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California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show.
Priya Dua suffers from epilepsy, but she considers herself a hard worker who has not allowed her condition to derail her career. But her last job as an account manager for a San Diego company tested her resolve.
A New York judge is considering a request to drop criminal charges against a longtime Long Island Rail Road employee linked to a disability pension scandal.
A disabled woman won her suit for wrongful dismissal Thursday against Abercrombie & Fitch after she was sent to work in the London store's stockroom.
Social Security officials say they expect an even larger spike in new disability claims than they had predicted, as aging, injured baby boomers tumble out of the work force and need income.
Aspiring barbers, masseuses, and home health care aides cannot be denied professional licenses because they have AIDS or HIV, federal authorities said Thursday.
For all the talk of an impending crisis in Social Security, one already exists: The system is clogged with hundreds of thousands of disputed disability claims, a backlog so big that some people wait years for a hearing.
A California agency says it paid the mother of newborn octuplets more than $165,000 in disability payments for an on-the-job back injury. The payments made over six years to Nadya Suleman were disclosed Thursday to The Associated Press following a public records request to the Department of Mental Health. The payments were made between 2002 and 2008, during which time the single mother gave birth to most of her six other children.
A board mandated by Congress to review disability ratings of wounded veterans is finally accepting applications after months of delays.
Wounded troops are still waiting to file new appeals of disability ratings that determine what kind of medical care and benefits they get after federal officials missed their goal for beginning the process.
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a bid by veterans groups to force the Veterans Affairs Department to speed up handling of its disability claims, saying it was not the court's role to impose quicker deadlines.
There was nothing dramatic about how Spc. Cristapher Zuetlau's career in the Army came to an end: he stepped in a hole. But the damage to the tank crewman's wrenched back was so brutal he can barely walk.
The numbers are grim enough to make anyone wince. Last month the unemployment rate in the United States reached 6.5 percent, its highest level in 14 years. Even worse, many economists are predicting that the jobless rate will climb all the way to 8 percent in 2009.
People with cancers and other severe medical conditions will get quicker action on disability claims under a new Social Security program.
Like many commuters, Ron Marino is incredulous about revelations that nearly every employee who asked for disability benefits after retiring from the nation's largest commuter railroad was granted them.
The nation's largest commuter railroad is wondering why most of its retiring employees receive disability benefits.
A look at some projected total costs to various types of facilities of complying with the proposed ADA regulations:
Thousands of gallons of water pulse through cascading waterfalls and rapids at Adventure Mini Golf in Lake Worth, Fla. The course, which covers about an acre, features different elevations.
The University of Michigan agreed to improve wheelchair access at one of the nation's largest football stadiums as part of a deal approved Monday with a paralyzed veterans' group that had sued the school.
Mike Ditka will dissolve his Hall of Fame Assistance Trust Fund in the wake of a report that the charity had given only a small amount of money to needy former NFL players.
Some NFL players will donate part of their paychecks from the league's Dec. 23 games to help needy retired players.
A House committee that criticized the NFL's retiree benefit system asked the league and the players' union Friday to turn over information on football injuries, the disability and retirement system and what's being done to help battered and broken retirees.
Under fire from injured retirees who say they were denied sufficient benefits, the head of the National Football League Players Association asked Congress on Tuesday for greater authority to approve disability claims.
Man who claimed disability spotted on TV show LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show.
Man Who Claimed Disability Spotted on TV Show56-year-old Ronald Hunt of LA was sentenced Tuesday to 200 hours of community service and ordered to pay more than $180,000 in restitution, unpaid taxes and fines. He ple guilty to two felony counts of fraud.
Man who claimed disability spotted on TV show– California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show.
MALAWI: Hilda Malikebu, "Disability is not inability" How Do I Say "My Brain Is Not Like Yours"?Blog post about interacting with neurotypical people / society when you have a neuroatypicality. I'm not neurotypical. Requesting accommodation for this is hard, both because of the nature of my neuroatypicality, and because of the structure of the society in which I live.
