Stair lifts are really a blessing for the aged and the handicapped people.Handicap stair liftshelp people with accessibility problems, to maintain an active lifestyle. Special care should be taken to purchase the right handicap stair lifts. Selecting a wrong stair lift can be uncomfortable and dangerous for the person using it.

Handicap stair liftsare available in different models - straight stair lifts and curved stair lifts - to suit straight, spiral and curved...

Automatic door openers are designed to assist people with disabilities through doors. These door openers have made it easy for a disabled individual to open a door. Automatic door openers are an accessibility aid similar to a wheelchair lift, stair lift, or elevator and are a great help for disabled persons and senior citizens who need the assistance of wheelchairs or walkers for moving around. These devices facilitate unrestricted entry and exit from residential and commercial...

Before the awareness of people and before the availability of dyslexia evaluation, dyslexia is not a known condition. People suffering from this disorder are often labeled as dumb, stupid or lazy due to their learning disability.

What is Dyslexia?

Dyslexia is a learning disability mainly in reading and spelling. Dyslexics have difficulties in processing words and numbers due to the different way their brain functions or process information, but it has nothing to do...

Lack of sleep can effect the functioning of a person as well as carers.

There are many factors that can effect sleep patterns for people on the Autism Spectrum and LD. This article is a collection of advice and strategies from a variety of sources.

Sleep associations

These are the mind and bodys way of telling us when it is time to sleep. Each of us has there own associations e.g lights on/off, cocoa before bed etc.. Often how we go to sleep will...

Dyslexia is a learning disability that should be diagnosed and treated as early as possible. It is a disability that could affect ones self confidence that could result to low self-esteem. Although dyslexia is a known condition now, there are dyslexics who grew up without receiving proper diagnosis and treatment. It is not too late to get a dyslexia screening test for adults if you feel you have a learning disability.

It is important to get the proper dyslexia screening test for...

Residential elevators are an excellent accessibility option for individuals with mobility limitations since they make their lives more comfortable and independent. Regardless of your disability, you can move to all levels of your home with the help of residential elevators.

Whatever may be the style of your home, these elevators blend perfectly with your home décor, and these can be installed both indoors and outdoors. Most ADA compliant residential elevators come...

The rotator cuff is the name for a group of four muscles that hold the top of the arm in place in the shoulder joint.  Without them the shoulder would simply dislocate each time that we tried moving it.  All these muscles are all connected to the scapula, shoulder blade at one end and the humerus or upper arm bone at the other and form a cuff around the shoulder joint, hence the name.

A rotator cuff tear is a tear in one or more of these muscles either through too much...

Vasectomy is the common surgical process, which helps to make a man permanently sterile. This permanent procedure of birth control is by far one of the most recommended contraceptives today. That is not surprising in the least, because it is safe, effective, and inexpensive.

There is a traditional and a more contemporary approach to this surgery. The traditional scalpel method is usually preferred by most however the contemporary laser vasectomy is quickly picking up pace. The...

A lightweight folding wheelchair can weighs as little as 30 lbs, and when you fold it down will be about the size of a golf bag. So if you arr travelling maybe to the doctors, shopping or even on holiday they become ideal solutions for your wheelchair needs as it folds easily and will require little space. Lightweight wheelchairs are designed for safety and durability and are technically advanced.

Features of lightweight folding wheelchairs

The set up of a...

I personally experienced this situation twenty one years ago when a consultant paediatrician calmly announced that my son would suffer severe ?info_id=62106" cerebral palsy for the rest of his life, before coolly ushering us out of his office. We travelled home and looked up the meaning of cerebral palsy in a medical dictionary! Now, you would use the internet, but should you have to? Why should you be treated in this way?

When one considers the devastation, which the deliverance...