The atmosphere is buzzing inside the Milford High School gym, where a basketball game is underway, the score seesawing as the clock ticks down.
Milford is up by two with seconds to go. Then a player on the visiting Souhegan team scores, and the place erupts in cheers.
“One of the assumptions about ASD is that it occurs alongside intellectual disabilities,” said Josephine Shenouda, an adjunct professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health and the lead author of the study, who pointed to older studies showing that as many as 75% of kids with autism have intellectual disability. “What our paper shows is that this assumption is not true.”
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https://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/study-even-with-fivefold-increase-autism-likely-undercounted/
In Canada, long-term disability (LTD) claims for mental health issues make up the lion’s share of claims filed each year.
Despite mental disorders, such as depression and anxiety, being recognized as conditions that can affect your ability to do your job, many insurance companies still turn down legitimate claims.
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https://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/denied-long-term-disability-for-mental-health-issues-your-rights/
The Canadian Para Snow Sport Training Centre officially launched in September. Based out of the Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre, it offers wheelchair and visually-impaired athletes training in multiple disciplines, both on and off the slopes.
Hooey, as with many diabetics, relies on insulin pumps for his diabetes treatment. But with his vision loss is unable to see the screen. There are not sufficient warning beeps, voice activation or other accessibility features that allow him to safely use the pumps on his own.
David Coarsen has been living with diabetes for two years. He said the shift to virtual care saves him time and effort.
“It was just more convenient having things coming to me all the time rather than me going out somewhere to see a doctor,” Coarsen said.
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https://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/program-aims-to-make-treatment-more-accessible-for-diabetes-patients/
Roger Foley does not want to die yet – but he claims that the Canadian government is encouraging him to end it all.
“I’ve been pressured to do an assisted suicide,” he told The Post, alleging this happened with caretakers at Victoria Hospital, a primarily government-funded center in London, Ontario.
“We looked at loneliness, social isolation, social anxiety, social support and overall satisfaction with life,” said Liam Cross of Edge Hill University in England who worked on the study published recently in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. “Pet ownership led to a higher quality of life, less anxiety and a wide range of other benefits.”
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https://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/pet-ownership-brings-huge-benefits-to-adults-with-autism-study-finds/
Details of three focus groups offer disturbing details about the challenges individuals with disabilities face when seeking care
“I don’t want to die but I don’t want to be homeless more than I don’t want to die,” 54-year-old Amir Farsoud said.
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https://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/ontario-man-applies-for-state-sponsored-suicide-over-homelessness/
