Do Deaf People Have a Disability?

Do elderly women have more physical disability than men do?

This study investigated whether the commonly observed higher prevalence of physical disability among women is due to higher incidence rates or to other factors such as selective mortality or poor recovery. Methods included observed measures of prevalent lower body physical disability and potential risk factors at baseline (1989-1991) and 4-year follow-up of 2,025 community-dwelling adults aged ...

Managing the needs of people who have a learning disability.

A recent report from the National Patient Safety Agency has highlighted the risks facing people with a learning disability when they enter hospital. Recent policies and current patterns of care will see increasing numbers of people with a learning disability accessing generic health services, including hospitals. Nurses may need to develop suitable approaches to deal with the demand. This artic...

Studying Balance in Deaf People: A Systematic Review Study

Objective Damage to parts of the vestibulocochlear nerve not only results in sensory-neural hearing loss and deafness but may also lead to balance problems. This is the reason why the hearing-impaired and deaf people are struggling with balance problems. Given the ever-increasing development of the adaptive sports, specific to the deaf, who are considered as part of the active individuals in th...

Religious People Really Do Have More Children

A few months ago, the Washington Post ran an article [2] titled, "Stop assuming that families with lots of children are religious." The article supported its case with some data from Pew (2014 Religious Landscape Study [3]), which surveyed 35,000 Americans, and anecdotes about the plight of large secular families that must bear the heavy burden of answering questions from strangers who assume t...

Do potential people have moral rights?