Our Topics 2010

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A stair – for not disabled people it is quite functional. However, for wheelchair users a stair is an insuperable barrier. Our everyday life contains a lot of barriers for people with disabilities, also hidden ones. But there is a new field of research that wants to reveal exactly those. Read more in our Topic of the Month January: Disability in Focus – Disability Studies.

- Topic of the Month January: Disability in Focus - Disability Studies

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Everybody is unique by nature. But where ones personal strengthes are located you have to find out on your own. REHACARE.de is of the opinion that an integrative rock band and an almost blind waitress are very special. What characterises these people you get to know in our Topic of the Month February: We Talk to ... Special Interviews.

- Topic of the Month February: We Talk to ... Special Interviews

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Four months ago Germany elected its new government. Since then, the black-yellow coalition (made up of the CDU/CSU and FDP parties) has been busy with negotiations and appointing its many ministers. It has not paid any attention to its disability policies yet. What the new government was able to accomplish so far and where it is going, is part of our Topic of the Month March: After the German Election - And What About the Handicapped Policy?

- Topic of the Month March: After the German Election - And What About the Handicapped Policy?

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Pigs, horse shoes, four-leaved clovers – there are many lucky charms. According to popular lore, everyone is the architect of his or her own happiness. REHACARE.de knows even more: Happiness can be studied and old people are happier than younger ones. To find out more on this subject, read our Topic of the Month April: Happiness.

- Topic of the Month April: Happiness

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Two lines appear on the test strip. You are pregnant! What happens next, is something particularly women with learning difficulties are asking themselves. For them, such a change is not an easy one. How mother and child can live happily with each other despite the mental disability and how the offspring deals with this, is our Topic of the Month May: Childhood Differently - Parents with Learning Difficulties.

- Topic of the Month May: Childhood Differently - Parents with Learning Difficulties

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Listening, helping, healing - those are the responsibilities of a physician. At least this is what patients expect. People with disabilities however often meet physicians who are not able to respond to their special needs. For more on what problems this is causing and who can help, please read our Topic of the Month June: Comprehension Problems - Disabled People at the Doctor´s.

- Topic of the Month June: The Disabled and the Media

 
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Whether you use a rollator walker or a wheelchair - in many stores you need to squeeze yourself through the aisles. Shopping is no fun this way. More and more retailers realize though, that senior citizens and people with disabilities are important for their daily business. To find out what consequences this insight brings, please read our Topic of the Month July: The Unappreciated Consumer - Accessible Shopping.

- Topic of the Month July: The Unappreciated Consumer - Accessible Shopping

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There is no place like home! That’s why senior citizens usually feel safe and secure within their own four walls. To enable them to stay in their familiar surroundings for as long as possible even with physical restrictions in old age, these should be barrier-free. The fact that functional furnishings can also look beautiful is our Topic of the Month August: Classy Living in Old Age.

- Topic of the Month August: Recreational Activities for Handicapped Kids

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Whether it is for master chefs, superstars or top models – Germany is always looking for something. REHACARE.de also started its own search and was looking for Germany’s coolest and most individual wheelchair. Whether it had flags or blinker lights – as long as it was homemade! Find out how creative our readers were and how they pimped up their wheelchairs in our Topic of the Month September: Pimp my wheelchair II.

- Topic of the Month September: Pimp my Wheelchair II

A glance at the calendar reveals: The wait is over! From October 6 – 9, once again REHACARE International lures people to the exhibition center in Düsseldorf. Find out why it is going to get very political this year and how people with speech impairments can be helped in our Topic of the Month October: REHACARE 2010.

- Topic of the Month October: REHACARE 2010

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Scandals in nursing care – the headlines are everywhere. The wages are too low and the work a tremendous physical challenge. The result: nursing is lacking qualified professionals. For more on why this is the case, what we can do about it and how dementia patients in hospitals can be helped, read our Topic of the Month November: Care and its Crisis.

- Topic of the Month November: Care and its Crisis

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What do an accessible school book and a pony have in common? Quite simple: They can support blind people living their lives more independently. The first one helps during school classes, the second accompanies when going for a walk or shopping. Read more about it in the Topic of the Month December at REHACARE.de: Seeing Through Better in Future - Auxiliary Means for Visually Impaired People.

- Topic of the Month December: Seeing through Better in Future - Auxiliary Means for Visually Impaired People

Our topics at a glance:
- Our Topics 2009
- Our Topics 2008
- Our Topics 2007