Archive for 'Disabilities'
Seattle home-care agency to close
A Seattle home-care agency whose 114-home care workers help about 200 elderly and disabled area residents live independently is closing down, Seattle Times staff reporter Maureen O’Hagan reports in todays’ paper.
The agency, which is run by the community service organization Solid Ground, will lay off the workers Dec. 31, the paper reports.
Solid Ground, which is [...]
Posted: November 11th, 2008 under Disabilities, Senior Health, Social & Family Issues.
Tags: Community Services, Solid Ground
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VA to expand quicker disability evaluation program to Bremerton
The US Veterans Affairs Administration said today it is expanding a pilot program designed to streamline the disability evaluation process over the next several months to 17 additional military installations, including the Naval Medical Center in Bremerton.
The goal of the pilot is to test “a new process that eliminates duplicative, time-consuming and often confusing elements [...]
Posted: November 7th, 2008 under Disabilities, VA Puget Sound, Veterans.
Tags: Disability, Military, VA, Veterans Affairs
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Small changes in one chromosome linked to wide range of mental disorders, UW researchers report
Small changes in one chromosome have been linked to a wide range of mental disorders including mental retardation, autism and other birth defects, University of Washington researchers report published Sept. 10 by the New England Journal of Medicine. The discovery could lead to new ways for doctors to diagnose mental retardation, autism and other disorders.
Posted: September 11th, 2008 under Brain & Nervous System, Disabilities, Genetics & Birth Defects, Lab Tests & Diagnostics.
Tags: Autism, Chromosomes, Disabilities
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