Disabled Veterans, General
How can we most effectively provide veteran support to those who've come home with physical and emotional disabilities? If you're a disabled veteran, what programs are available to help you restart your life and move forward? There are a multitude of disabled veterans benefits that cover health care, housing, education, employment - and even small-business start-up. Check here to learn more about the veterans assistance that's available to you or a disabled vet you may know.
To help combat this problem, HireDS is hosting a Virtual Job Fair. HireDS, LLC is a certified disabled owned company promoting the inclusion of our Veterans and people with disabilities into mainstream employment. The Virtual Job Fair is part of...
HireDS is Hosting a Virtual Job Fair as part of its "Be A Hero, Hire A Hero."
The National Veterans Wheelchair Games offers a variety of competitive events, as well as clinics and demonstrations for novice and seasoned athletes alike, over 500 of which come for the friendship as much as the competition.
The National Veterans Wheelchair Games Promote Competition and Camaraderie
With the increase in disabled veterans with post traumatic stress syndrome, the search continues for treatment alternatives. Equine therapy, which encourages patients to make first mental, then physical, connections with the horses, holds promise.
Disabled veterans get emotional and spiritual wounds treated at the Integrative Health Clinic, part of the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Integrative Health Heals Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans
Articles
Paralyzed Marine Veteran Jack Pierce Wins Mobility Conquest Wheelchair Motorcycle at Sturgis Rally
In a month-long essay contest titled ‘Nominate Your Hero’, one paraplegic individual was to be named the winner of a $50,000 wheelchair accessible trike at the 71st Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in...
Thanks to a $483,000 grant from the Veterans Administration (VA), the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, in partnership with veteran-owned business Corporate Gray, will conduct...
Employing veterans: why is it so difficult? Part 3
With veteran unemployment running at 10%, solutions to these problems are keys for presenting the best possible scenarios for gainful employment.
Disabled Veterans Find Government Jobs Through New White House Initiative
With more than 480,000 employees in its ranks, the federal government is a leader in employing veterans not only throughout Washington, DC, but also in states across the nation. With a new initiative,...
Service Pets for Vets: Service Dogs Help Disabled Veterans Heal
Operation Freedom pairs disabled vets with service dogs from Freedom Service Dogs, which rescues and trains shelter animals. The dogs help perform daily tasks, break the ice in social situations, and...
News and Resources for Veterans with PTSD
Veterans with PTSD and their families have a lot to gain with these bills that do everything from making it easier to receive benefits to granting stimulus funds. Are you eligible?
