. Caleb Hill, 31, a slightly built man, was one of 120 clients of Davenport's Handicapped Development Center attending the first day of the fair called "Special Needs Day" at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds. He was not seriously injured. The dramatic incident was captured live by KWQC-TV6 in Davenport during its noon telecast, where the station was located... WCFCourier.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1457262/posts#comment Fri, 5 Aug 2005 02:17:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1430584/posts MIAMI - With more than 16,000 developmentally disabled Floridians on waiting lists for state services, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities won't spend as much as $50 million of its budget this year, state officials said. But state Sen. Nan Rich, D-Weston said the unspent money "will do no good to anybody." She said she believes the agency's surplus could total $63 million, based on information from a Senate staffer. Howell acknowledged the agency, which has lobbied lawmakers to protect future unused funds, is likely to lose this year's surplus to a general state reserve fund. Critics argue the surplus... Flroida Times Union http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1430584/posts#comment Sat, 25 Jun 2005 19:29:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1404219/posts What do you guys think; does the president drink tap water or bottled water? One of my professors brought it up today, and we all decided bottled. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1404219/posts#comment Mon, 16 May 2005 17:59:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1398967/posts Molester's Suicide Raises Questions By ALLEN G. BREED The Associated Press OCALA -- For nearly four years, Chuckie Claxton lived anonymously amid the gated horse pastures and moss-draped oaks of the Florida Orange Groves subdivision. Then the crimes of others drew new attention to his own. In the statewide outrage over the arrests of sex offenders in the separate killings of two young girls, somebody in the Groves went to the state police Web site to see if any sex offenders were living in the neighborhood. That person -- authorities don't know who -- found an entry about Claxton's molestation... AP via the Lakeland Ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1398967/posts#comment Sun, 8 May 2005 13:42:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1394507/posts ABC13 Eyewitness News (4/29/05 - HOUSTON) — The mother of a critically ill baby is trying to figure out where to take her child after being told by doctors at Memorial Hermann Hospital that they would stop treating her in 10 days. The five-month-old little girl was diagnosed with leukemia just weeks after her birth. Since then, she's undergone a number of different medical treatments and contracted an infection. Doctors and her parents disagree on what should happen next. The news that Knya Dismute-Howard's doctors believe any more medical treatment would be futile wasn't a surprise to her parents. It... ABC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1394507/posts#comment Sun, 1 May 2005 02:19:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1378188/posts Nick Silverio of Safe Haven for Newborns in Florida has asked that we spread the word of a disabled newborn in need of adoption. The child, born today, has no arms, only one leg, and is missing a good portion of his jaw - but his prognosis is good.  The baby was abandoned by his mother under the Florida Safe Haven law and, unless potential adoptive parents can be found quickly, the child will become a ward of the state (and, it is feared, the target of euthanasia).  The Florida Department of Children and Families will not become involved unless... e-mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1378188/posts#comment Wed, 6 Apr 2005 02:54:55 GMT