If you are interested in pursuing further education but are wheelchair confined, there are a number of disability scholarships out there that can help you out. The following is a list of scholarships for disabled particularly designed for students confined to their wheelchairs.

Dementia is a subject that most people try to avoid. Just the thought of memory loss – in a loved one, friend, co-worker or, worse yet, ourselves — makes us terribly uncomfortable. Unless we are confronted directly with dementia, we prefer to think of it as “someone else’s problem.”
But dementia – one of the world’s fastest growing diseases — won’t go away and it is fast becoming “everyone’s problem.” A look at the facts and statistics surrounding dementia clearly show that it is a massive issue, possibly a medical catastrophe in the making, with no easy solution.

Quotations and sayings by famous people often have a way of inspiring us. Words have a power to motivate, inspire and make us see things in a new light. Following are some disability quotes – sayings by famous people about disability.

The loss of one of the senses is a major loss and many people do not realize this. When one loses their hearing, or is born with a hearing disability in the first place, you may need certain special equipments or devices to help you with your hearing or at least make it easier for you. Even the sound of alarm clock that is a jarring noise for most people might need to be louder for you as a deaf person but the standard alarm clock proves to be of no use to you.

Children with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) find it difficult to concentrate and as a result of their hyperactively, they are often passed off as inattentive and having “too much energy”.  Sometimes they may appear to be overactive, fidgety and disruptive and parents and teachers are quick to label the child ‘naughty’.

Children with ADD or ADHD often make the home and school environment stressful and if not diagnosed properly, adults may have a hard time dealing with them. It is important that the caregivers of an ADD or ADHD child are not dismissed as merely disobedient but they should try to understand the underlying issues for the child’s hyperactivity and lack of ability to concentrate.