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More than 50 million people in the United States have disabilities, a number that is growing rapidly as the population ages. Experts say disability will soon affect the lives of most Americans. This blog attempts to explore what we know about disability, and to chronicle the efforts of people who are seeking new ways to address familiar challenges.

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Not2BeMissed

• Survey finds broad support for physician-assisted suicide
• Court monitor: D.C. group home residents face ’serious risk’
• Hospital unit will serve moms carrying babies with birth defects
• Pistorius’ Olympics bid advances
• ‘Choosing eugenics: How far will nations go to eliminate a genetic disease?’
• Author: ‘Medical genetics is not eugenics’
• O’Connor makes plea for Alzheimer’s research
• Young adults with disabilities fall through safety net
• Museum helps people with impaired vision experience art
• Former head of NIH raises new questions about autism, vaccines

My Articles & Essays

• Kennedy-Brownback bill passes Senate committee
• Down syndrome group calls for true informed consent in prenatal testing
• New ACOG guidelines: Invasive prenatal testing should be offered to all pregnant women
• Emails, take two: Prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome
• Comments: Prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome
• Emails, take one: Prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome
• PB column: If the test says Down syndrome
• Tell them it’s not so bad
• Stand tall
• Public man, private father

News2Use

• Special-needs trust can assure support for kids with disabilities
• For adults with intellectual disabilities, an uncertain future
• Travelers with disabilities say obstacles starting to fall
• Appliance makers target aging boomers
• Hospital internship program teaches real-world skills
• U-Iowa starts post-secondary program for students with disabilities
• Buddy movement transforming special education
• Technology in mainstream classes helps kids with special needs
• Frustrated parents build new careers to help their kids with autism
• You’ve been warned: What NOT to say to people with disabilities

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