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- The worst word in the medical lexicon
- The worst word in the medical lexiconHumilityDoes being a parent give the right to judge entire fields of knowledge simply because they do not agree with what we wish to hear?The trend todayto celebrate disability is something I find quite sickening. Disability is an obstacle to overcome, not something to...
- Tags: medical lexicon, lexicon, ADHD, disability, diagnosis
- Discussion threads 2008-11-26
- The full cost of ADHD includes ignorance
- The bottom line is that until we stop treating ADHD as a disability, seeing it as the mixed blessing it in fact is, and stop stigmatizing those with ADHD, instead celebrating our accomplishments, it will continue to cost all of us. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Robin Williams, Ignorance, Disability, ADHD, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- About Accessibility for People With Disabilities
- Microsoft is committed to making products that are accessible and usable by all people, including those with disabilities. Many accessibility features are built right into Microsoft Word. These features are available to everyone, without the need for additional accessibility aids. This paper explains the various accessibility options which are available...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Disability, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Today's Debate: Is mental health a middle-class luxury?
- Today's Debate: Is mental health a middle-class luxury?Even Middle Class Turn to ReligionI thought that it was interesting that you mentioned that many folks try to pray away their mental health issues. However, it's also a middle class phenomena as well. This is something I've experienced personally, frustratingly, through...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, disability
- Discussion threads 2007-10-29
- Talent as a disability
- Talent as a disabilityA prayer for You and Your FamilyDana,People who have not had an episode of Mental Illness cannot fully appreciate what your experience is all about. I understand.I will say a prayer that you and your Family will return to a life of Peace and Happiness.Have faith...
- Tags: Workforce management, talent
- Discussion threads 2007-10-22
- Talent as a disability
- Today's post is late due to a personal crisis. (The Vatican's bust of Janus is from Wikipedia.) It's caused by a genetic condition called ADHD/ADD. I have it, and always have. I survived school by the skin of my teeth, I was in constant trouble at college,...
- Tags: George W. Bush, Talent, Diagnosis, Disability, Policy Question, E-health, Wiki, Business Ethics, Internet, Healthcare, Online Communications, Leadership, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- Can High Tech Ever Be Really Hip?
- Can High Tech Ever Be Really Hip?Brave postJosh, thanks for posting it.I think our industry does try hard. I have been pleased to see how YouTube has actually opened so many more eyes to autism, and tech itself is allowing autists to communicate via Second Life and other channels. Same...
- Tags: Blogging, disability, blog
- Discussion threads 2007-08-07
- Can High Tech Ever Be Really Hip?
- The tech blogosphere is often a place where great ideas about society and politics intersect with technology, and the tech industry and society are usually the better for it. But I was reminded recently about how much the perception of hip and progressive and cool is in many ways a...
- Tags: Tech, Disability, Tech Blogosphere, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2007-08-07
- IP Network Helps Regional Center of the East Bay Serve Californians With Disabilities
- The RCEB is a private, non-profit corporation under contract with the California Department of Developmental Services. As RCEB grew, officials decided to expand to two new sites. Outfitting the new locations for business presented an opportunity to centralize database functionality and improve electronic record-keeping, making it easier for staff to...
- Tags: Network, AT&T Corp., IP, IP Network, Disability, RCEB, Intellectual Property, Networking, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Research & Development, Business Operations
- Case studies 2007-06-06
- Open source and disability
- Open source and disabilityI see it a little differently"This is why Microsoft beat the Open Document Format in Massachusetts. The makers of screen enlargers did not support it. They only supported Microsoft's format. So open source could be spun as discriminating against the handicapped."This statement looks more like Screen Enlargers...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Linux, OpenDocument Format, screen enlarger, disability, software, Microsoft Corp., open source
- Discussion threads 2006-12-12
- Police blotter: Fired over 'Wicked Weasel' photo
- Police blotter: Fired over 'Wicked Weasel' photodisability has nothing to do with ityou agreed to not send anything through the email, that could harm, be personal use, sexual in nature, or anything else against company policy. Most companies are quite clear on this, use our email, company time for...
