Did you miss the Oct 8 Day in Washington podcast on the ADA Restoration Act? Deaf people can now read the transcript (or, if you’re hearing, you can also listen to the audio recording). It’s worth reading to learn the highlights what happened at the Oct 4 congressional hearing on the ADA Restoration [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )No, not me. (Though I “done tol’ you so” too, many times.) ANOTHER Andrea, of the “Andrea’s Buzzing About” blog, has written what is now her second blog post on the ADA Restoration Act.
Andrea’s post I done tol’ you so summarizes two court cases that help illustrate why we need the ADA Restoration [...]
If you have been staying on top of what’s happening with the ADA Restoration Act then you know that the Freedom Bus has been touring across the country to bring educational exhibits and speeches to ordinary Americans in ordinary towns. The Freedom Bus tour is meant to help people understand why ALL of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )This is a story about a man who got fired because his disability did not interfere with his ability to perform the job for which he was hired. No, that word “not” is not a typo. The courts have persistently mangled the original intent of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )In the past couple of months, I’ve seen many different on-line tools that make it easier for you to contact your legistlators and ask them to support the ADA Restoration Act. But one clear, strong favorite continues to stand out for me: that’s the one at UnderRepresented.
It occurred to me recently that, although I’ve [...]
If you have been thinking about making a blog or an ASL vlog on the ADA Restoration Act, another blogger has written a post that might help serve as an inspiration for you:
The ADA Restoration Act of 2007 Ian Johnson’s Neurodiversity blog Oct 24 ‘07. Ian Johnson offers one of the more thoughtful, analytical, yet [...]
I have found yet another on-line tool you can use for contacting your senators regarding the ADA Restoration Act, this one sponsored by the MS Society. Unfortunately, this is one of the weaker tools that I have seen for the purpose. Most of the text is frozen, including the first two paragraphs and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Here are the latest links from around the web on the ADA Restoration Act:
Equal Protection Oct 23 ‘07, Mark, a guest blogger at BBC Ouch!, has some interesting comments about how society only understands disability if they are sufficiently “freakish” or visible. If one’s disability is not visible then people won’t believe it’s there, [...]
Deaf rights are human rights. Children’s rights are human rights too. But Deaf people of all ages, in all countries, have their rights violated every day. In some countries, deaf people still are not allowed to drive, or marry who they choose, or grow up with sign language. In some countries, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )I had to let this blog lapse for more than a week while I worked on my
take-home midterm exam. Here’s the blog activity that went on in my
absence in relation to the ADA Restoration Act:
Freedom
Bus in Amherst, Massachusetts Oct 19 ‘07, the Road to Freedom blog
breaks their long pause to report on the Freedom [...]
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