Tag Archives: Disabled

Woman with fibromyalgia blasts people who judge her for parking in disabled spot

A young woman, with fibromyalgia, has hit out at people who judge her for parking in disabled spaces because she “doesn’t look disabled.” Rhiannon, from Melbourne Australia, took to TikTok following an altercation with an old man, who questioned whether she should have the right to a disabled badge, purely based on the way she… Read More »

Clark’s Nutrition to open early exclusively for elderly and disabled shoppers – KESQ

News This Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, (March 17-19), all the Clark’s Nutrition and Natural Foods Markets will open early exclusively for elderly and disabled shoppers. The store’s elderly & disabled shopping hours will be from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. before the store opens to the public. There will be staff on-site to help with… Read More »

‘I am lucky that I’m not profoundly disabled following traumatic birth’

The passion for justice that informs Johan Verbruggen’s work as part of solicitors Callan Tansey’s medical negligence department, is both professional, and personal. ust a few weeks ago, Verbruggen settled a case for a six-year-old girl who suffers with partial paralysis of her left arm and postural difficulty – a condition known as Erb’s palsy… Read More »

Severely Disabled People Control Tablet Computer via Brain Implant

November 26th, 2018 Editors Neurology, Neurosurgery, Rehab A team of researchers in the U.S. has given three quadriplegic people the ability to use an off-the-shelf tablet computer with impressive ease. The researchers used a BrainGate2 neural interface that relies on an intracortical electrode array implant to allow direct communication between the brain and the tablet.… Read More »