Calling all Writers for the RatifyNow CRPD Blog Swarm 2008!
Are you good with words? Do you care about protecting the human rights of Deaf people or people with disabilities? Are you looking for a way to celebrate the first anniversary of the international disability rights treaty, called the Convention on the Rights of [...]
Deaf people and people with disabilities in Price Edward Island, Canada, this blog post is for you. This blog post is also for you if you’ve ever been frustrated at how YOUR government (in any country) treats Deaf or disabled people and wanted to do something about it.
Stephen Pate recently brought his blog to [...]
At least two bloggers lately have been in touch with their legislators urging them to co-sponsor the ADA Restoration Act of 2007 (HR 3195 for congressional represenatives; S 1881 for senators). If you’ve been looking for sample letters to help you figure out how to write YOUR legislators, then see what one blogger wrote [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Over the next few days, I’m going to step aside and feature some real stories about real Americans with disabilities who have been hurt by court decisions that violate the original intent of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. I’ll be taking these stories from a longer file of case studies written up [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )Every year at around this time, Jerry comes along to do a telethon about “his” kids. Meaning, all children with muscular dystrophy. Jerry wants, most earnestly, to find a cure for them.
Today, disabled bloggers and other sympathizers from across the blogosphere are blogging against Jerry’s telethon. (Go to this site and follow the links to [...]
I have created a new blog on issues related to poor people with disabilities in developing countries and international development. The “We Can Do” blog at http://wecando.wordpress.com is targeted at anyone who shares an interest in creating a world in which Deaf or disabled people in developing countries have the tools, resources, knowledge and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )If you’ve been looking at my blog lately you know that a lot of my recent posts have been about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Restoration Act of 2007 (HR 3195 in the House, S 1881 in the Senate). Among other things, I wrote up a list of old blog entries about the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )[Edited to add these two paragraphs, Sept 2 '07:] Usually I like to think of myself as a good writer. And usually I am. In fact, I write for a living. But what some people don’t seem to realize is that sometimes even good writers just totally screw it up. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 8 so far )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 [...]
This blog is technically focused on the broader Gallaudet University community, both on campus and off, including for alumni. But sometimes I blog on matters of broader relevance to the deaf community in general.
The article included below is written about the disability movement in England. But many of the themes it touches upon [...]
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