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Massage Therapy for Those With Disabilities

Monday, January 4, 2010

Massage therapy is an accepted therapy for those with disabilities. According to several studies, massage therapy has been found to help children with autism, ADHD, cystic fibrosis, and cerebral palsy. The combination of strokes and passive stretching benefits most people. It is also very important for adults in that it keeps the muscles stretched and [...]

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Quest Diagnostics Violates Americans with Disabilities Act

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Recently I was escorted out of a Quest Diagnostics patient service center and they refused to take my blood because I had a fully vested service dog with me, his name is Fred. After waiting for over an hour I was rudely told to leave. My blood was finally drawn by a tech in my [...]

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Quest Diagnostics Needs to Stop Discrimination

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Today was not a good one. I had an appointment to take a blood test at Quest Diagnostics in the Dadeland center. That’s in Miami, Florida. Since it required that I fast, my mom made an appointment for me in the morning so that we didn’t have to wait. Quest Diagnostics, unlike LabCorp, allows you to [...]

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Disabilities and Hip Pain

Friday, April 17, 2009

For the past year I’ve had bad hip pain. I guess that it’s a side effect of being in a wheelchair, and the lack of movement or walking. We recently found out it was my S.I. joint. The S.I. joint is the joint or articulation between the sacrum and ilium. The doctor gave me a Lidocine and Cortisone injection in the joint. Since [...]

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