Few in the disability community would argue about 2016 being a hard year – assaults on the Americans with Disabilities Act, assaults on our access to education, assaults on safety nets many of us rely on – and of course – assaults on our right to dignified lives in the form of policies and rhetoric … Continue reading New Mobility Highlights “2016 People of the Year: The Resisters”
I never had direct contact with Barb Knowlen, but I’ve appreciated her work as I’ve come across it in in film and in the disability press. I also appreciated the posters from her “Barrier Breakers” that I encountered on the doors and walls of friends in the disability community. Many more knew her through her … Continue reading Another loss: Barbara Knowlen 1941-2010
From Diane Coleman, president and founder of Not Dead Yet: Paul was one of a few disability rights activists and thinkers who changed my life in the 1980’s. He lived in Los Angeles then, and I was brand new to the movement, just finishing law school and joining my first CIL board. He often wrote … Continue reading Diane Coleman Remembers Paul Longmore
Back in December, Roxanne Furlong called me. Roxanne is the Associate Editor of New Mobility, a magazine focused on the interests of wheelchair users. It covers the gamut of disability concerns – the arts, lifestyle, leisure, politics and advocacy. Roxanne called me for comments on the airing of a documentary that featured the suicide and … Continue reading New Mobility: NDY quoted in story on U.K. Airing of Ewert Suicide
