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Posts filed under: disability awareness

Oct. 7, 2010
The Scranton (N.J.)Times Tribune
Veteran journalist reflects on disability law in local speech
Equality, full employment, protection under the law. As journalist John Hockenberry saw it, these were the things the Americans with Disabilities Act promised in 1990, when he had already lived nearly half his life as a paraplegic.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disability awareness, public policy

Oct. 4, 2010
The Grand Rapids (Mich.) Press
ArtPrize artists with disabilities: Words fail her, but art doesn't
Elaine Hoogeboom takes a deep breath before she starts to talk about her art. She knows what she wants to say. But she has aphasia, a disorder that results from damage to portions of the brain that are responsible for language. It’s hard for her to remember words, put together sentences and understand what people have told her.
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Filed Under: arts, disability awareness

Oct. 4, 2010
WZZM-TV (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Disability Awareness Conference held in Grand Rapids
Monday was disability awareness day in Grand Rapids and as part of that, a collaboration of ten local agencies took part in a disability awareness conference.
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Filed Under: disability awareness, politics

July 26, 2010
NBC Today Show
Living with a disability in America
Twenty years ago President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law, ensuring equal employment opportunities and access to public transportation. But how far have we really come? Two advocates discuss the challenges disabled Americans still face.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disability awareness, employment, public policy

June 7, 2010
Chicago Tribune
An anniversary for Access Living
On the credenza in Marca Bristo's sunny downtown Access Living office are a Barbie doll in a wheelchair, a photograph of one of Bristo's two grown children and awards for her equal rights work on behalf of people with disabilities.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disability awareness, long-term care, profile, public policy, sexuality

June 6, 2010
The Boston Globe
Lynn man takes awareness on road
For most people, the prospects of undertaking a cross-country trip is daunting. Not for Matt Eddy of Lynn, who set out yesterday morning on his second coast-to-coast trek to raise money and awareness for the disease he lives with, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and to set a Guinness World Record for fastest cross-country trip by wheelchair.
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Filed Under: disability awareness, housing, long-term care, Olmsted decision, physical disability

June 5, 2010
KOMO-TV (Seattle)
Anchor Fest Accessible For All
From crispy delights, to thrills, to entertainment, and now ramps and sidewalk trenches keeping cords out of the way.
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Filed Under: disability awareness, physical accessibility

June 5, 2010
The (Lynchburg, Va.) News & Advance
E.C. Glass graduating senior sees past her disability
Georgie Sydnor likes having a computer program that will read to her the words on the screen and reply to her keystrokes. On the other hand, she’s not a fan of the way the female voice responds to her attempts to navigate a tricky task.
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Filed Under: assistive technology, disability awareness, education, higher education, inclusion, K-12, technology, visually impaired

June 4, 2010
San Diego Union-Tribune
Sheriff’s program is bridge to mentally disabled
If yelling and banging inside Cherri Cary’s house were to prompt a 911 call, officers most likely would prepare to encounter a violent person.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, disability awareness, intellectual disability, psychiatric disability, public policy, public safety

June 2, 2010
WCVB-TV Chronicle (Boston)
Fighting Back
34-year old Jason Crigler seemed to be on top of the world. The New York based guitarist was playing with stars like Norah Jones and Rufus Wainright, readying his first CD, and expecting his first child. Then he had a massive stroke. But that's not the end of his story. Tonight, Chronicle documents Crigler's amazing fight to regain control of his life.
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