Mar 27, 2015
Don’t miss this great opportunity to lend your voice and experience as we aim for Emergency Management Plans that fully include people with disabilities. In the true spirit of “Nothing About Us Without Us” — Register today. Our lives depend on...
Jan 26, 2015
Once again, it is time to hunker down for snow and all the elements that come with it. Please heed all warnings and instruction from emergency management personnel and refer to the following tips to help you stay safe: COLD WEATHER/WINTER STORM SAFETY Listen to a NOAA...
Jul 3, 2014
Independence. Civil rights. Equality. All of these are words that resonate as America celebrates the Fourth of July. And these words resound, too, as we commemorate the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Yet, the United States has yet to ratify the...
Jun 27, 2014
Have you signed up for NYDVN yet? The New York Disability Voter Network aims to create a disability voting bloc as a way to increase the political power of people with disabilities. To accomplish the goal, the Disability Rights Center in Rochester has enlisted the...
Apr 4, 2014
A host of prominent speakers, including four US Presidents, will convene in Austin, TX beginning April 8th. They will lend their voices to the LBJ Presidential Library celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. But the voice of one group in...
Mar 21, 2014
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Feb 26, 2014
As the flurry of arguments continues in opposition to the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD), every instrument in the arsenal must come out blazing if PWD are going to win this one. The United States International Council on Disabilities...
Feb 6, 2014
How much do you know about the Disability civil rights movement known as Independent Living (IL)? Perhaps you’re well-versed in the grassroots advocacy and activism that ignited the Disability community in Vietnam Era America. Or maybe you’re new to the...
Jan 17, 2014
In his personal essay for CNN’s iReport, Bret Bowerman issues a powerful challenge for a paradigm shift in the way we think about children with disabilities. Bowerman is the father of a four-year-old with Down Syndrome. He generously shares with us insights...
Jan 14, 2014
If you know how it feels to contend with naysayers, this one’s for you. “They told me I should just quit. They didn’t call my name…. Told me it was over…. But I’ve been deaf since I was three; so I didn’t listen.”...
