Researchers are working on a breakthrough in artificial limb technology -- a prosthetic hand that can actually feel.
When the T-Mobile Sidekick started having data problems two weeks ago, it was a big pain for nearly all of the company's roughly 800,000 subscribers.
It was a moment vividly depicted in the movie about her life: 7-year-old Helen Keller, holding one hand under a water pump as her teacher spelled "W-A-T-E-R" into her other hand.
People with disabilities are 50 percent more likely to be victims of violent crimes than are people without disabilities, according to a government study released Thursday.
The disability rights movement has lost a giant in our global struggle for equal opportunity, human dignity and self-determination. Sen. Ted Kennedy's leadership as a disability champion was part of a broader commitment to civil and human rights.
When Katy Wilson was born with Down syndrome, doctors told her mother that the infant likely would never walk or talk.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of President John F. Kennedy and a champion of the disabled who founded the Special Olympics, died Tuesday, the Special Olympics said. She was 88.
A disabled punk band has launched a campaign to fight for the rights of disabled people to be able to party late.
Daniel Mungai's family keeps him locked in a room in a wooden shack that is just big enough to fit a bed, a cupboard, Daniel and his wheel-chair. His clothes and bed are soaked with his own waste -- and he's been living like this for 15 years.
On a dusty pitch in the middle of the capital of Monrovia limbless young men play football as though their lives depended on it.
Researchers are working on a breakthrough in artificial limb technology -- a prosthetic hand that can actually feel.
When the T-Mobile Sidekick started having data problems two weeks ago, it was a big pain for nearly all of the company's roughly 800,000 subscribers.
It was a moment vividly depicted in the movie about her life: 7-year-old Helen Keller, holding one hand under a water pump as her teacher spelled "W-A-T-E-R" into her other hand.
People with disabilities are 50 percent more likely to be victims of violent crimes than are people without disabilities, according to a government study released Thursday.
The disability rights movement has lost a giant in our global struggle for equal opportunity, human dignity and self-determination. Sen. Ted Kennedy's leadership as a disability champion was part of a broader commitment to civil and human rights.
When Katy Wilson was born with Down syndrome, doctors told her mother that the infant likely would never walk or talk.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of President John F. Kennedy and a champion of the disabled who founded the Special Olympics, died Tuesday, the Special Olympics said. She was 88.
A disabled punk band has launched a campaign to fight for the rights of disabled people to be able to party late.
Daniel Mungai's family keeps him locked in a room in a wooden shack that is just big enough to fit a bed, a cupboard, Daniel and his wheel-chair. His clothes and bed are soaked with his own waste -- and he's been living like this for 15 years.
On a dusty pitch in the middle of the capital of Monrovia limbless young men play football as though their lives depended on it.
For 20 hours Gao Ying lay in the rubble of her school in China's Sichuan province last spring. The May 2008 earthquake that struck southwest China had leveled many buildings across the region.
Unemployed people with disabilities are having increasing trouble finding a job.
India's Department of Atomic Energy is sending an investigative team to the northern state of Punjab after traces of uranium where found in the hair samples of children and adults with disabilities.
Samuel Welsh's chances of landing a job before this economic downturn were already slim.
Zhao Jiuhe sweeps the floors at his dad's restaurant, chats with customers and waitresses whom he calls "older sisters," and clears the tables.
Her powerful voice resonates through the music hall, delivering an unlikely message of hope.
At 90, Melvin Seeman's daily objective is to enjoy every moment of life to its fullest.
The Hall of Fame voting results will be announced later today. As always, there's been no end of the debate regarding who should be voted in by the Baseball Writers Association of America, with supporters and detractors of various candidates throwing numbers around willy-nilly, all too often attempting to compare players across eras without any real regard for how to account for the dramatic variations in more than a century of baseball history -- variations that make comparing a player from the current offense-heavy era to ones from the pitcher-friendly 1960s or the Deadball era a futile effort without some understanding of context.
The future of design could see the divide between able-bodied and disabled people vanish.
A few weeks before 13-year-old Jonathan King killed himself, he told his parents that his teachers had put him in "time-out."
New York Gov. David Paterson said Monday "Saturday Night Live" went too far in its portrayal of the legally blind governor over the weekend.
Richard Bernstein wins landmark lawsuits for the disabled. He teaches college. He runs marathons.
Advocates are working to change that with a nationwide effort to make sure those with mental disabilities know their rights and exercise them on Election Day
Marget Wincent has never met Sarah Palin, but she hopes the Republican vice presidential candidate will respond to her recent e-mail. Wincent said she encouraged Palin, whose son Trig has Down syndrome, to "get that little guy on skates when he's a couple years old, and enjoy those snowmobile rides."
At age 20, Mark Loeffler was a former high school jock who worked as an hourly laborer at a tropical plant farm in Hawaii. Then one afternoon, vacationing with his parents at a lake in Michigan, Loeffler dove off the end of a dock and snapped his neck.
