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Our Topics 2007

People with autism dislike being hugged. They hate unforeseen situations and often seem to be outsiders. Latest scientific research offers explanations for these symptoms and present eventual help. Read this and more in our Topic of the Month January: Autism.

- Topic of the Month January: Autism

Consequences of development disorders or disabilities in children can be reduced particularly well if they are discovered during infancy. They are then encouraged with the help of therapies and auxiliary means. Later children with handicaps are encouraged at school. Meanwhile also in "regular” schools with inclusive classes. Read more in our Topic of the Month February: Early Encouragement of Children

- Topic of the Month February: Early Encouragement of Children

People with rare diseases and genetic especialness often wait a long time for a final diagnosis and live in a situation of permanent uncertainty. Moreover, there is a lack of adequate medication and treatments. More about this issue at REHACARE.de in our Topic of the Month March: Rare Diseases.

- Topic of the Month March: Rare Diseases

Who believes in bees and flowers instead of the stork is on the right way. A little bit of sex education and you realise what the nicest thing in the world really means. However, to disabled persons the right for their own sexuality was often obstructed. Today this changes: People with handicaps help each other in intimate questions. And mentally disabled teenagers make decisions on their own – the main thing is that they are sexually educated. More on it in our Topic of the Month April Disability and Sexuality

- Topic of the Month April: Disability and Sexuality

The curtain rises for actors with physical disabilities. Up to now they are rarely seen, but due to the Academy for Performing Arts adk in Ulm, Germany, they can achieve a officially recognized qualification. The Topic of the Month May shows how it all began and how the students work.

- Topic of the Month May: Artists with Handicaps

Holidays at last and trips to foreign lands can start. Dialysis patients are also able to travel; they just have to contrive it appropriately. Tips and many interesting links can be found in the Topic of the Month June: Travelling with Auxiliary Means

- Topic of the Month June: Travelling with Auxiliary Means

Jumping, sprinting, and sweating people: sports which are presented here are nothing for “Couch potatoes”. REHACARE.de reports about people who would risk their neck for the next rush of adrenalin in the Topic of the Month July: Extreme Sports and Handicaps.

- Topic of the Month July: Extreme Sports and Handicaps

Suddenly nothing is the way it was: Accidents, cerebral damages, or just the consequences of ageing can lead to the situation that a person has to be cared for. In some cases this status remains for the rest of his life. How people cope with such circumstances is shown in the Topic of the Month August: Care Destiny

- Topic of the Month August: Care Destiny

They are hilly or rather flat, some are located waterside. Towns in Germany have many different faces. However, in the future they will have to meet certain requirements of accessibility. In the search for a spot that’s wheelchair accessible, one will be lucky if towns’ websites provide him with enough information. Find out more in our Topic of the Month September: Disabled Friendly Cities

- Topic of the Month September: Disabled Friendly Cities

Messe Düseldorf

The big family is meeting again: from October 3rd till October 6th REHACARE 2007 takes place. People with disabilities, relatives, nurses – they’ll all come to see the latest trends in auxiliary means. The personal budget, special workshops and the “Marktplatz Gehirn” (A life torn apart) are presented in our Topic of the Month REHACARE 2007.

- Topic of the Month October: REHACARE 2007

From the pegleg and the first iron hand to the latest electronic spare parts for the human body it took a long time. And still researchers find new means. A glance at prostheses from the beginnings until today gives the Topic of the Month November: Prostheses.

- Topic of the Month November: Prostheses

"Opposites attract" or "Birds of a feather flock together" – no one knows what is right. Even if researchers assume that similarities make people more attractive to others. However, does one thing necessarily exclude the other one? REHACARE.de wanted to find it out and met two quite different couples. More on it in the Topic of the Month December: Unlike Couples.

- Topic of the Month December: Unlike Couples