Reposted from Tulsa World Original Post By Ginnie Graham News Columnist Going through high school, James Meadours was kept separate in special education classes from his Broken Arrow classmates, never really getting to know them. After graduating in 1986, he was put in a 10-bedroom group home and felt isolated from the world, being at… Read more »
Reposted from North Carolina Health News Original Post By: Taylor Knopf Adults with disabilities are leading longer lives thanks to advances in medicine and technology and where once people with disabilities died young, now a good number will likely outlive their parents. But many of those parents have been the guardians for their children, providing guidance,… Read more »
Reposted from Teen Vogue Original Post By: Wendy Lu In this op-ed, author Wendy Lu explains how sexual harassment and disability are linked. We were 15 years old, just starting high school. A boy from my biology class would hiss my name, just loud enough so his friends standing nearby could also hear. “Psst —… Read more »
Reposted from the BBC Original Post By: Paul Harrison Using the hashtag #InvisiblyDisabledLooksLike, Twitter users across the world with hidden disabilities have been sharing pictures and stories to challenge society’s perceptions. Many people live with hidden disabilities – a physical, mental, sensory or neurological condition which don’t have physical signs but are painful, exhausting and isolating. They… Read more »
Reposted from VC Daily Orignal Post By: Brianne S. At times, it must feel like being a stranger in your own home. The 200,000 deaf and hard of hearing people living in New York and relying on sign language as their chief form of communication must often feel like their neighbors just don’t understand them…. Read more »
Reposted from USA Today Orignal Post By Deborah Barfield Berry WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing for more job opportunities for people with disabilities and aiming to change laws they say discourage them from entering the workforce full time. “This is a way for us to help those that we think could… Read more »
The first day at the Global Disability Innovation Hub’s first Disability Summit during the World Para Athletics Championships in London on July 13, 2017. (Creative Commons/GDI Hub) Reposted from The Ground Truth Project Original Post By Tori Bedford ORLANDO, Florida — For the roughly one billion people with disabilities around the globe, new technology can… Read more »
Reposted from The Chicago Tribune Original Post By Jason Meisner and Jeremy Gorner The ACLU of Illinois filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday alleging that Chicago’s police reform efforts have neglected deep-seated issues on how officers are trained to handle people with mental illnesses or developmental disabilities. Sounding a familiar tone already alleged in other pending… Read more »
Reposted from Legal Rebels Original Post By: Stephanie Francis Ward Haben Girma, a Harvard Law School graduate, has limited hearing and vision and refers to herself as “Deafblind.” “It should be one word, no hyphen, and I prefer to capitalize the D because it’s a cultural identity,” says Girma, 29, a former Skadden, Arps, Slate,… Read more »
Reposted from Standford Medicine Original Post By: Holly MacCormick Taking shelter from a storm is an ordeal for everyone, but for people with physical or mental disabilities, natural disasters add an additional layer of logistical and legal challenges. In a recent Stanford Law School blog post, Rabia Belt, JD, PhD, a legal historian, discusses how people with disabilities are disproportionately… Read more »