Disabilities

Voting While Disabled: The Real "Functionals" In This Election

Auburn McCanta | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Disabled Voters, Senator McCain, Barack Obama, Senator Obama, Disabilities, Sarah Palin, Election 2008, Obama Disabilities, Obama Disabled Voters, Campaign 2008, Home News
Auburn McCanta

Disabled voters can make a difference, not only through their votes, but also by their campaigning activities.

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Autism and Politics: We're On The Island of Misfit Toys

Kim Stagliano | Posted 10.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Obama, Mccain, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Autism Vaccine Mercury, Dolls With Disabilities, Disabilities, Autism, Living News
Kim Stagliano

Until recently, many people with autism did not qualify for basic state level services through departments of developmental disabilities because their IQ's were too high.

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Palin Talks About Special Needs Children, But Obama Has Substantive Plans For All People With Disabilities

Paul K. Longmore | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home

Read More: 2008 Campaign, Americans With Disabilities Act, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Disabilities, John McCain, Health, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Insurance, Schip, Home News
Paul K. Longmore

Ever since Sarah Palin's acceptance speech, there has been a great deal of talk about "special needs" children but little about the issues that concer...

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Hard Times for Children with Disabilities

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 09.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Welfare, Disability, Poverty, Economy, Sarah Palin, Susan Parish, Single Mother Families, Disabilities, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Track Palin, Single Parent Family, Living News
Philip N. Cohen

The evidence on well-being among children with disabilities is distressing. In this country, they are more likely to be poor, and more likely to live in single-parent families.

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Congress Pushes Back Against Supreme Court, Returns Civil Rights to People with Disabilities

Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, S.3406, Legislation, Steny Hoyer, Courts, Disabilities, Civil Rights, ADA Amendments Act, S.1881, Americans With Disabilities Restoration Act, Supreme Court, Rollback, Congress, H.RES.1299, Ada, Politics News
Cristóbal Joshua Alex

In passing the ADA Amendments Act, Congress is finally pushing back at a Court that has been hard at work dismantling our civil rights infrastructure.

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Resistance to Change is Blind

Andrew Winston | Posted 06.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Currency, Supreme Court, Braille Money, Blindness, Disabilities, Green News
Andrew Winston

My point is not actually that changing money to accommodate blind people is the right thing to do, but that we need to get more innovative and flexible about finding ways around stumbling blocks.

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