WASHINGTON March 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Justice Department today announced a settlement resolving allegations that the town of St. John Ind. violated the Fair Housing Act when it denied a petition for a zoning variance based on the disability of a prospective resident. In a lawsuit filed in September 2007 the U.S. government charged that the town of St. John intentionally discriminated against persons with disabilities when it refused to provide a St. John resident a variance to allow one unrelated individual with multiple sclerosis to live with the resident in his home. The complaint also alleged that the requested variance was reasonable and necessary to afford prospective residents with disabilities an equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling in a residential neighborhood in St. John

YouTube video of puppet with disability going through the process of finding and using a switch-activated reading process (Tar Heel Reader).

Dozens of families raising children with disabilities gathered at the South Steps today to support a slew of proposed legislation that would ease the challenges of providing care for their kids. Several groups including Texas Parents Advocating for Community Services Down Syndrome Association of Central Texas and Texas Parent to Parent donned light-blue t-shirts and waved signs with the same message:

About 1000 people aged 50 and under currently live in residential aged care. As Michelle

Belleville IL (Vocus/PRWEB ) March 18 2009 -- People relying on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits may have among the lowest incomes yet they can pay more than they should in taxes according to Allsup a leading provider of Social Security disability financial and healthcare-related services to people with disabilities

Her case reflects the enormous challenges facing countless Iraqis left physically and emotionally scarred by the sectarian violence that spared nobody following the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Shams story first reported by The Associated Press last December and posted on YouTube touched many hearts. Offers of aid poured in. Iraqs most revered Shiite cleric paid for her to travel to India to be examined by ophthalmologists. An American man sent her a Teddy bear and a coloring book. One woman offered to contact Oprah Winfrey.

University of Leicester research has revealed how inter-disciplinary approaches to the field of disability studies can offer new perspectives to existing disciplines such as the study of English literature. Research by Dr Tom Coogan which will be the subject of his doctoral inaugural lecture on Wednesday 18th March shows that disability is not a marginal concept in our culture but one that is actually central to it.

A PROMISE in the programme for government that all city-based taxis would be wheelchair-accessible by 2010 will not be met and the best that people with disabilities may hope for is a target of 20 per cent nationally. That is the opinion of the Accessible Taxi Consortium a coalition of support groups for people with disabilities which said the percentage of wheelchair-accessible taxis fell from about 20 per cent a decade ago to about 5 per cent now.

Since the Revolution triumphed in Cuba it is not strange to see persons with disabilities be inserted in society or rehabilitize since the first months it was born as we can see in the Integral Rehabilitation Hall in Batabano a costal municipality from Havana province just in the moment they were applying Early Stimulation technique to a baby with Downs syndrome.

knfb Reading Technology Inc. announces the premiere of the kReader PC a break-through in assisted reading and study skills software for students including struggling readers?at the California State University Northridge Annual Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference 2009. Developed under the direction of Assistive Technology pioneer Ray Kurzweil the kReader PC makes reading fun for students with its engaging and easy to use interface. The kReader PC interface utilizes state-of-the-art video gaming technology to create 3D book viewing multimedia annotations voice painting and many other features to make reading and creation of reports fun and engaging for students. Further advances in file format and conversion technology make content acquisition fast and simple. The program allows direct import of MS Office PDF XPS and many other file formats. Student created multi-media content provides an interactive way for students of all levels to create and display their own content including creation of virtual book covers and use of a 3D virtual bookshelf.

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