Tag Archives: US Department of Veterans Affairs

Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, April 4 to Friday, April 8

Posted on April 8, 2016 by bchaiken2014

Media: Ad campaign targets Hollywood disability references (Disability Scoop) With a new advertising campaign, Family Member, a disability advocacy group, is putting Hollywood on notice that it is not acceptable to mock people with disabilities. A quarter-page advertisement running in … Continue reading →

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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, August 4 – Friday, August 8

Posted on August 8, 2014 by bchaiken2014

Education: Numerical learning disability: Dyscalculia linked to difficulties in reading and spelling (Science Daily) Between three and six percent of schoolchildren have an arithmetic-related learning disability, known as dyscalculia. Researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich, Germany, now show that these … Continue reading →

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Day

Posted on June 25, 2014 by mpgarcia

Beginning in 2010, Congress named June 27th as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Day (S. Res. 455) and, for the last four years during the month of June, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has asked everyone to help them … Continue reading →

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