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Do sheltered workshops teach the disabled skills for the workplace or exploit them for cheap labor?
Orlando Weekly  |  Jeff Gore  |  06-16-2011  |  Business & Labor

Jessica Cox is Just Like Any Other Licensed Pilot -- Except She Has No Armsnew

At a small airport northeast of Tucson, Cox is the only pilot preparing for a flight this morning. She removes the chains that hold the 1946 Ercoupe 415-C in place, unscrews the fuel cap to assess the gas level and begins checking the plane over. She performs all of these tasks with her feet.
Tucson Weekly  |  Irene Messina  |  08-28-2009  |  Culture

Have San Francisco's Service Animal Laws Gone to the Dogs?new

In San Francisco, snakes, lizards, pit bulls, chickens, pigeons, and rodents have all been declared service animals, hauled onto public transportation, housed legally in city apartments, and, essentially, given the full run of the city.
SF Weekly  |  Joe Eskenazi  |  06-17-2009  |  Animal Issues

News From Waaay Outside the Mainstream: 'How's Your News?'new

How's Your News? is certainly groundbreaking: there's never been a program on TV hosted by people with disabilities.
Boston Phoenix  |  Mike Miliard  |  02-09-2009  |  TV

Auditory Processing Disorder: The Hidden Disabilitynew

If you notice that your child often asks you to repeat what you say, he or she may be wrestling with Central Auditory Processing Disorder, or CAPD, a condition that can mimic autism or ADD and is beginning to gain a lot of attention.
Long Island Press  |  Mo Ibrahim and Robbie Woliver  |  11-02-2005  |  Science

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