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...requires significant lower limb or trunk impairment that prevents normal walking. This includes spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, paraplegia, amputation, and other mobility impairments that affect the lower body. The sport is designed around what wheelchair users can do. Players deliver...

...University's (MTSU) Department of Health and Human Performance, a treadmill at the bottom of a tank filled with 270 gallons of water has been helping paraplegics make great strides. This same technique has also been applied to children with cerebral palsy (CP) to improve their endurance and leg strength....

...Certificate Programs Are. A certificate program teaches the skills for one specific job or career field: medical coding, HVAC repair, web development, paralegal studies, pharmacy technician. The curriculum is designed with employers, not academics, so what you learn is what the job requires. Most programs...

...in one year. The cuts removed specialized staff who process claims and conduct eligibility reviews. The agency also lost hundreds of attorneys and paralegals who help ALJs prepare for hearings and write decisions. Between January 2025 and February 2026, the disability hearing backlog grew from roughly...