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With the rate of disabilities spiking – due to war, an aging population, and extreme sports – this growing demographic is making headlines. In fact, people with disabilities (which include Baby Boomers, disabled veterans, and hidden disabilities) have emerged as the world’s largest and fastest growing minority group.
As journalists and other media professionals increasingly report on disability-related topics it has become evident that there is often disconnect between the general public and people with disabilities, as well as the way we report on and talk about the disabled population in the news.
To address this issue, the ABLE TO CHOOSE campaign has designed this media room with the following key information:
MEDIA CONTACT: Tom Driscoll, 804-786-9380 or Thomas.Driscoll@VBPD.virginia.gov
The year was 1982 and Edward Ziegler was involved in an automobile accident that left him with traumatic brain injury shortly before Mother’s Day. He was in a coma for two months. What he had taken for granted up until that point in life -- talking, swallowing, eating, rolling over in bed, using the bathroom, and walking -- had to be relearned and modified.
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Virginia Still Is Playing Catch-Up in Disability-Rights Arena
"Each Virginian with a disability deserve to enjoy the same benefits of society and freedoms of every day life that Virginians without disabilities enjoy."
- Gov. Tim Kaine
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College Bound 2009
College Bound 2009 Registration deadline May 31, 2009
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