Category Archives: Brain Injury
Does Your Child Have An Intellectual Disability? Survey Finds That Just One in Three Disabled Adults Are Employed
According to DisabilityScoop.com, adults with intellectual disabilities are finding trouble entering the workforce, with about 66 percent being unemployed. The website reported that a Gallup survey indicated that of those workers who are intellectually disabled, “slightly more than half are employed in competitive environments alongside those without disabilities, while 38 percent work in sheltered workshops and 9 percent are self-employed.” The findings came from a national poll of more than 1,000 parents or guardians of adults with intellectual disabilities conducted by Gallup and the Center for Social Development and Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston. “A meaningful job is important to most of us, and people with intellectual disabilities are no different,” Gary Siperstein, director of the Center for Social Development and Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston and the lead researcher of the study told DisabilityScoop.com. “Government has invested millions of dollars in better outcomes for adults…
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Maryland Lawmakers Contemplating Birth Injury Fund
According to the Baltimore Sun, lawmakers in Maryland are pushing for a bill that would create a fund to help pay for treatment for babies who suffer from neurological injuries during birth. The legislation would let hospitals, doctors with obstetrics and gynecological practices, as well as malpractice insurers, pay annual fees to the birth injury fund, which families could used to pay medical bills, recoup lost earnings potential and cover other costs, according to the Sun. Johns Hopkins Hospital and the University of Maryland Medical System feel that the fund is needed because of several recent multimillion-dollar judgments in the state. The healthcare providers said that if lawsuits continue to mount, it could lead to some practices closing and reduced access to medical care. “What we would like is a fair shake in cost containment,” Andrew Satin, director of gynecology and obstetrics at Johns Hopkins Medicine, told the Sun. “I…
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Family of Pennsylvania Girl Born With Cerebral Palsy Awarded $32.8 Million
According to the Daily Local News, a newspaper in Pennsylvania, a court awarded the family of a young girl $32.8 million last month after she was born with brain damage at the Phoenixville Hospital. The court reportedly found that two nurses were negligent while attending to the girl’s pregnant mother during her birth. According to the paper, the girl, Lily Ciechoski, suffers from spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. A jury reportedly found that the nurses “improperly failed to alert the girl’s mother’s doctor about a drastic change in the baby’s heart rate for 13 minutes during labor.” The delays led the baby to suffer brain damage. On November 14, 2009, Lily’s mother, Leslie Proffitt of North Coventry, was admitted to the hospital for her delivery. She reportedly did not have any concerns about the delivery and was near her due date. The following day, the baby’s heart rate dropped significantly, from…
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