Disabilities

Learning to live all over again

Learning to live all over again

We, with a debilitating disease, like Myositis or MD know all about side issues. They are an integral part of the disease but are quite often lumped into the description and symptoms of the disease. Headaches, stiffness, high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol levels, lung infections, itching, swallowing difficulties, high sugar levels, arthritis, foot drop, swelling, body fat gain, back pain and the list goes on and on.

These side effects could be caused by the medication being prescribed for the disease, or due to the fact that our immune systems have been compromised by the disease. Read more…

Fertility Doctors: Helping You to Find the Right Infertility Solution

Fertility Doctors: Helping you realize your Dream of Having a Family of Own

Today male and female infertility has become a serious issue. The number of couples visiting fertility doctors has risen sharply. This in turn has led to the growth in the number of fertility clinic countrywide and also in Latin American countries, which provide cheaper services than their American counterparts.

Infertility is cause by several factors such as lifestyle choices, age, and injuries. Heavy smoking and consuming of alcohol is a main lifestyle related cause for infertility. Again, the causes for male and female infertility are also different. The bottom line infertility is cause by a problem in the reproductive organs which make the person unable to conceive. However, with advancement in medical sciences, many infertile couples can dream to become parents. A fertility doctor can help you conceived using more than one method of treatment. He also decides which method is best suited for you. Read more…

Teeth Whitener Review – 3 Truths the Average Teeth Whitener Review Doesn't Reveal

If you are doing your homework and checking out your options for teeth whitening products you’ll find that there is more than one teeth whitener review out there that gives you no more than a piece of the picture. Unfortunately, few, if any, give the whole story about tooth whitening products and what you need to know about them.

What Truths are Not Revealed in a Normal Teeth Whitener Review?

1) There are effective tooth whitening products in all price ranges. You do not have to pay the really big bucks in order to get brighter, whiter teeth. You also do not have to pay for a dentist office visit when there are so many great products on the market that will get you great results fast. This is definitely left out of the average teeth whitener review. Read more…

Wheelchair Hypnosis Weight Loss: Some Ways to Stop the Weighting

Controlling your weight and avoiding weight gain as you get older are important ways to prevent a host of weight-related health problems.

Indeed, if you are more than 20 pounds over your ideal weight, you are at greater risk for a rogues’ gallery of potentially deadly conditions, including diabetes, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, endometrial cancer, obstructive sleep apnea, and breast cancer.

What’s more, most people who are overweight tend to avoid exercise, and that avoidance just adds to the toll paid for extra pounds. Read more…

Different Types of Disabled Vehicles Available

The reason for having disabled vehicles is in order for disabled people to be able to get about without having to rely on dial a ride or public transport. There are several varieties of mobility vehicles available on the market and out of them all, the ones with rear access doors are more common. By converting a vehicle for those with disability, the aim is to achieve an improvement in both safety as well as comfort for the disabled people.

Out of all the variety of mobility vehicles that are available on the market, the small mobility van is proving to be one of the most popular types. Due to the increase in demand for these disabled vehicles, major car manufacturers are producing custom made vehicles.

There are several major features that go into producing a mobility vehicle. One of the major ones is a light weight ramp that is often incorporated into the design of the vehicle. Sometimes they are electrically operated and others are operated via a winch system. Larger mobility vehicles have lifts that bring the disabled person into the vehicle with a minimum of effort. These lifts or ramps will usually be located at the rear of the vehicle or in some cases, the side. Read more…

Disabled: Unsung heroes

UNSUNG HEROES

It was twenty five years when my wife and I made our vows to each other, one of them being to love honour and cherish in sickness and in health till death us do part.

Little did we know what these vows would mean so far down the line? I thank the Lord daily for the loving, caring, wonderful person He brought into my life. She cares for me both mentally and physically, uncomplaining even when I’m miserable, difficult or a right pain in the neck. I cannot express how grateful I am for her love and care.

But there are other unsung heroes in this world. Those women and men who unselfishly give of their time to work with and for the sick, aged, disabled, infirm or abandoned children to name but a few, cannot be praised and thanked enough. Read more…

Electric wheelchair

Wheelchairs mean so much to those with limited mobility. Thanks to wheelchairs those with limited movement can become more mobile and regain their independence. There are two main kind of wheelchairs and these are the manual wheelchair and the electric wheelchair.

Manual Wheelchair
The manual wheelchair has been in use for decades and has gone through many revisions. The constant feature has been that the chair is self propelled by pushing on the hand rims that encircle the wheels. The user actually pushes the wheels around and around to get from a place to place. Further more, the footrests to a manual wheelchair can be removed and the user can walk the chair forward with his feet. Read more…

Disabled: What's that

Synonyms:

broken-down, confined, decrepit, disarmed, hamstrung, handicapped, helpless, hurt, incapable, infirm, laid-up, lame, maimed, out-of-action, out-of-commission, paralysed, powerless, run-down, sidelined, stalled, weakened, worn-out, wounded, wrecked

What is disabled?

I am sure there are thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people around the world who are in the same boat when it comes to disability. There are some who cannot be seen to be disabled, like hearing impaired or people with internal disabilities, like heart, kidney, liver or other organ malfunction. Mental disabilities and so many other kinds of disabilities, that it would be a mammoth task to name them all or to list them all here. Suffice to say that there are some disabilities that are not visibly obvious. Read more…

Disabled: Disability made easier in 22 steps

After years of experience I can still never say that I have arrived and know everything about disability or how to cope with or combat it. One thing I have learnt is that disabilities vary vastly from person to person, even if diagnosed with the same disease, disability or condition (we won’t pursue the other synonyms in this article. That is an article on its own.)

I was once told by a very wise doctor that the reason for my sudden and unexplained falling was that I was tripping over my own pride. You see pride was getting in the way of me using the numerous aids at my disposal in order to avoid these sudden mishaps. Once I overcame my pride and removed the perceived stigmas attached to these devices, I fell less often, until eventually I parked my stubborn backside in a wheelchair. Hey Presto ———– no more falling. Read more…

Commercial and Residential Wheelchair Lifts

Wheelchair lifts are an economical and convenient means of transportation up and down the stairs. Commercial wheelchair lifts are best suited for schools, universities, auditoriums, colleges, churches and historic buildings whereas residential wheelchair lifts are meant for your residential spaces.

Commercial Wheelchair Lifts for Any Public Building Architecture

Commercial spaces and public settings are the places where a good number of wheelchair users are likely to come. Hence commercial wheelchair lifts have become very essential accessibility devices in every commercial setting, for the aged/physically challenged individuals to access different levels of these buildings. Commercial wheelchair lifts are available in different models and specifications to suit any building architecture. These devices usually come with a motor driven platform, and also with internal switches for the riders to control the lift on their own. Read more…