Category Archives: Disabilities

Lego to sell bricks coded with braille to help vision-impaired children read

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pam P. Lego is to begin selling bricks coded with braille to help blind and partially sighted children learn to read the touch-based alphabet. The Danish toymaker has been providing the specialist bricks, which were tested and developed … Continue reading →

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Local Aging Services: Comment Now on Priorities

Posted on April 6, 2023 by Jim deMaine

Ed note: Please take the survey and consider mentioning the needed skybridge to connect our towers. Click on the link in the bottom paragraph. Every four years, ADS and more than 600 other Area Agencies on Aging throughout the United … Continue reading →

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‘We’re Still Gonna Say No’: Inside UnitedHealthcare’s Effort to Deny Coverage to Chronically Ill

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Sandy J. After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. KEY TAKEAWAYS … Continue reading →

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Visit the nearby Memory Hub

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Jim deMaine
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Assisted living too often fails older, sicker residents, report says

Posted on December 5, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Diana C – Published in the Washington Post Assisted-living communities too often fail to meet the needs of older people and should focus more on residents’ medical and mental health concerns, according to a recent report by a diverse panel … Continue reading →

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All-terrain wheelchairs arrive at U.S. parks: ‘This is life-changing’

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pam P. Click here for the article in the Washington Post

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Americans with disabilities act

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Ed note: There are many people with disabilities at Skyline: motility, hearing and sight to name a few. We tend to overlook and take for granted our own abilities, but let’s look around. Let’s keep fighting for a skybridge before … Continue reading →

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New wheels for a great guy

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Gordon comments, “Comment: The experience has indeed been life-changing😊”

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UW language guide says ‘grandfather,’ ‘housekeeping,’ ‘spirit animal’ are ‘problematic’ words

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Jim deMaine

From Fox News by Adam Sabes. Thanks to Ed M. for sending this in. Ed Note: How much does our everyday language have historical bias against those of color, those with disabilities or those with a different sex identity. At … Continue reading →

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A different kind of retriever

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Gordon G. who notes, “This “domestic” robot will be featured at this year’s International Robotics Conference.  Wouldn’t it be nice if there were one in every Skyline apartment?🙂”

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Life is beautiful even without ……

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Sybil Ann

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Basketball

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Gordon G.

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Woman who led police on low-speed chase on her mobility scooter wins reversal of her conviction

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Jim deMaine

Not seen yet on 9th Avenue. From the ABA Journal – thanks to Bob P. A woman who led police on a low-speed chase on her electric mobility scooter wasn’t operating a motor vehicle and should not have been convicted … Continue reading →

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Never say “can’t”

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Jim deMaine

An inspiration from Donna D.

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Inventions with creativity and a heart

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Ann M.

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MAKE A BEST FRIEND TODAY AND THE WORLD A MORE ACCESSIBLE PLACE

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Ann M.

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Breakthrough for blindness using AI

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Sybil-Ann. Ed note: Although this appears to be a promo for Microsoft, I think innovations like this are amazing. Please note the appearance of Satya Nadella at the end–Microsoft’s CEO. In the book about him “Hit Refresh,” his … Continue reading →

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