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iPicto Pictogram App for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
by Disabled World

iPicto App for iPhone iPod Touch and iPad provides support and clarification in communication with people with mental disabilities. iPicto uses a large database of more than 4000 pictograms and visualizations, classified into 37 different categories.

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Mental Health First Aid - Helping Others
Wendy Taormina-Weiss

Mental Health First Aid is a program that breaks new ground in helping the public to identify, understand, as well as respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance abuse disorders. Mental Health Aid USA is operated and managed by three different national authorities.

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Hearing for First Time Video
Disabled World Video

Severely hearing impaired since birth, Sarah Churman had long managed to cope in a world where sounds came as if they were under water. But now, a surgical implant lets her hear her own voice, the sounds of birds singing, her two daughters chattering - and her husband snoring.

View Video... Hearing for First Time Video

InterACT Disability Arts Festival
by Arts Access Aotearoa

New Zealand's first arts festival showcasing the abilities of more than 150 disabled artists will take place in Auckland in the aftermath of the Rugby World Cup from 28 to 30 October. The InterACT Festival will include more than 30 performances, workshops and forums at the Corbans Estate Arts Centre in Henderson (during the day) and Glen Eden Playhouse (night performances).

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Mental Health Crisis in Canada Must be Addressed
by PSAC

In an open letter to decision makers, PSAC recommends a series of actions to address work overload, negative work environment, harassment, poor work-life balance and job insecurity. "Depression, anxiety, and chronic stress in the workplace are reaching epidemic proportions, yet nothing is being done to explore the root causes of these high disability rates." said John Gordon, President of the PSAC.

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More UK Families to be Paid Childcare Support
by Department for Work and Pensions

Childcare support will be paid to around 80,000 more households, the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg and Welfare Secretary Iain Duncan Smith announced. Reaffirming their commitment to helping parents with the costs of childcare, the Government will invest an additional £300 million into childcare support under Universal Credit, on top of the £2bn already spent under the current system.

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Disability Access News Radio Ireland
by Disability Access News

The Father of sons with Autism is trying to make a difference on the airwaves for all people with Disabilities. The dream has finally become a reality for Eric Isherwood, Volunteer presenter of the only dedicated Disability Radio News in Ireland "Disability Access News" on Cork's Life Fm 93.1 radio show.

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Digital Inclusion of People with Disabilities - NCD Report
by Wendy Taormina-Weiss

The National Council on Disability (NCD) has reviewed six key digital technologies or processes that have the potential to enhance the social engagement of people with disabilities while increasing opportunities for workplace participation. The technologies can heighten employment prospects for us and/or create new employment opportunities for us.

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Saving Social Security Trust Fund from Politicians
by Schwartzapfel Patners P.C.

Before Congress passed a budget deal in early August 2011, President Obama expressed concern in a televised speech that the federal government would be unable to pay Social Security benefits without a long-term agreement on the budget. Others in Washington, including President Obama's budget director Jack Lew and Senate majority leader Harry Reid, disputed the president's assertion.

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Workers with Disabilities Latest Victims of Great Recession
by Disparti Law Group, P.A.

"People who are entitled to receive government assistance in the form of Social Security Disability benefits are having to wait longer and longer - sometimes as long as three years," says attorney Larry Disparti, president of Disparti Law Group, P.A., which specializes in helping injured workers process their claims.

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PACE Enterprises, Services, and Employment for People with Disabilities
by Wendy Taormina-Weiss

Pace Enterprises assists people with disabilities to find meaningful employment. When a person with a disability comes to PACE they receive an evaluation and counseling in order to determine their career goals and talents.

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The Cause of MRI Vertigo
by Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

A team of researchers says it has discovered why so many people undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), especially in newer high-strength machines, get vertigo, or the dizzy sensation of free-falling, while inside or when coming out of the tunnel-like machine.

Read more... The Cause of MRI Vertigo

Link To "Disabled World Community Newsletter - October 15th, 2011"