Conscience, Courage, and Children With Down SyndromeRedeeming and converting a civilization has been done once. It can be done again. But we need to understand that God is calling us to do it. He chose us. He calls us. He's waiting, and now we need to answer him.
Senate passes hate crimes bill that would extend protection to gays, lesbians The Senate cleared a historic hate crimes bill Thursday for President Obama's signature, approving new federal penalties for attacks on gay men and lesbians.
BBC NEWS | Africa | The greatest hurdleAround the world millions of children are not getting a proper education because illness or disability prevent them going to school. In the third report in the BBC's Hunger to Learn series, Will Ross meets children in Tanzania who are overcoming visual impairment to learn.
When Should You Reveal Your Disability?Are there times when you should tell your employer—particularly if you need an accommodation such as flex time or a specific work environment?
Hi boys and girls, and greetings from Glen Rose, Texas, home of the dinosaurs...and a really screwed-up bunch of people. I may have more on the really screwed-up people thing, later, but first...a word from our sponsor...
Archbishop Chaput address Phoenix Catholic Physicians' GuildMost Rev. Charles J. Chaput, Archbishop of Denver, addresses the Phoenix Catholic Phsyicians' Guild about bioethics, especially concerning those children diagnosed with physical or mental disabilities.
IT'S OFFICIAL: NO VA, SS COLA IN 2010 -- President Obama supports a one-time $250 payment, but not all politicians think that is appropriate. - VA Watchdog dot Org - 10-16-2009This speaks for itself
1700 Ontarians "Do the Math" and find social assistance rates don't add upMore than 1700 people have completed the [Do the Math] survey since it launched in June 2009, and results show that even the most frugal estimates fall far short of what people recieve on Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP).
Plea for disabled boy in adult homeA Newcastle family is pleading with the New South Wales Government to find permanent accommodation for their profoundly disabled eight-year-old son.
Trying to be invisible - going to church with autismChurch worship services are a deep cultural and spiritual experience. A family tradition that holds strong even in tough times. For many the church is a place of tranquility and acceptance. Fellow church members are people one can turn to when extra help is needed.
Autism rate increases 1 in 91 children - 40% are CURED?Are these numbers real? They were gained through phone calls to parents. Can a child really be CURED of Autism? Is it a disease to "cure" anyway?
I was going to write the next chapter about my friend Shane and how his death has added so much to my strength but I think it's more important to let people know what Today is like.
Hitler's skull is a female - Did he have Autism? -Pictures & videoOn September 29, 2009 news was released concerning the identity of the skull displayed by Russia. The Russians had said the skull fragment belonged to Adolf Hitler but DNA tests conducted by University of Connecticut archaeologist prove the claim as false.
Social Security strained by early retirements Big job losses and a spike in early retirement claims from laid-off seniors will force Social Security to pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes the next two years, the first time that's happened since the 1980s.
How you can help your VA Claim File TodayTrying to "tough it out" and not let the VA know until 20 or 30 years later allows the VA to search for other alternatives to your disability.
Former deputy sues over drinking disability: claims alcoholism is disabilityA former deputy, fired because of his problems with alcohol, is suing the Sarasota sheriff because he claims the office discriminated against him because of his alcoholism disability.
Deadly prisons - Alabama supreme court rules on open records act"Citizens are entitled to information regarding the affairs of their government," says Alabama Supreme Court Justice Mike Bolin.
Sarah Palin- The only rational voice in health care debate for people with AutismSarah Palin has been scorned by many as simply an ignorant woman who should stay in the kitchen.
New York School Bans Diabetic Boy's Service DogYONKERS, N.Y. — Officials at a New York school have refused to allow a diabetic student to bring his service dog to school. A school district official stopped 8-year-old Anthony Spataro, his mother, and his dog, Dash, from entering a Yonkers school on Tuesday.
The Swine Flu vaccination is targeted to be available in late October. Children with disabilities have been identified as most at risk for complications from the disease.
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