Why the Disability Community Is Grieving
11-9 by Judy Endow Our grief is deep. 11-9
11-9 by Judy Endow Our grief is deep. 11-9
In a few weeks will have elected a new President
Stop Hurting Kids needs all supporters of the Keeping All Students Safe Act to take action and urge members of the U.S. Senate to co-sponsor this bill.
"If we invested a mere one-tenth of the amount of money that we currently pour into causation into empowering Autistic people to communicate, that young man and hundreds of thousands more like him would be able to communicate their needs to us today. I am not here today to speak for every Autistic person – that’s impossible. What I am here for is to argue for every Autistic person to have the same opportunity to communicate that I have come to enjoy thanks to the support that I have been lucky enough to receive in my life." Ari Ne'eman
The National Council on Disability works to further equal opportunity, self-sufficiency, independent living, inclusion and full integration of people with disabilities into the civic, social, and economic fabric of American life.
CALLING ALL SENATORS .It’s time for the U.S. To
Today we are flashblogging to counter Autism Speaks’ wrong view of autism. We are showing what autism really is. We speak for ourselves, even if Autism Speaks refuses to listen. The rest of the world will.
Comments from Autistic Self-Advocacy Network President Ari Ne’eman, delivered on
Twenty-two years after passage of the landmark Americans with Disabilities
White House Champion of Change recipient Mia Mingus is writer,
The Thinking Person's Guide To Autism interviews Ari Ne'eman of The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network about specific advantages, opportunities, and sticking points of the Affordable Care Act for People with Disabilities
"And we’re going to develop leadership, that has a fundamental difference and that is, it's inclusive . It believes in people, and in our strengths together . And we are going to change our society. " Ed Roberts
The Smithsonian's Web exhibit of the history of people with disabilities in America shown through photos.
Upon passage of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 13th, 1990, Senator Tom Harkin delivered a speech on the Senate floor in American Sign Language. Harkin, whose brother Frank was deaf, was the lead Senate author of the ADA, which was enacted later that year. His speech is the first in American Sign Language to be delivered from the Senate floor.
ADAPT is a national grass-roots community that organizes disability rights activists
Democrat Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey has introduced a
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization run by and for Autistic people.
An emerging story in Rhode Island is raising discussion about
A new United Nations report, "The State of the World's
The U.S. Departments of Labor, Education and Health and Human
Anne Taylor uses a Google Nexus 7 tablet at the
Shocking infographic on the wealth distribution in America.
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick filed a motion to vacate (render null) the 1987 settlement agreement that has permitted the Judge Rotenberg Center to use aversives, including the notorious electric shock GED devices.
December 20, 2012 The President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania
Former Senate Republican leader Bob Dole is wheeled into the
Legislation aimed at protecting children with autism and other disabilities
Our science editor Emily Willingham live-tweeted Thursday's Congressional autism hearing
“We’re profoundly concerned by the decision by the House Committee
(Phys.org)—A Rutgers study of recent New Jersey college and university
The Justice Department reached four settlement agreements with over-the-road bus
DALLAS - CTW L.L.C., a Wendy's franchisee, has agreed to
Baltimore, Maryland (October 11, 2012): The National Federation of the