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HOLIDAY GIFT BOX is  beautiful and real – Families and companies give gifts directly to those in need.  You can sign up to give Christmas to a specific person, volunteer to help in the warehouse or donate items from the wish list to be used for a person in need.  Monetary donations are also greatly appreciated because they give us the flexibility to do what is needed. This years Wish list We need all sizes! Youth, Teens and Adults. Socks, Underwear, Sweat Shirts, Sweatpants, T-shirts, Bath Towels, Hand Towels, Wash Cloths, Rolls of wrapping paper, $5 Gift Cards to Dollar Tree and Gift Cards…

This program is a year long project resulting in holiday gifts for individuals with intellectual disabilities who are low income, live in group homes, and receive meager benefits from SSI. It brings joy to many who are otherwise overlooked during the holidays. A man with an intellectual disability may be physically 64 years of age, yet have an intellectual age of around 6. He expects and anxiously awaits the magic of the Holiday season. Yet, he does not have much in the way of family, nor does enough money to shop for himself. That is where UAID steps in with…

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 61 million US adults (1 in 4 adults) live with health restrictions. 13.7% of them are restricted in independent movement and have difficulty walking or climbing stairs. 10.8% of citizens with cognitive disorders – when it is difficult to focus attention, remember information, make a decision. 6.8% of disabled people cannot serve themselves independently, do housework. In more severe cases, people have difficulty dressing and bathing on their own. 5.9% of citizens have problems with hearing, 4.6% – with vision.

Every adult US citizen can apply for a bank loan without any problems. It is necesary to provide a few documents: proof of income, identity and residence. But what about people with disabilities, especially those who do not have a job? Not every credit organization is ready to take such risks and often refuses to lend to people with health problems. Let’s try to figure out how to get a loan if you get a disability and how to boost your chances of getting accepted for a loan.

People with disabilities have their own wants and needs. A person with a disability may need money to purchase some expensive product. In order not to postpone the purchase for a long time, you can contact the bank to borrow money. In this article, we’ll talk about whether people with disabilities can get loans. Can I get a loan on disability? Banking structures do not provide people with disabilities with preferential conditions for obtaining loans. It will be even more difficult for people with disabilities to obtain loans from a banking institution than for people who do not have health…

Highly specialized medical centers are more attractive to entrepreneurs because of relatively affordable private investments and quick profit. The most profitable areas of paid medicine: dentistry, gynecology, urology and cosmetology. Private Clinic: premises The location of the clinic plays an important role. The ideal option is a location near the metro or with busy thoroughfares , in the city center, at the same distance from residential areas. The room for the clinic should be chosen depending on the number of services that it will provide. If this is a dental office, then an area of 25-30 m2 will be enough,…

Mental disorder (intellectual disabilities) is a mental illness or mental (intellectual) development disorder that limits a person’s ability to work or serve themselves, and also complicates the process of integration into society. What is the difference between intellectual developmental disorders and mental illness? Many specialists try to grapple with this difference. There are many points of view. Both impaired intellectual development and mental illness belong to mental disorders, but treatment options and care for these people are different. People with intellectual disabilities are hard to learn, and they develop more slowly than others. This condition is usually diagnosed immediately after…