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Category Archives: Disabilities
The woman helping amputees rebuild their lives in war-torn Ukraine
Zhanna Bezpiatchuk and Anastasiya Gribanova BBC 100 Women and BBC Ukraine Thanks to Pam P. Serhiy Petchenko lost both hands while defending Ukraine from Russian invaders in June 2023. After surviving the bitter months-long battle for the city of Bakhmut, … Continue reading
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Positive outlook for a Skybridge!
At our last update meeting, the progress report from the Skybridge Committee team was very encouraging. The project goes for approval to the Seattle City Council Transportation Committee and to the Council itself in early 2025. The full documentation can … Continue reading
Lego to sell bricks coded with braille to help vision-impaired children read
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
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
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
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Assisted living too often fails older, sicker residents, report says
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’
Thanks to Pam P. Click here for the article in the Washington Post
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Americans with disabilities act
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
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
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
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 ……
Thanks to Sybil Ann
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Woman who led police on low-speed chase on her mobility scooter wins reversal of her conviction
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”
An inspiration from Donna D.
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Inventions with creativity and a heart
Thanks to Ann M.
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MAKE A BEST FRIEND TODAY AND THE WORLD A MORE ACCESSIBLE PLACE
Thanks to Ann M.
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Breakthrough for blindness using AI
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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