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William Douglas Porter [1] (September 9, 1932 – December 3, 2013) was an American salesman, who worked for Watkins Incorporated based in Winona, Minnesota.Born with cerebral palsy, [2] Porter's background and work was brought to the public's attention in 1995 when an Oregon-based newspaper published a series of feature stories about him.
Openclipart, also called Open Clip Art Library, is an online media repository of free-content vector clip art.The project hosts over 160,000 free graphics and has billed itself as "the largest community of artists making the best free original clipart for you to use for absolutely any reason".
Lend a Hand is The Patriot Ledger's annual holiday charitable program and has raised more than $3.3 million for South Shore people in need. Susan, a disabled Quincy resident, needs to move but ...
In 1982, Deacon's story was the subject of a paper by D. Ellis in the journal Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, describing how after fifty years' residence in an institution for mentally disabled people, a new strategy was devised by which Deacon's intelligence could be assessed; the strategy revealed that he had normal intelligence. [7]
In this article, Johnson described institutions where "wheelchair people are lined up, obviously stuck where they're placed" while "a TV blares, watched by no one." Johnson called for reform for disabled people. She wanted disabled people to be placed in publicly financed home care provided by family, friends or neighbors, and not institutions ...
Models of disability are analytic tools in disability studies used to articulate different ways disability is conceptualized by individuals and society broadly. [1] [2] Disability models are useful for understanding disagreements over disability policy, [2] teaching people about ableism, [3] providing disability-responsive health care, [3] and articulating the life experiences of disabled people.
It said it helped people claim £8.4m in benefits in the last financial year alone and the number of people it supports increased by 43%, to more than 1,900 in the year.