Medical Xpress

Classifying disabilities tricky at Paralympics

(AP)—Double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius, probably the biggest star of the upcoming Paralympics, hasn't been able to skip one of the games' biggest bureaucratic hurdles: the disability ...
Medical Xpress

International classification of functioning, disability and health benefits neurorehab research

Use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) has increased significantly over the last decade. The current issue of NeuroRehabilitation features a series of ...
JD Supra

Second Circuit Clarifies That Reclassification of Health Status That Limits Scope of Disability Benefits Does Not Constitute “Adverse Benefit Determination” Under ERISA ...

In Ruderman v. Liberty Mut. Grp., Inc., No. 21-817, 2022 WL 244086 (2d Cir. Jan. 27, 2022), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that reclassification of a claimant’s disability from ...
Health Affairs

Measuring Disability With The National Health Interview Survey: A Response To Landes, et al.

An analysis by the NCHS published in 2021 used 2011–12 NHIS data to compare responses and disability classifications between both sets of questions. When disability status was defined as reporting “a ...
The Peninsula

First Arab Classification for Persons with Disabilities adopted

Doha: To empower persons with disabilities, the document of first 'Arab Classification for Persons with Disabilities' was adopted at the conclusion of ‘Second Workshop on Arab Classification for ...
The Economist

The Rio Paralympics were successful, but the disability classifications are not

ANYONE who tuned into the 2016 Paralympic games, which were held in Rio de Janeiro in the fortnight leading up to September 18th, would agree that this year’s edition has been a success. In the days ...
Education Week

Does Special Education Work for Students With Learning Disabilities?

Test scores for students with learning disabilities improve after they are classified into special education, and the gains are greatest for students who entered special education before they reached ...
Science Daily

A student's disability status depends on where they go to school

A new study suggests that the likelihood of a child being classified with an educational disability depends on the characteristics of their school and how distinctive they are from their peers. A new ...
JD Supra

Board of Regents Replaces the Term “Emotional Disturbance” with “Emotional Disability”

When a Committee on Special Education (CSE) classifies a child as a student with a disability under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the committee must place the student within one of ...
Forbes

What Is Permanent Disability? Definition & How To Qualify

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...