If you’re in the Phoenix area, Paul Bendix will be giving a reading from his collection of essays offering a perspective of his life with a disability, Dance without Steps, at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe on Wednesday, May 23 at 7 p.m. Summary from the event description: “In his recipe for Pea Soup à la [...]
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A fond memory, a man who offered a hand up, and modern-day bullying
May 15, 2012 – 2:03 pm
by Tim McGuire, McGuire on Media I wrote this piece for my hometown newspaper, The Mt Pleasant Morning Sun. It appeared Sunday, May 13. I reprint it here for my regular followers. Read this to understand the controversy to which I refer. I have followed the recent controversy at my alma mater, Sacred Heart Academy, with keen interest. I [...]
National Center for Disability Journalism gives me a chance to do some things differently
April 13, 2011 – 9:34 pm
by Tim McGuire, McGuire on Media After a personal 62-year journey, it was a paraplegic woman named Jennifer Longdon who finally made me take my disability responsibilities seriously. Jennifer’s story is a tough one to read and if you follow her twitter account @jenniferlongdon, it hasn’t gotten any easier in recent weeks. That twitter feed for [...]
Journalistic amnesia is a real negative when it comes to disability and the ADA
September 8, 2010 – 4:28 pm
by Tim McGuire, McGuire on Media The criticism leveled most often at journalists is we have amnesia. We get incredibly excited over things like tsunamis, hurricanes and oil spills and then we tend to forget them even while real suffering continues. The same thing happens with large societal issues. There is certainly an argument that [...]
Misunderstanding learning disabilities
February 12, 2010 – 8:04 pm
by Darla Hatton In a recent Los Angeles Times article, one reporter noted, “So the White House was knocked off-stride when Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel was forced to issue a public apology for using a derogatory word for people with learning disabilities.” It appears that this reporter, and undoubtedly many who will inevitably cover [...]
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