Tag: disabled

First Year of Life—A Down Syndrome Journey

“When you look at your baby with tear filled eyes, just know that God doesn’t make mistakes.”


Physically Challenged Man Sells Fruits On Roadside For Sick Mother

A good son who is trying to make a living and take care of his mom, and a kind man with a heart of gold.


Blind and Deaf Kid Enjoys Riding in the Car With the Windows Down

Bless this child’s innocent heart!


Special Needs Boy Gets the Best Celebration From His Teammates

Everyone with disabilities should be treated with this kind of kindness.


Woman Born With Cerebral Palsy Walks to Stage During Graduation Ceremony

What a determined young lady!


Germany: Ex-Nurse Convicted of Killing 4 at Disabled Home

BERLIN—A former nurse at a home for the severely disabled in eastern Germany was convicted of murder and given a 15-year sentence on Wednesday for killing four residents. The state court in Potsdam ordered the 52-year-old woman sent to a psychiatric hospital, German news agency dpa reported. She also was convicted of attempted murder and…


Santa Signs to Little Girl

This precious child will remember Santa for years.


Man Who Lost Leg in Car Accident Builds Own Cable Lift for 3rd-Story Apartment Powered by the Sun

Several decades ago, Alexander Yudin lost his leg in a car accident. Three years ago, he slipped using crutches on ice, leaving him with a complicated hip fracture which at 67-years-old meant he wouldn’t be able to walk for the rest of his life. Leaving his apartment on the third floor of a block in Timashevsk, a small…


DOJ Sues Uber, Says Wait Fees Discriminate Against Disabled Customers

The Department of Justice is suing Uber over allegations it discriminates against disabled people by overcharging them when drivers have to wait for passengers to board their vehicles. In a press release on Wednesday, the DOJ said it had filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the ride-hailing company for charging…


Bodycam Shows Tennessee Police Officer Run Into Explosive House Fire to Rescue Disabled Woman

A house fire that caused an explosion in a home in Columbia, Tennessee, July 9 led to the heroic rescue of a disabled woman who was still inside. Bodycam footage from a Columbia Police Department officer who was the first to respond shows an area in Riverside engulfed in smoke as he pulled up to…