Isms, in my opinion, are not good: An examination of ableism and how it...
I was half-watching a show on TV the other day about a massive fire that killed several people and left one woman burned and blind.The narrator commented,"What is the meaning of conquering death when...
View ArticleWanted: A Leader
I wrote this in 2005 (with recent edits) and thought it relevant.*****The disabled community had a leader once, Justin Dart Jr. Father of the ADA.. A man I met once when, in 1996, he spoke at a local...
View ArticleNewly enacted GINA fights genetic discrimination but it’s no cure-all...
By Joanne Lin, Michelle Richardson, and Deborah J. Vagins of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office. Cross-posted at Pam's House Blend.A new law finally enacted today after a dozen years of fighting...
View ArticleRight to Vote: Fundamental But Not Yet Barrier-Free
In our democracy, a persons’ right to cast a private and independent vote is fundamental. But the means to exercise that right is not afforded to everyone. For example, people who use wheelchairs...
View ArticleMcCains Record On NOT Helping Disabled Americans
This diary is in response to the idea that John McCain "now" supports expansion of Americans With Disabilities Act. That is good, but it would be better if the senator had a record that supported his...
View ArticleObama Does More for Americans with Disabilities than McCain
Upon news that Governor Palin used her line-item veto to slash funding for families of special needs children by 5 million, the blogosophere is alive with new criticism. (Likewise, the pro-Palin folks...
View ArticleBig Bailouts for Tycoons, Small Steps for the Chronically Ill
Congress updated the ADA last week. While a welcome measure, it willfully ignores the real problem.
View ArticleCongress Pushes Back Against Supreme Court, Returns Civil Rights to People...
From The National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights, a non-partisan movement working to ensure that our courts protect and preserve equal justice, fairness, and opportunity.Congress, in a stinging...
View ArticleThe Story Behind Palin's Lies: the GOP and Disabled Americans
Sarah Palin lies about health care reform and the jeopardy it poses for young Trig's life with seeming impunity. We know that. It's maddening! I just wrote a letter to the editor at the New York...
View ArticleThis is your Bank of America
Ok, now that the recession isn't over, (commerical real estate loans continue to default to the tune of a 7% jump from June through August), there is no need to turn our attention away from one of the...
View ArticleHelp Turn Up the Heat on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
The hits keep coming for the embattled United States Chamber of Commerce. On Saturday, I wrote about the Chamber's overwhelming hypocrisy on climate legislation: While the Chamber claims it "continues...
View ArticleKosAbility: Nurse Kelley introduces a new diary series
KosAbility is a community diary series that will be posted at 5 PM ET every Sunday by volunteer diarists. This is a gathering place for people who are living with disabilities, who love someone with a...
View ArticleIt's just a flesh wound!
I was about six years old when the Americans with Disabilities Act passed twenty years ago. I was born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus, which means that I had an "open spine" and "water on the...
View ArticleADA: A Dream Deferred, Or Why I Can't Help Host The 20th Anniversary
with apologies toLangston Hughes for using his title. A few days ago, my friend(let's call her A.) sent me an e-mail asking me to come up with suggestions for the 20th anniversary ADA celebration....
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KY-Sen: Rand Paul says he's been "sullied over the past week by lies and...
Rand Paul, Kentucky's Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, fed up with all of the negative press since his primary victory, is fighting back with an op-ed where he can deny his own words and play...
View ArticleAmericans with Disabilities Act anniversary thread
The Americans with Disabilities Act became U.S. law 20 years ago this week. Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, the law's key author and sponsor, keynoted an anniversary celebration in Iowa City yesterday. He...
View ArticleThe ADA, EO 9981 & the 2010 elections
In yesterday's Midday Open thread, Markos noted "[t]oday is the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act." Signed into law in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush, the ADA was a monumental...
View ArticleRand Paul Radical Rhetoric Endangers Kentucky's Working Families
The list of bedrock American laws that Rand Paul is opposed to keeps growing longer. In addition to the Civil Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, Paul has made it clear that he doesn’t...
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KY-Sen: The Conway Fight Fund
I am here today to ask you to visit www.ConwayFightFund.com and join my campaign to help us fight back against Rand Paul. I have a strong record of protecting people and taking on big oil and drug...
View ArticlePaul Steven Miller, Disability Rights Trailblazer - RIP
Paul Steven Miller, a lawyer and leader in the area of disability rights law, died October 19 at age 49 of cancer. Born with achondroplasia (dwarfism) he was a living example of someone who refused to...
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