MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'disabilites'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:00:03 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2705293&cid=t_162828_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2Fi2dQ7OqTK8I%2F The latter part of our Q.-and A. with Ernst VanBergeijk, associate dean and executive director of the New York Institute of Technology’s Vocational Independence Program (VIP), a certificate program for adult students with learning disabilities. Q: Do you know of any other programs like it in the country? EVB: There are many great programs that provide transitional services to individuals with autism spectrum disorders and other disabilities. However, very few are college based, i.e., are a part of a college like VIP. Q:How are these programs run? EVB: Most are based in an apartment complex and affiliated with either a community college or a 4-year college. That means the employees of the program work for a private entity and are not employees of the college. The employees of the affili... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2705293 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:28:05 +0100 2705293 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2703930&cid=t_162828_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FgIFr6qLdGZo%2F Q.-and A. with Ernst VanBergeijk, associate dean and executive director of the New York Institute of Technology’s Vocational Independence Program (VIP), a certificate program for adult students with learning disabilities . Q: How did VIP begin? EVB: In 1987, NYIT President Matthew Schure realized that individuals with physical and learning disabilities were not offered the same access to opportunity as their non-disabled peers. Meanwhile, Neal Nelson, a local football coach and originator of the Weight Watchers children’s camps, and two colleagues approached President Schure with the idea of a summer program for teens with disabilities. The group began writing a curriculum for the summer program. By the time they were finished with the task, not only had they created a seven-week ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2703930 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:47:40 +0100 2703930 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2073791&cid=t_162828_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F12%2Fman-with-disabilities-not-worth-saving.html The next time you are tempted to scoff at folk with disabilities who worry that they many people think their lives are not worth living, remember this story. Two medical technicians from the UK have been arrested for allegedly deciding that the life of a man with disabilities wasn't "worth saving" from a heart attack. From the story:It is alleged that staff in the control centre heard the two medics making disparaging comments about the state of the house.A police source, who asked not to be named, said that the ambulancemen were then heard discussing Mr Baker and saying "words to the effect that he was not worth saving". The source said that the two men were allegedly first heard commenting on the untidy state of the house and then saying that it was not worth bothering to resuscitate Mr ... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2073791 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:42:00 +0100 2073791 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1825410&cid=t_162828_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F09%2Fguilty-as-charged-for-murdering.html I reported a little while ago about Joanne Hill, who murdered her daughter with cerebral palsy. Now, she has been found guilty. From the story: A mother who drowned her disabled daughter in a bath after drinking wine was convicted of murder yesterday and sentenced to life in prison.Joanne Hill, 32, from Connah's Quay, Flintshire, north Wales, admitted killing four-year-old Naomi by drowning her in November last year. She had denied murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. However, the jury at Chester crown court, which had heard Hill was embarrassed about her daughter's mild cerebral palsy, rejected this plea and found her guilty of murder after deliberating for an hour-and-a-half. She will not be eligible for parole for at least 15 years.Her e... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1825410 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:43:00 +0100 1825410 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1272490&cid=t_162828_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F03%2F03%2Fmaternal-mortality-in-developing-countries%2F House of Commons International Development Committee (2008) Maternal Health: Fifth Report of Session 2007–08,Volume I: Report, together with formal minutes. London: The Stationery Office  identifies that less progress has been made on maternal health than in any of the other goals for 2015 set by the UN. The report calculates that in any 24 hour period about 1,500 women will have died giving birth. Almost all the deaths will have been in the world’s 75 poorest countries. Most would have been preventable in more affluent nations.  It establishes that the true number of deaths might be 50% higher than the official estimates: with perhaps as many as 870,000 women die annually in the days around birth. For every death, another 30 women are reckoned to be left in some way disabled. In... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1272490 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:48:15 +0100 1272490 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1129341&cid=t_162828_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F04%2Fa-charter-for-change%2F Informal and private care is plugging a funding gap of £25k for every disabled person over the age of 65 in Britain today says A Charter for Change, a new report from the charity Counsel and Care. Coming ahead of a Green Paper on Social Care, it calls for 2008 to be ‘the year of the care debate’ and urges Government to adopt a radical new framework for the future of social care. 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