Yet, Chen has risen from poverty, and devoted himself to help disabled people gain legal protection.
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To be sure, the Obama administration has demonstrated its desire to help disabled veterans.
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India's law minister has denied allegations that he and his wife embezzled state funds allotted to a NGO they run to help disabled people.
So far, his company has been selling tools for marketing research and kits to help disabled people to operate speech programs and computers with their eyes only.
It doesn't walk on two legs, like Honda 's (nyse: HMC - news - people ) 4-foot-tall Asimo, which the company hopes will someday help disabled people around the house.
Honda's robot, Asimo, looks like a 4-foot-tall astronaut and can help the disabled at home.
But others defended the idea, arguing it's a way to help some disabled people make good money.
The discomfort affected his work as a taxi driver and made it difficult to help his disabled wife.
Mr Khurshid also showed pictures of the camps which he said had been held to help the disabled.
The appendage, aptly named ARM for Assistive Robotic Manipulator, was envisioned as a wheelchair attachment to help the disabled.
The group said if the bid is successful they plan to use surplus profits to help train disabled people.
Even when they received their fortune they lived below their means and donated to the community to help the disabled.
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In his last personal tweet on Feb. 11, Pistorius was looking forward to the launch of his foundation in July to help 10 disabled children.
In the future, as people live longer, we can't afford good pensions and help for disabled people who can't work, with 4 million people on benefit, many of whom could work.
The Department for Work and Pensions says help for disabled people has been fundamentally changed by personal budgets, intended to give recipients more control, and that it makes sense to have a single system administered by local authorities.
"BSI is delighted to have had the opportunity to work with the DRC to develop best practice guidelines for commissioning accessible websites, and to help provide disabled people with increased access to information, products and services online, " he said.
While fellow Labour MP, Tom Pendry, who came second in the ballot, is backing measures to help carers and disabled children.
Closing the gap would help parents of disabled children pay for essential services and care, from clothing to swimming lessons, she told peers.
Separately, the BBC runs a Switchover Help Scheme to help older and disabled people with everything they need to switch one TV to digital.
On one hand, the very existence of the program acknowledges that Americans have a collective responsibility to help older and disabled individuals afford the medicines they need.
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Her installation featured a remote-controlled harness and sling to help get a disabled person out of a hospital-style bed, as well as a "cozy chair" that tilts and adjusts easily, and moves around on wheels.
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At many big hub airports, airlines do provide motorized carts to help passengers, disabled or not, with long distances. (You can flag one down or ask an airline agent to request a pickup.) Most carts run between gates for connecting flights.
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That legislation would further help people with disabilities by allowing families with disabled children to buy into Medicaid before their incomes became too high and extending coverage that would otherwise be time-limited to certain children who, without the help, would become further disabled.
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Volunteers from area churches were brought in to help the elderly and disabled.
LISBON, Portugal -- New technology is usually considered the preserve of the young, but a show home in Portugal is demonstrating how it can also help the elderly and disabled maintain their independence.
The task force was set up by the government in July 1997 to recommend measures to help combat racism, improve disabled access, clubs' involvement with their local communities, and encourage more equitable ticket pricing and merchandising.
Baroness Grey-Thompson also said she wanted to see more disabled people participating in sport, arguing that this could help the government meet its targets to get more disabled people into work.
If any group deserves a little extra help, it is the genuinely disabled.
Ida Martin: Ida Martin created Bluffton Self Help to assist working families, disabled residents, and senior citizens in the Bluffton, South Carolina area when they suffered a financial crisis.
New weekly credits will also come in to help people caring for children or disabled people build up their contribution records in the same way as if they had been working.
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