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Disabled World, one of the premier and most visited disability community websites online, encompasses a broad spectrum of issues and experiences faced by the approximately 1.3 billion people (around 16%) worldwide who live with significant disabilities. We are an independent publisher established in 2004 with the mission to provide a reliable source of news, disability statistics, and useful information to individuals with disabilities, their families, caregivers, and researchers. We accomplish this by publishing original reports, papers, and surveys, as well as quality reviewed material we receive from world governments, disability organizations, educational institutions and other authoritive sources.
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1 - Bird Flu Virus Remains Infectious on Milking Equipment for Over an Hour
Discovery of bird flu's stability on milking equipment for at least an hour highlights the increased risk of exposure for dairy farm workers. Dairy cows have to be milked even if they are sick, and it has not been clear for how long the virus contained in residual milk from the milking process remains stable on the equipment.
2 - Study Links Lower Cognitive Ability in Teens to Increased Risk of Stroke Before Age 50
After adjusting for diabetes and restricting the age of first stroke to 40, the associations remained significant. Researchers now advocate for evaluations that extend beyond traditional stroke risk factors.
3 - U.S. Social Security Modernizes Disability Evaluation by Updating Occupations List
New SSA guidance will only consider the most relevant occupations when determining if someone applying for disability benefits could perform other types of work. In determining disability claims for adults, Social Security may have to evaluate whether a person can adjust to other work that exists in significant numbers in the national economy.
4 - Climate Change Increases the Burden of Water Collection on Women
Climate change could increase the amount of time women spend collecting water by up to 30 percent globally by 2050. On a global average, for the period from 1990 to 2019, women in households without running water spend 22.84 minutes every day collecting water - ranging from 4 minutes in parts of Indonesia to 110 minutes in regions of Ethiopia.
5 - Family Psychiatric History Impacts Quality of Life and Behavior in Siblings of Autistic Children
Siblings of children with autism had increase in severity of social and communication difficulties if they had relatives with conditions such as schizophrenia or anxiety. Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by social and communication impairments as well as sensory sensitivities, repetitive behaviors, and stereotyped interests. Past research has shown that younger siblings of children with autism exhibit a wide range of developmental concerns across social, cognitive, language, and adaptive functioning.
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