Veterans
This is a staggering increase in hearing loss in the United States:
Hearing Loss Reaches Epidemic Numbers Among Veterans
By CHELSEA J. CARTER
The Associated Press
Published: March 15, 2008
SAN DIEGO – Soldiers and Marines caught in roadside bombings and firefights in Iraq and Afghanistan are coming home in epidemic numbers with permanent hearing loss and ringing in their [...]
Brigham House on Mount Auburn Street is home to many veterans from the Greatest Generation:
Many veterans make their home at Brigham House
By Jillian Fennimore, Staff Writer
Thu Nov 15, 2007, 12:03 PM EST
WATERTOWN – Brigham House is the proud home of many Watertown veterans who have formed a special bond.
This Veterans Day, many of those men quietly [...]
Veterans Day, 2007.
The best *thank you* to our veterans, past and present, is the assurance that they’ll receive the support they need once they return home.
As disabilities increase among our returning veterans, so does the need for benefits and resources. In Massachusetts, to ensure maximization of benefits, veterans should contact Marine Lance Corporal James Crosby, outreach coordinator for the Massachusetts [...]
The late and legendary Speaker of the House in Congress Tip O’Neil (who represented Watertown for many years) often said, “All politics are local”.... on this website I’ve been occasionally reversing that concept to bring the wider state/national and even global sphere of disability and access issues to the local level.
In my previous post you’ll find updates on the status of the [...]
A leader in a new national initiative, Horses for Heroes (H4H), Windrush Farm in Boxford is featured in today’s North Weekly section of the Boston Globe in a story by Wendy Killeen: Disabled veterans back on horse.
Watertown Community Access Television piloted closed captioning earlier this year with Pam Piantedosi’s monthly talk show MYOB. Pam is committed to captioning each show with funding provided by community members and businesses.
From the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), information on the Bob Woodruff Family Fund for TBI (traumatic brain injury) to assist servicemen and women and their families affected by the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) has entered into a partnership with ABC Anchor Bob Woodruff and [...]
From Community Notes in the January 26, 2007 issue of the Watertown Tab:
Disabled vets gain easier access to parking plates
The commonwealth of Massachusetts has opened wider access to special license plates for veterans. The legislature strongly advocated for the passage of a law that will now permit veterans whose physical impairments already qualify them for [...]
Did you know that the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) is one of the oldest and strongest disability advocacy groups in the United States?
Disability continues to be a byproduct of the current war in Iraq and Afghanistan (for both native civilians and our armed forces). I’ve been reading that veterans of the [...]