By Doug Hay
Doug Hay represents the organization Disabled Liberation in Aotearoa / New Zealand. Aotearoa is the indigenous (Maori) name for New Zealand. This blog post was written as a contribution to the RatifyNow CRPD Blog Swarm 2008, which is meant to celebrate and promote the international disability rights treaty called the Convention [...]
Last night, I made a post that responded to someone who was still confused about how the courts have damaged the ADA and how the ADA Restoration Act is meant to fix it. I responded as a post because I figure there are probably other people out there who are just as confused as this [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )[If you were looking for my telethon post, then that's here. THIS post returns regular readers to the ADA Restoration Act.]
You may recall from my earlier posts on the subject that the US Chamber of Commerce has been fighting against the ADA Restoration Act. The US Chamber of Commerce is a powerful opponent: [...]
A few days ago, I wrote about how the US Chamber of Commerce wants to block a law meant to protect the rights of Americans with disabilities to a fair chance in the work force. Not a guaranteed job, not a license to sue employers in lieu of working hard–just a fair chance to be [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Today’s guest blogger writes of her love for her deafblind daughter. She originally posted this letter to her daughter at: http://pipecleanerdreams.blogspot.com/2007/02/letter-to-ashley.html
My dearest Ashley,
Someone asked me yesterday if I could snap my fingers and cure you of your deafblindness, would I do it. This person went further to ask if in an ideal world I [...]
This post was written by Guest Blogger D. McClintock who has a blog at http://dmccartoon.blogspot.com
Time for Truth and Reconciliation
By D. McClintock
Instead of revenge there will be reconciliation.
Instead of forgetfulness there will be knowledge and acknowledgement.
Instead of rejection there will be acceptance by a compassionate state.
- Dullah Omar, Minister of Justice, 1996
After the MSA report came [...]
This post is written by my most frequenst Guest Blogger, Carl Shroeder, who has a blog of his own at http://carl-schroeder.blogspot.com/.
I, Too, Am a Minority Deaf Blogger
by Carl Schroeder
I do consider myself a minority Deaf blogger because I was born Deaf and Dutch
in The Netherlands. Both my parents are also Deaf, and they have [...]
In my last post, I linked readers to Zoee Nuage’s post, entitled Confessions of a Deaf Girl Who Had an Audistic Attitude”. She has now given me permission to cross post her story here, in entirety. She has her own blog (of course) entitled “Busy Hands“
Thank you, Zoee!
Confessions of a Deaf Girl Who Had [...]
Blogger Zoee Nuage wrote her own personal story about how she used to look down upon Deaf ASL users but then came to change her attitudes.
It’s a long story, but an eloquent and interesting one. I like it because Zoee Nuage is a good example of someone who strives to examine her [...]
By Guest Blogger Carl Schroeder
In her recent blog, Andrea Shettle asks: How can we reunify the wider Gallaudet community, both on campus and off, in a way that invites and embraces diversity of opinion–including different perspectives and attitudes toward the protests?
I wish to answer by stating an assumption: the general form of the campus [...]
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