Sen. John McCain's campaign rebuked Sen. Joe Biden on Tuesday, saying the Democratic vice presidential nominee had "sunk to a new low" by raising a debate over who cares more for special needs children.
Scientists hope to add one more ability to the tongue and turn it into a computer control pad
It is hard to imagine that DreamWorks and Paramount, the companies behind "Tropic Thunder," did not foresee some sort of reaction from activist groups.
The Americans with Disabilities Act is about to get a major facelift. For small business owners, this means a raft of new regulations, and some familiar questions: What do I need to do to comply with the ADA? Do I risk a lawsuit if I don't make changes?
A middle-aged woman arrives at yoga class, a guide dog beside her wheelchair. She slides onto a mat on the floor and begins warming up with help from the instructor, stretching her knee and leg muscles to the side.
It's Autism Awareness Month, but for people who have autism or live with someone who does, they are aware every day.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
It's been a year since the parents of a severely disabled child made public their decision to submit their daughter to a hysterectomy, breast surgery and drugs to keep the girl forever small. Today, the couple tell CNN, they believe they made the right decision -- one that could have a profound impact on the care of disabled children worldwide.
Dear FSB: My company recently bid a manufacturing job, and one of the requirements is that the parts must be powder-coated. To powder coat the parts, we can use a company that employs mentally disabled workers and is a nonprofit. My question: is there any tax advantage to my company for having them do the secondary work?
A orphan from Kenya, a health care activist in Las Vegas and a quadriplegic in India have been named CNN Heroes finalists for their work as "Medical Marvels."
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Conditions for disabled citizens in Serbian orphanages and hospitals are deplorable, a new study finds
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
A mother is seeking to have the womb of her severely disabled daughter removed to prevent the 15-year-old from feeling the pain and discomfort of menstruation.
Natalie Williams, a 21-year-old Special Olympics basketball player from Kentucky, says she's never really been treated like a true athletic star. But that was before she came to the Games in China, which has undergone a major change in its treatment of the mentally disabled.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
Lizzie Cameron is in Musoma, Tanzania working with the Musoma Engineering Project.
The treatment of retired NFL players took center stage in Congress Tuesday as NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, NFLPA executive director Gene Upshaw and others testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The interests of former players were championed by two Hall of Fame players, Mike Ditka and Gale Sayers and others.
Like many Vermonters, Deborah Lisi-Baker enjoys the outdoors. "I've always loved the wilderness and the woods. It's very serene. It clears your head just to get to appreciate all the sounds and colors and shapes."
When Melina Slotnick was 6 years old, she nearly drowned.
One day in 1957, when Jeff Daly was 6 years old, his little sister, Molly, disappeared.
At the Atlanta Home Show, a three-room installation showed off trendy new building supplies, like ceramic tile that mimics weathered wood, high-tech ovens and home security systems. But the installation, called "Safe Home for Life," wasn't trying to sell new plumbing or expensive cabinets.
A hospital that performed a controversial procedure that stunted the growth and sexual development of a profoundly disabled child violated Washington state law by sterilizing her, according to an investigative report released Tuesday.
David is a young man with severe cerebral palsy. He can't walk, he can't talk, he can't sit up by himself, but he can blog. This week, David blogged about Ashley.
The parents of a severely mentally disabled girl have used surgery and hormones to keep their daughter a smaller, lighter -- and therefore easier to manage -- size. They say that it will allow them to continue to give her the care she needs and make life easier for their daughter.
Winter can be hard on old people and those with disabilities. So winter is a challenge to Geoff Fernie, one of the world's leading experts in rehabilitation research.
After he had driven four hours to buy a wheel-chair that would allow him to play tennis--and was ignored by the salespeople at the company that made it--John Box was so angry that he decided to do ...
A young man with cerebral palsy went out for breakfast at the Blue Plate Café in Memphis. He arrived in a wheelchair, accompanied by a service dog to help him with tasks such as opening doors. The ...
Federal law has forced the nation's children to meet rigid academic performance standards that create "too many ways to fail," a bipartisan panel of state lawmakers who reviewed the No Child Left Behind Act said Wednesday.
Using a computer will soon be a lot easier for disabled people, thanks to a hands-free device created by Canadian researchers.
In her 12 years as a paralegal, Marlene Foth of Concord Township, Ohio had heard more than her fair share of horror stories featuring families devastated by inadequate estate planning. "You name it...
In her 12 years as a paralegal, Marlene Foth of Concord Township, Ohio had heard more than her fair share of horror stories featuring families devastated by inadequate estate planning.
Years from now, when people look back on the legacy of the Rehnquist Court, federalism -- the relationship between the national and state governments -- will surely be one of the most talked-about areas of law. Over the past decade and a half, in a number of important lines of cases, the Court has reined in federal power -- ostensibly to protect the autonomy and vitality of state and local entities.
Disabled Americans deserve the same right as everyone else to access and accommodation at government buildings, such as courthouses and schools, a lawyer for two Tennessee paraplegics told the Supreme Court Tuesday.
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