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Disability Integration Act To Be Reintroduced on M.L. King’s Birthday

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NDY’s Director of Minority Outreach Anita Cameron is leading ADAPT’s organizing efforts for the reintroduction of the Disability Integration Act (DIA) in Congress on M.L. King’s Birthday, Tuesday, January 15th. Anita has been an ADAPT organizer and activist for decades and has the distinction of having been arrested for nonviolent civil disobedience for disability rights … Continue reading Disability Integration Act To Be Reintroduced on M.L. King’s Birthday →

Paul Gallico, Disability and Love: How and why he changed the ending to “The Snow Goose”

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During recent “Me Before You” discussions, some of us wondered if most fictional romances between disabled and nondisabled characters were always cut short. I started thinking about a story I read a long time ago. I don’t  remember how old I was when I first read The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico. I’m pretty sure … Continue reading Paul Gallico, Disability and Love: How and why he changed the ending to “The Snow Goose” →

Two New Posts by Bill Peace at “Bad Cripple”

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NDY board member Bill Peace has been writing more on his blog Bad Cripple. Two of his recent posts last 2 touch directly on NDY concerns. In You Can’t do That, he describes the ways in which individuals and society focus hard on what he “can’t” do: The instant negativity attached to disability is raised … Continue reading Two New Posts by Bill Peace at “Bad Cripple” →