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Health Topics: Disabilities
    If you were in a wheelchair or could not see,
    how would that change your daily life?     Blind boy with guide dog

    People with disabilities can have healthy and productive lives. We are studying ways to keep them from having health problems beyond their disabilities. We are also teaching doctors, nurses, and other health care people how to help people with disabilities cope with things in their environment that may keep them from living life to the fullest .