| Disability group urges additional payments | | Posted Friday, October 06, 2006 10:59:12 PM by Blog57 Team | | Australia's main disability group wants a supplementary payment for people surviving on disability pensions to cover costs besides living expenses. An Anglicare report released yesterday found many Tasmanians living with disabilities are going without food and other essentials like heating to cover basic costs and buy equipment like electric wheelchairs. The chief executive of the Industry Association for Disability Services, Ken Baker, says an extra payment should be offered to ensure no disabled people are living in poverty. "There ought to be a supplement paid to people to help them pay for pharmaceuticals, the aids and the home adjustments they may need," he said. "Secondly I think it's important to provide job opportunities and employment opportunities for disabled people." .... | |
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| | | Differently abled Bzeans get new wheels | | Posted Saturday, August 26, 2006 8:58:24 AM by Blog57 Team | | While some members of the Rotary Club were trying to cope with bad luck, others were giving differently-abled Belizeans a sense of independence. News Five's Kendra Griffith has more. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Statistics on the number of wheelchair-bound persons in Belize are hard to come by, but estimates are that the mobility of hundreds are impeded by a lack of resources. Today that demand was at least partially met, courtesy of the Wheelchair Foundation and the students of CalPoly San Luis Obispo in California. Scott West, CalPoly San Luis Obispo All graduating students have to complete a senior project. We had to pick one that we can directly help the lives of people. We saw there is a need; the humanity index showed that Belizean people could use help. And also the government dismantled the disabilities services, so we wanted to help people who most needed.... | |
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| | | AFD grant is used for a new lifesaving device | | Posted Friday, July 28, 2006 2:58:31 AM by Blog57 Team | | It's another measure to keep you and your family safe. Tuesday, the Anchorage Fire Department got a 15,000-dollar grant for a new, interesting piece of equipment. The grant money will be used to buy a new CPR device that will, no doubt, help with lifesaving procedures, while firefighters are on the job. CBS 11 News is told the high tech piece of equipment, called an Autopulse Automatic, .... | |
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