Archive for August, 2007
Posted on 23 August 2007. Filed under: ADA Restoration Act of 2007, Advocacy |
Two days ago, I posted a list of blog posts about the Americans with Disabilities Act Restoration Act of 2007. Since then, two other bloggers have added freshly written blog entries to the blogosphere.
Just a few hours ago, a blogger who shares my first name “Andrea” posted Mitigating Measures over at “Andrea’s Buzzing About.” [...]
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Posted on 21 August 2007. Filed under: ADA Restoration Act of 2007, Advocacy, Audism |
Thinking of blogging on the ADA Restoration Act of 2007? Looking for the inspiration of other bloggers, whether Deaf/deaf/HOH/Deaf-blind or hearing, with or without a disability? Look no further. I’m going to link to all the blog posts that I can find on the ADA Restoration Act of 2007 right here. [...]
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Posted on 20 August 2007. Filed under: ADA Restoration Act of 2007, Advocacy, Announcements |
Perhaps the single most important piece of Deaf or disability-related US federal legislation the Americans with Disabilities Restoration Act of 2007. If you’ve been keeping up with either the news or with Deaf and disability blogs, then you know that the ADA Restoration Act of 2007 is meant to rescue the Americans with Disabilities [...]
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Posted on 19 August 2007. Filed under: ADA Restoration Act of 2007, Advocacy |
The Power of Words
Want to change the world? Chances are, your answer is “Yes”. Pretty much everyone, for example, would like to see an end to war and violence. Or failing that, most of us would at least like to witness an end to discrimination that makes it harder for Deaf [...]
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Posted on 19 August 2007. Filed under: Advocacy, Technology |
Deaf people, like you and me, deserve an easy way to turn on the caption decoder on an unfamiliar television set when visting hearing relatives or staying at hotels. And we deserve to use cell phones, whether we’re deaf (and need text or video phone) or hard of hearing (and need phones compatible with [...]
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Posted on 16 August 2007. Filed under: Advocacy, Rants |
This blog post is partly just a rant. If you’ve ever had trouble turning on the caption decoder in an unfamiliar television set while traveling, then this rant should be very familiar to you. But I’m also writing this in order to appeal for practical ideas for a solution (or for information, if [...]
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Posted on 4 August 2007. Filed under: ADA Restoration Act of 2007, Advocacy, Audism, Disability |
It is time for us to SAVE THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
Remember when the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed?
If you’re young enough then you don’t remember. But us older folk do. Before the ADA, if I wanted to make a phone call to a hearing person, I had to depend on [...]
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