Last Friday fourth-year architecture students had the opportunity to walk in a disabled person’s shoes – or, in some cases, crutch and wheel around Notre Dame’s campus as part of a day-long event sponsored by University Disability Services and the School of Architecture to help students understand the importance of designing with all people in mind, according to a University press release.

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A West Seattle man who was accused of beating, choking and stomping his developmentally disabled roommate to death pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder as part of an agreement with state prosecutors.

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A RAVENSHEAD man has beaten more than 10,000 people to be named as the winner of a national photography competition.

Jonny Thatcher’s shot ‘Sandboy’, left, was selected by TV presenter Lisa Snowdon in the Currys’ Our Lives competition, run by the electrical retailer in conjunction with Panasonic.

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By Chen Jia (China Daily)
Updated: 2008-08-26 07:39

Tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Paralympics and associated sports events are selling well, a senior official from the Games’ organizing committee said over the weekend.

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There is not much difference between dating among disabled people and able bodied people. Of course, I am not going to deny that there are few exceptions to this notion. Regrettably, most of the disabled people are not fertile and it is because of this that many of them are not willing to get in to disabled people because they feel that there is no use looking for a relationship when they are unable to have children. The only way to handle this situation is to encourage the disabled to join dating disabled online.

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Also try http://disabledchat.diydating.com/ (My own personal dating site)

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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Jim Abbott brought a message to the Little League World Series that he urged people to heed.

Abbott’s message wasn’t a slogan or political statement. His message served as a simple reminder to American employers that a disability wasn’t a liability.

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