- Tags: E-mail, Wicked Weasel, Police Blotter, disability, personal use, photograph
- Discussion threads 2006-12-08
- Innovation Through Collaboration: Microsoft and AT Companies Work Together to Make Windows Vista More Accessible
- People worldwide are eagerly awaiting the release of Windows Vista, the new computer operating system from Microsoft that will provide unparalleled security and functionality. Yet for millions of people with disabilities and age-related impairments, the release of a new operating system or major application often has created more anxiety than...
- Tags: Innovation, Collaboration, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Disability, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-12-04
- Is Mass. switch to open source closing a door on disabled?
- Is Mass. switch to open source closing a door on disabled?OpenJAWS project Underwritten by Massachusettswould be one of the best things they could offer the disabilities community since JAWS for Windows is ALLEGEDLY very often overpriced (read price gouging -- as many disabilities enablement devices are) since they are paid...
- Tags: Insurance, Financial Planning, disability, Microsoft Corp., JAWS, open source
- Discussion threads 2006-04-10
- Photos: Disability technology goes mainstream
- Specialized gadgets are being created for the more than 54 million people in the U.S. who have disabilities, and for aging baby boomers.
- Tags: disability, U.S.
- Image galleries 2005-10-05
- Disabilities Act doesn't cover Web, court says
- Disabilities Act doesn't cover Web, court saysHow do you redesign a website for blind person?They can't see it so re-aranging it for blind person won't help. What do they expect you do?For those who are legally blind but still can see to an extent there is some technology devices that...
- Tags: Channel management, Quality, disability, Disabilities Act, Web, standards
- Discussion threads 2004-09-27
- PeopleSoft's 'better plan' leaves customers cold
- PeopleSoft's 'better plan' leaves customers coldBoy, remember when....champagne corks were popping due to Times-Warner buying AOL? All those people holding stock were gonna be rich, rich rich. All the talk of synergy new enconomy, new market blah blah?Most mergers don't work. That was fact in the 70's,...
- Tags: disability, customers cold, PeopleSoft Inc.
- Discussion threads 2004-07-28
- A Christmas Carol PRC (Mobile)
- An ePublication by dmdSOFTWARE.NETFour ghosts visit the miserly businessman Ebeneezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve. After the apparition of Scrooge's dead business partner Marley, the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas As Yet To Come guide Scrooge through his own emotionally charged past, his harsh and loveless present, and...
- Tags: Mobile, Disability, Character, dmdSOFTWARE.NET, Charles Dickens, Tiny Tim, Christmas Carol, Financial Accounting, Finance
- Software downloads 2002-03-08
- A Christmas Carol PDB (Mobile)
- An ePublication by dmdSOFTWARE.NETFour ghosts visit the miserly businessman Ebeneezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve. After the apparition of Scrooge's dead business partner Marley, the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas As Yet To Come guide Scrooge through his own emotionally charged past, his harsh and loveless present, and...
- Tags: Mobile, Disability, Character, dmdSOFTWARE.NET, Charles Dickens, Tiny Tim, Christmas Carol, Financial Accounting, Finance
- Software downloads 2002-03-08
- A Christmas Carol 1.00 (Mobile)
- An ePublication by dmdSOFTWARE.NETFour ghosts visit the miserly businessman Ebeneezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve. After the apparition of Scrooge's dead business partner Marley, the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas As Yet To Come guide Scrooge through his own emotionally charged past, his harsh and loveless present, and...
- Tags: Mobile, Disability, Character, dmdSOFTWARE.NET, Charles Dickens, Tiny Tim, Christmas Carol, Financial Accounting, Finance
- Software downloads 2002-03-08
- A Christmas Carol (.lit format) LIT (Mobile)
- An ePublication by dmdSOFTWARE.NETFour ghosts visit the miserly businessman Ebeneezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve. After the apparition of Scrooge's dead business partner Marley, the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas As Yet To Come guide Scrooge through his own emotionally charged past, his harsh and loveless present, and...
- Tags: Mobile, Disability, Character, dmdSOFTWARE.NET, Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Tiny Tim, Financial Accounting, Finance
- Software downloads 2002-01-25
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