Disabled Iraqi kids get wheelchairs, big smiles
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Mothers cradle children in their arms. Fathers smile softly at the helpless bodies they hold. Other parents are bent over from the weight of their teenage kids whose legs fall limp, almost touching the ground. In the absence of basic medical equipment, these parents do this every day.
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China's huge disabled population will benefit from improved living conditions courtesy of next year's Beijing Paralympics, an official said on Thursday.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio  - Dr. Raad Sameer's three children were very excited -- Monday was to be their first day of school in America. A month after landing in the U.S. heartland, the Iraqi refugees were ready to pursue their dream.
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Mohammed Rasoul, a 12-year-old Iraqi boy whose right leg was blown off during a car bomb attack, gingerly stands on his new prosthetic limb and then struggles to walk using parallel bars to help with his balance.
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The machinery of Iraqi elections churned smoothly on Monday: Over and over, a plexiglass tumbler spun effortlessly on its axle, then eased to a graceful stop as a smiling young
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With students huddled around her, Sandra Davis quizzed them on dates and times, a part of life that doesn't come easily for developmentally disabled children.
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Until Max Cleland rolled his wheelchair up to the gates of the ranch in Crawford, Texas, demanding to talk to the president, the Bushies had a good thing going.
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By Alexandra Mayer-Hohdahl, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Sep. 22--TEWKSBURY -- Learning that a child has a disability can be daunting for parents, especially when it comes to figuring out where to find help, Cayuga Road resident Keri Barry said.
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The Wounded Marine Careers Foundation is a film school where disabled marines see a path to dreams.
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Several hundred disabled Iraqis on crutches and in wheelchairs begged kidnappers to release British-Iraqi aid director Margaret Hassan, saying their lot has worsened since her abduction a week ago.
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HUNDREDS of disabled Iraqis demonstrated in Baghdad yesterday to demand the release of Margaret Hassan, calling her abductors âneanderthalsâ and insisting that their collapsed health system needs the British aid worker, kidnapped by insurgents last
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Gyroscopically balanced scooters have given disabled people a new grasp on mobility.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs this week doubled the disability benefits of a West Virginia soldier who has been fighting for more compensation since he returned from Iraq, and assured him that he will receive immediate access to more mental health services to treat his post-traumatic stress...
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She remembers his sense of humor, his quick mind. He was remarkably upbeat, even though he spent life in a wheelchair because of his sickle-cell anemia.
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ROME, Sep 30 (IPS) - âShukran, shukran gesilan, ma salama (Thank you,  many  thanks, see you),â Italian aid workers Simona Pari and  Simona Torretta said,  after being freed this week in the Iraqi  capital, Baghdad.
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British philanthropists have started raising funds in aid of more people with disabilities in Bangladesh to build on the success of their first rehabilitation initiative.
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Using new technology, injured or disabled workers can talk their way to productivity.