In the future, no doubt more advanced assistive technologies, prosthetics, "bionics," new therapies, and the like being developed at MIT and elsewhere, will have profoundly beneficial impacts for people living and working with mobility challenges and disability (both physical and cognitive).
Yes, there are more challenges and disability barriers to address, but we cannot forget that with collective effort, we are making global improvements.
J, our 12-year-old son, has serious medical challenges and developmental disabilities, autism among them.
However, functional recovery continues to present a considerable challenge and discharge disability levels (using Barthel Index scores) remain unchanged since 2008 with 58% of patients having a functional impairment on discharge from hospital [ 2].
Deprived of access to services available to non-indigenous children, indigenous children face numerous challenges from disabilities, HIV and AIDS and gender-based issues.
A multimedia, performance and installation artist, Ms. Austin is the architect of Creating the Spectacle, a groundbreaking series of performances of an underwater wheelchair user that challenges the perception of wheelchairs and disabilities.
The organization works with children who experience homelessness, have special needs and disabilities, among other challenges. .
Discussion helps to break down the taboo, makes it easier for others with similar experience to speak up, and engages the non-disabled world in learning and understanding the challenges and triumphs of workers with disabilities.
They also provide an overview of access challenges and solutions for people with disabilities, legislation, accommodation and universal design approaches to accessibility, and standards and guidelines.
Despite the marginalization and challenges children with disabilities face in their daily lives, Denis has remained determined to succeed, driven by his dream of becoming a lawyer.
