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DO-IT helps kids with disabilities develop to their full potential
Seventeen-year-old Mead High School student Benjy Migliuri recently returned from a visit to the University of Washington. While it’s not unusual for high school seniors to tour prospective colleges, Migliuri’s 10-day stay was unique and one he’d never dreamed possible.
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Riccardi’s ability outweighs disability
Louis Riccardi of Nutley does not view his wheelchair as a disability.
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Pit bulls could once again live in cities with bans
Glenn Belcher and his dog Sky enjoy walking and playing in Cheesman Park, but Walker couldn’t get his dog there without a fight.
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Outsourced Call Centers Return, To U.S. Homes
Maureen Quigley-Hogan is the next generation of call center worker. Wearing pink slippers and sitting at her desk in her home office in Virginia, she takes a call from a woman in New Jersey who has a question about her credit card bill. Quigley-Hogan was unemployed for 10 years because she couldn’t hold down a traditional job, she says. She has rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia, a disease that causes severe fatigue.
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U. of I. opens state-of-the-art dorm for students with disabilities
With very limited use of her arms and legs, Kelsey Rozema has needed her parents’ help with most daily tasks — getting out of bed, showering, putting on a coat and even opening a water bottle. In 18 years, they’ve been apart for only six nights.
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Impact of disabilities rights act felt by all
Whether it involves ramps, doors, elevators, bathrooms or ATMs, the Americans with Disabilities Act is changing the face of America for all people. Yet, for some, like Jennifer McPhail, things haven’t changed enough.
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Looking Back On 20 Years Of Disability Rights
When I was younger, it was legal to discriminate against people like me. I was born with spinal muscular atrophy. I’ve always used a wheelchair, and my hands are too weak to scratch an itch. My parents said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up. It wasn’t quite true.
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Bill seeks to make electronics accessible to blind, deaf
Blind and deaf consumers, who have fought to make home phones and television more accessible, say they are being left behind on the Web and many mobile devices. Touch-based smartphone screens confound blind people who rely on buttons and raised type. Web video means little to the deaf without captioning.
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Paul K. Longmore dies at 64; leading disability scholar and activist
Unable to use his hands because of a childhood bout with polio, Paul K. Longmore wrote his first book by punching a keyboard with a pen he held in his mouth. It took him 10 years, and when he was done, he burned a copy in front of the Federal Building downtown.
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Approach to teaching students with disabilities assessed
The Lawrence school district has some catching up to do when it comes to reaching proficiency standards on assessment tests for students with disabilities.
