Google, in a significant development for deaf Internet users, announced it was adding automatic caption capability to videos on YouTube. Google said on ...
Feds charge firms with stealing millions from fund to help deaf people make phone calls Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced criminal charges against ...
Kansas commission recommends closing state hospital for mentally disabled in Topeka A Kansas commission is recommending that the state close its hospital for the mentally disabled in Topeka and move more patients into group homes. The closure would leave the state with ...
Utah man charged for allegedly tethering mentally disabled nephew to couch A man has been charged with a felony for allegedly tethering his mentally disabled 14-year-old nephew to a couch while he went to work. South Salt Lake police spokesman Gary Keller ...
Alabama to unveil new statue of Helen Keller to be installed in US Capitol Alabama installed the first statue honoring a disabled person in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, unveiling a bronze of a 7-year-old Helen Keller at her moment of epiphany ...
HOW TECH FOR THE DISABLED IS GOING MAINSTREAM Apple is widely celebrated for making devices as easy to use as they are elegantly designed. What customers probably don't know is that some of these features aren't exactly new--they evolved from software Apple ...
Gov't study finds disabled people are more likely to be victims of violent crimes Disabled people are 1.5 times more likely to be victims of violent crime than nondisabled people, according to a government study. The study on crime against people with ...
Years of torment from neighbors led UK mother to kill disabled daughter and self, jury rules Years of torment from young neighbors led a despairing single mother to kill herself and her disabled daughter, and police inaction contributed to the deaths, a ...
A group of parents who oppose President Barack Obama's plan for revamping health care said Tuesday it would lead to rationing for children with life-threatening disabilities. National advocates for the disabled immediately rejected the claim that echoed this summer's dispute over "death ...
TAIPEI (Reuters Life!) - Chang Lee-hsiao lost his hearing to a fever at age 3. Forty-three years later, he is one of Taiwan's top bowlers with several medals to his name, but it certainly wasn't easy, or inexpensive. Chang, a Taipei elementary ...
Schools balk at letting autistic kids bring service dogs to class; some families fight back Like seeing-eye dogs for the blind, trained dogs are now being used to help autistic children deal with their disabilities. But some schools want to keep the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exposure to anesthesia during cesarean section delivery (C-section) doesn't increase a child's risk of learning disabilities down the road, according to a new report in the journal Anesthesia. Concerns have been raised that such exposure could harm ...
