Disabled
World Re-Visited
Released
on: December 5, 2007, 3:14 pm
Press
Release Author: Disabled
World
Industry:
Healthcare
Press
Release Summary: Disabled World, one of the very first online communities
for persons with disabilities, has now been online for over three
and a half years. I originally visited Disabled World several years
ago and thought I would take another look to see how the website
had progressed.
Press
Release Body: Disabled
World (www.disabled-world.com)
is a totally free and impartial website offering advice and reviews
on a wide range of disability aids allowing the elderly and disabled
people to make informed choices on various assistive products. Disabled
World also offers thousands of free informative articles on health
and medical conditions that have been researched and submitted by
authors worldwide.
When
we visited Disabled World we were amazed at the
wealth of information freely provided. From scientific documentation
by doctors on Indian herbs and alternative treatments for conditions
and diseases, to some of the latest cutting edge information on
stem cell research being conducted in various countries around the
world.
We
contacted the owners of Disabled World, Ian
& Lynn Langtree, to see if they could provide us with
some more information on their website.
The
first thing I noticed when I called was Ian's Australian accent.
He revealed he was originally from Darwin, in the Northern Territory,
Australia, but was now a permanent resident of Canada and resides
in Montreal Quebec having moved there over four years ago. "Coming
from tropical Darwin in the north of Australia to Canada was both
a cultural shock and huge climatic change" he told me.
"In Darwin the temperature ranges from around 25 to 36
degrees C most of the year, but in Montreal it ranges from about
36 above to minus 45 degrees in winter."
When
asked on how Disabled World had progressed over
the last few years Ian told me, "It's booming, every week
we are receiving more and more traffic from both casual surfers
seeking useful information to people with disabilities joining our
free dating section and posting and replying to ads in the classifieds
area". Ian went on to mention how the website had recently
been given a "makeover" with several
new features being added including the ability to resize the text
for the vision impaired and a new system was added to make printing
articles for future reference very easy.
"We
also worked on improving the navigation in menus and generally tidied
up a few things to make page loads faster, both of which are crucial
factors for any website", Ian said.
I
asked him about future plans for Disabled World and
whether they would be adding other features in the future. Ian replied,
"Yes, of course we will, the website is always evolving.
There are a large number of new features and updates we are planning
to add to the website to make it even more functional and user friendly,
and all services will still remain completely free. Disabled
World is a lot more than just a glorified blog with a collection
of postings and videos about any and everything", Ian
explained. "If you want that sort of thing you can go to
MySpace or YouTube. We prefer to offer more factual articles and
useful resources such as charts and calculators that are of use
to people and especially to the disabled".
I
also mentioned to Ian that I had seen a section on Disabled
World devoted to veterans with disabilities. "Yes,
thats a new section we have added recently and are still developing.
It will eventually be an entire separate area of the website devoted
to providing useful information and helpful resources for disabled
war veterans worldwide".
Browsing
disabled-world.com
we discovered a new forum had been added since our last visit and
a number of people were involved in some interesting day to day
topics in the disability chat room.
All
in all we found www.disabled-world.com
had matured very nicely over the years and is a fantastic resource
for the disabled and people seeking information related to disabilities.
Web
Site: http://www.disabled-world.com
Contact
Details: 145 Melrose
Chateauguay
1-450-692-9736
admin@disabled-world.com
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