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if at any time during the statutory prescriptive period the servient land was owned by an infant or a mentally incapacitated person (or, indeed, anyone other than anyone sui juris and holding the fee simple) that period is excluded in relation to the acquisition of an easement or profit by prescription under the Prescription Act 1832 that depends, inter alia, on the servient owner being able to enforce his rights should he have chosen to.

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NIMH grantees at Yale are examining the brain structures of children with different combinations of learning disabilities.

Learning disabilities

The issue has now been cleared up, and accountants are trying to figure how much is already owed to military retirees with disabilities.

Some disabled retirees to receive back pay

The most recent reauthorization of this legislation, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (P.

Introduction to special issue: examining disability and giftedness in schools

Individuals with learning disabilities such as dyslexia and dyscalculia have strengths as well as weaknesses.

Effects of dyslexia and dyscalculia on teachers

Conversely, relatively little has been done with regards to assessing children's attitudes, and available studies in this area have generally focused on preschoolers perceptions of disabilities (Diamond & Hesteness, 1996; Diamond, Le Furgy, & Blass, 1993; Smith & Williams, 2001; Stalker & Connors, 2004).

Perceptions of children's attitudes towards peers with a severe physical disability

The plaintiff was insured under a long-term disability policy which included a 24-month limitation for disabilities "caused or contributed to" by a "mental disorder.

Cause or sympton? Two key court decisions define the limitations of mental illness insurance claims

Yet since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which provides a foundation for employee accommodations, was enacted in 1990, the employment rate of people with disabilities is virtually unchanged, according to the U.

The other minority: as employers, colleges and universities must ask themselves if enough is being done to bring in and accommodate the developmentally and physically disabled

But profound changes also are occurring in dental practices throughout the entire country as increasing numbers of youngsters (and the not so young) with intellectual and developmental disabilities have become dependent upon local community practitioners for needed oral health services.

Evolving realities of dental practice: care for patients with special needs

Ruth O'Brien, Voices from the Edge: Narratives about the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Ruth O'Brien, Voices from the Edge: Narratives about the Americans with Disabilities Act

These students are served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

Understanding learning disabilities

Students with disabilities are often not taught cognitive decision making skills, and many leave high school with very little training in how to make decisions about careers.

Promoting maintenance and generalization through cognitive decision making training

OTTAWA -- Tax-based initiatives to help disabled Canadians has its limitations, the Technical Advisory Committee on Tax Measures for Persons with Disabilities recommends and urges the federal government to provide additional funding for persons with disabilities through expenditure programs and not just through tax programs.