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WYSO, an NPR station in Ohio, is publishing a month-long series called “Just Ask” about people with disabilities in their state. Click here to read the first report by journalist Jess Mador which gives a basic summary of the demographics of Ohioans with disabilities. We’re looking forward to the rest of the series.
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Due to budget shortfalls the state of Illinois is struggling to fund a program that promotes independence for people with disabilities. Now a federal judge has ordered the state to find a solution. Read more in the article by Lisa Schencker for Chicago Tribune.
Excerpt: “She (Judge Coleman) found the state to be in violation of a 2011 consent decree that required it to help such individuals live as independently as possible. Coleman found that wages for workers who help people in the program have stagnated, “causing a staffing crisis that is inhibiting care and negatively impacting the individuals protected by the Consent decree.””
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An blind undergraduate psychology major at Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) teamed up with a STEM tutor and a fellow undergraduate studying ecology to create a new method for teaching advanced math to students with disabilities. Read more in this article by Kai Sinclair for Science Magazine. “In 2015 they formed the Logan Project and started tailoring their teaching method—called process-driven math (PDM)—for students with other impairments, including dyslexia and dysgraphia, a learning disorder associated with impaired handwriting.”
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The UK’s planned withdrawal from the European Union, commonly known as ‘Brexit,’ could result in a reduction of legal protections for people with disabilities and their relatives. Learn more in this explainer article in The Guardian.
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The National Center on Disability and Journalism is excited to welcome two new board members, Amy Silverman and Becky Curran.
Amy Silverman is an accomplished journalist, currently the managing editor at the Phoenix New Times. In addition, she is a commentator at KJZZ, the National Public Radio affiliate in Phoenix. Silverman is author of the book, “My Heart Can’t Even Believe It: A Story of Science, Love, and Down Syndrome” and the blog, “Girl in a Party Hat”. She lives in Phoenix with her daughters, Annabelle and Sophie, and her husband, Ray.
Becky Curran owns and manages DisABILITY in Media, which promotes talents of people with disabilities using storytelling and social media. She is also the chapter president of Little People of America in New York City. She has delivered motivational speeches from TEDx talks to schools, corporations and nonprofits. Curran was born with achondroplasia, a common type of short-limbed dwarfism. She works to change the way the world reacts to people with disabilities, including the 30,000 little people that live in the United States.
Curran and Silverman join other talented professionals in providing advice and support to the NCDJ.
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NY Times reports Hideto Kijima, a disabled rights activist who is partly paralyzed, said he was told by staff of a Japanese airline that he could not board because the small plane was not wheel-chair accessible. The episode has drawn significant public attention and the airline, Vanilla Air, has since apologized. Read more.
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Kayhan Life reports that the short film “Love is Blind”, starring music therapist and actor Arsalan Nami, won the jury prize at the Entr’2 Marches International Festival in Cannes. The film tells the story of a man who is losing his vision and his changing relationship. Read more.
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18-year old Tyneisha Wilder spoke to Pittsburgh’s Public Source about her desire to care for her child, who was taken from her by the county Children, Youth and Families office shortly after birth. Wilder has been diagnosed with an intellectual and developmental disability. To remain together, she must find a family to adopt both her and her son within 3-months. Read more.
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Philadelphia Inquirer writer Jason Laughlin shares his experience with physical disability and online dating. He found that the response to his online dating profile changed when he added photos that showed his disability. Read more
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Writer S.I. Rosenbaum breaks down a Washington Post story on disability aid, critiquing the paper’s approach and a larger tendency in journalism to succumb to cliches about disability.
