Cry Me a River, Katrina Percy. Justice for LB!
I originally wrote this piece for the blog 107daysofaction.wordpress.com. I
I originally wrote this piece for the blog 107daysofaction.wordpress.com. I
Thursday, April 24, was a day that I'd been waiting
When I started writing about disabilities, I’d been working with
There are some particularly insidious double standards at work here. It's time to put an end to them.
I was taught to say, “Thank you for being my
I have nothing against the goodness in the hearts of
Autism Speaks has been hurting autistics for too long. We are fighting back and we are stronger. It is time to say things like they are. This post is because I feel offended by people defending hateful speech.
CALLING ALL SENATORS .It’s time for the U.S. To
My family saw. I had hopeful times . Tracy invited
Twenty-two years after passage of the landmark Americans with Disabilities
Educators should use the appropriate equipment properly to ensure that
Here are some suggestions on how to tune out the
But now and then I meet someone who has. They
"Not only were students talking about how much having the
My name is Christian Ranieri and I am a 9th
We believe deaf or hard-of-hearing children are entitled to full
When I met Jon Stewart I was very disappointed by his lack of knowledge and sensitivity toward autism. During a recent interview, while still a bit condescending, his views seem to have evolved. This is my open letter to him.
"First, we must ensure that all children, including and especially those with disabilities, receive a quality education. Inclusion means nothing if a child is not receiving a good education, which is, in fact, the very reason we have schools in the first place. " Cara Liebowitz
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
Imagine trying to learn biology without ever using the word
In 2009, I published an article in The Reading Teacher
The AbleGamers Foundation, also known as AbleGamers Charity, is a
The Judge Rotenberg Center is recruiting disabled students in the Midwest to be legally tortured with electric shocks. Help us stop this inhumane treatment of disabled people.
We need to be careful about how we think about and talk about people with disabilities. One example is the reference that those who are autistic or deaf or blind or have some sort of movement differences are “in their own world.”
Tim Harris has a great deal to be proud of.
After a three-day conference, I needed to sleep. I needed to sleep because I was dreamy, trying to keep the feeling of being in a place where I can be myself and also be a little bit like a star. Also, building community.
Because I stood with Henry I am happier today and you should too. Henry not only got his rights, he proved that presumption of competence should be the default for every student.
" A lot of these kids end up not reaching their full potential because they suffer from low expectations. People think they don't speak well, so we shouldn't have them in the regular classroom, but a lot of the kids I work with, they're cognitively fine. They're perfectly capable. They just need a viable means of communication to really help them through that." Cathy Binger
Most people recognize the international symbol for disability: the stick
Barb Rentenbach's funny, poignant and beautiful must-read book, I Might Be You: An Exploration of Autism and Connection, is now available as an audiobook.
Katie Couric will have a Twitter Chat with Autism Speaks