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June 4, 2018

by Admin2
Read Tammy’s story on Picking Up Pieces – Sharing our Recovery – hot off the press!
 
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The Main Problem with Ontario Parties’ Auto Insurance Promises

In a previous article, inbrampton.com outlined some reasons why auto insurance rates are going up. As this provincial election campaign continues, auto insurance also continues to be a hot button issue, and parties are hoping to attract votes with their latest idea on how to lower premiums: ending how premiums are calculated based on your postal code. 
 
 
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If politicians get rid of territorial ratings, then what?

Ontario’s political parties have all expressed a desire at some point this year to eliminate territory as a rating factor for insurance premium, but none of the parties have been clear about how they would actually do it, an insurance expert warns. 
 
 
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Ontario Judge Finds Woman Guilty of Distracted Driving for Looking at Apple Watch

A judge in the Ontario Court of Justice ordered University of Guelph student Victoria Ambrose to pay a $400 fine, after determining that she had spent too much time staring at her smartwatch while being in control of a vehicle. 

 
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The Way It Was & The Way It Is Now

I am a car accident survivor and my life changed on October 24, 2008. I was on my way to work when I was T-boned by a dump truck.  That was the day my life changed and my path would never be the same.  Before the car accident I was working two jobs, I played recreational sports and I was a mother of three teenagers. My life was very busy!

http://pickinguppieces.net/ the-way-it-was-the-way-it-is- now/

 
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The Challenge of Living with an Invisible Condition Called Pain

Since pain is subjective- each person ‘owns their own pain’ and has learned to use that word through their OWN experiences (injury, disease, condition).  An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage- is the definition of PAIN accepted by health professionals of all disciplines who are members of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). 
 
 
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Our duty is to protect the public. Here’s how we do it. 

There are more than 300,000 healthcare professionals in Ontario. They include doctors, dentists, nurses, kinesiologists, massage therapists, and many more. Ontario’s health regulators are the 26 health colleges that oversee them. We are not schools or professional associations. 

https:// ontariohealthregulators.ca/ who-we-are/

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Doctors can pay to hide negative reviews on websites like RateMDs.com. Should we use them?

The main thing you need to know about RateMDs is that it has a dual purpose. First, it serves as a forum where patients can anonymously post reviews of health-care providers. And second, doctors can use the site to promote their practices. 
 
 
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ABI: The Silent Epidemic

Acquired brain injury (ABI) has become recognized throughout the world as a problem of epidemic proportions and it has become known as The Silent Epidemic.  Learn more about ABI, methods of prevention and how an OT can assist with recovery in the following infographic. 
 
 
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Unmasking brain injury during Brain Injury Awareness Month 

On an April day in 1989 John Somers’ tire rod broke as he was driving home to Woodstock from his job in Brampton.

After he passed a truck on Highway 401, he was seen veering off into the median and rolled his car several times before being ejected 40 feet into the east bound lanes of the highway.

 
 
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Brain Injury- Jumbled Brain

As if facing a life time with a brain injury isn’t enough, you become more likely to have other accidents. Everyone will have accidents, that’s just being human. But brain injury survivors are at higher risk of injuring themselves.  Yesterday I did another one, that was easily preventable.  The proof is in the pudding, or in this case the soup. 
 

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