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View Post: jk plus--the tribune jammu and kashmir edition, dated November 18
19 Nov 2009 by jupinderjit singh  
Looking into her eyes full of confidence one can hardly judge that she is walking on artificial limbs. She can go upstairs and descend with ease. Studying in the seventh standard, she wants to live a dignified life. ...
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View Post: Per un mondo senza barriere: Disabilities, a resource?
10 Nov 2009 by salvatorecimmino  
Today, technology has overtaken the most optimistic previsions in the field of artificial limbs and the results are incredibly advanced. The latest prostheses consent a quality of life which wasn't imaginable until a few years ago, ...
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View Post: Hiring People With Disabilities Workshop Sponsored in part by ...
6 Nov 2009 by Daniel  
Shake hands; either hand; even artificial limbs; except during flu season. IV. After offering assistance, please wait for acceptance and instructions. V. Never patronize wheelchair users by patting them on the head or shoulders. ...
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View Post: Info Biru [dot] Com: PIPOS (Pakistan Institute of Prosthetic and ...
15 Nov 2009 by Nur Rachmat  
Along with the provision of B.Sc (Hons) degree, PIPOS is also providing all types of Prosthesis (Artificial limbs) and Orthosis (Braces) for almost every kind of physical disability. For this purpose institute maintains a model ...
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View Post: Fake watches, artificial limbs and real needs
20 Jul 2009 by mercedes  
I might have ignored it but the day I saw it in a magazine, I had been interviewing amputees and photographing artificial limbs, not unlike the hand in the ad, for a story. Ndozi Xhaudi is a 79-year-old grandmother from ... Even the Millennium Development Goals forgot them, says the International Disability and Development Consortium. Disability is not included in MDG indicators and targets, although it affects all eight MDGs (see their slideshow). Landmines and diamonds ...
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View Post: GiveBackIndia.org » Blog Archive » About Blind Peoples Association ...
20 hours ago by admin  
People with disabilities are mobile on their tricycles and three wheeler scooters!! Artificial limbs provided to persons with amputation are of international quality and yet the consumer gets it free………………. BPA is forging new alliances ...
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View Post: Wowfreedom Blog » Blog Archive » Eye Patches
15 Aug 2009 by admin  
Many people choose to have a custom view and fitted with artificial limbs to improve their appearance and make them look like the rest of the world. Having a disability is difficult, especially one that is related sight. ...
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View Post: Etiquette of Working With People With Disabilities
7 Nov 2009 by joey  
So what are some guidelines you should follow when working with people with disabilities? 1. Shake handswith the person as you would a normal person. Do this even if that person has hand deformities, or artificial limbs. ...
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View Post: Doctors report “unprecedented” rise in deformities, cancers in Iraq
19 Nov 2009 by Rainbow Warrior  
The five-part series chronicles the story of Mouna, a young girl who suffered severe injuries in Iraq, she learned how to walk again, on artificial limbs with the help of MSF surgeons and physiotherapists in Amman, Jordan. ...
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View Post: Wounded Times: We did it after WWII we can do it now
21 Nov 2009 by Namguardianangel@aol.com (Kathie Costos)  
People who do not have to enroll include veterans with a service-connected disability of 50 percent or more, veterans who were discharged from the military within one year but have not yet been rated for a VA disability benefit and veterans seeking ... VA investigators played key roles in developing the cardiac pacemaker, the CT scan, radioimmunoassay, and improvements in artificial limbs. The first liver transplant in the world was performed by a VA surgeon-researcher. ...
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