Can students continue to claim other benefits?
Q. I have been thinking about going back to full-time education, but I am worried about claiming student finance and not being able to support myself financially.
I am getting Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for personal care and I get Employment and Support Allowance. Is there anything extra I can claim?
A. If […]
Reconditioned Stair Lifts: Live Life to the Fullest
One of the major challenges for elderly people, those with injuries or people with disabilities is free movement. For someone who has been used to the joys of free movement, being unable to move especially within the house can be very frustrating. When inside the house, a person with disability might feel like a prisoner […]
The NYC subway has an accessibility problem—can it be fixed?
Every morning, like many New Yorkers, Chris Pangilinan checks his phone to see if there will be interruptions to his subway commute. There is a mixed bag of possibilities commuters have come to dread: track work, track fires, signal problems, injuries, overcrowded trains, or just unexplained delays.
But Pangilinan’s […]
Mobility scooter stolen from Richmond senior
Novella Armstrong relies on her scooter to get around. But the Richmond senior, who lives with a disability, had her mobility further impaired after someone stole her motorized scooter from her Richmond building.
Armstrong recently moved into a retirement home near Granville Avenue […]
Kessler study shows behavioral approach reduces cognitive fatigue in multiple sclerosis
IMAGE:Â Dr. Dobryakova is a research scientist in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Research at Kessler Foundation. She conducts cognitive research in the MS and TBI populations.
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Post Falls inventor returns to ‘Ellen,’ meets his hero, Tim Cook
Post Falls 12-year-old Alex Knoll made his second appearance on […]
Groups undergo wheelchair services training – Saipan News, Headlines, Events, Ads
With the support of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, the Disability Network Partners recently sponsored— for the very first time— a Seating and Wheeled Mobility Services Training Workshop.
OVR executive director Arlene Yamagata, M.S., CRC said the training included a combination of lecture, hands-on experience, client demonstrations, case examples, and […]
