His father lived off a war disability pension and money was tight.
SO many of the year's best films have broken ground in their depiction of the realities of war, disability, aging, illness and death that I would call 2012 the year of the body.
Out of the Horrors of War: Disability Politics in World War II America explores the history of disability activism, concentrating on the American Federation of the Physically Handicapped (AFPH), a national, cross-disability organization founded during World War II to address federal disability policy.
"The Association of Rehabilitation and War". Disability and Rehabilitation 25 (18): 1019–25.
During the Revolutionary War, disability payments were limited to soldiers who lost limbs or suffered other serious wounds.
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In the age of an all-volunteer military and after two unpopular wars, disability pay has come to be seen as a lifetime deferred payment for service.
In Afghanistan, a significant number of households remain vulnerable to food insecurity, following years of conflict and drought, which have resulted in war-disabilities, loss of family members, displacement, substantial livestock losses, destruction of productive assets and debt accumulation.
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When American soldiers return home from war with disabilities, they often suffer twice — first from their combat injuries, next from the humiliation of government dependency.
