As a disabled resident of Mississippi, I’m not surprised at all by this news piece I just found out about:
Vermont offers the best Medicaid services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities while Mississippi provides the worst, according to an annual ranking released Thursday.
This better be darn good considering the epicness of the video preview.
“The problem with equipment currently available to help the disabled community get into videogames is that it often costs way more than someone on disability can afford,” AbleGamers.com EIC Steve Spohn said in the announcement. “These controllers will be higher quality with lower cost. What’s not to love?”
Blake cannot use standard video game controllers and doesn’t want to invest in an adapted one. It has become harder for me to use my Playstation controller also.
Sir Terry Pratchett's documentary celebrates assisted suicide, a heated topic in the disability community.
I plan on writing about this later tonight or tomorrow. It’s controversial in many respects. I like this sentence from Sarah’s post at Same Difference:
So rather than being encouraged to end our lives before they have to end by being taught that we have a ‘right to die,’ I wish that all disabled and terminally ill people could be taught how valuable their lives are.
Why "The King's Speech" is another example of how the good heroes are often the disabled ones.
There are a few downsides to losing weight when you have no muscles or mobility. Odd, I have discovered, but very true. Let me explain.
Update 9/6/2009: The Keyboard Viewer’s modifier keys (including shift) seem to be working in Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) as expected when the “sticky keys” universal access feature is turned on. Even without sticky keys on, caps lock seems to work properly. Snow Leopard is a $29 upgrade from Leopard (Mac OS 10.5). -Blake Matt, [...]
By Matt Watson, The Reflector — link As a person with a neuromuscular disease similar to muscular dystrophy, I know who my daddy is, and that’s Jerry Lewis. Jerry, who was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award during the Oscars Sunday, is one of the most well known comedians in the world and arguably the [...]
Of course, that’s because the system will disown you if you get a job.
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