Disability rights and civil rights are considered to be different. There is significant resistance when I equate disability rights with civil rights
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Bad Cripple: Disability Rights are Civil Rights
February 24, 2013
Bad Cripple: Disability Rights are Civil Rights
August 23, 2012
President Obama Engages with Youth with Disabilities
Recently, President Obama met with some youth with disabilities. He wanted to hear their thoughts about the future of disability policy. So, he sat down with participants from the American Association of People with Disabilities internship program.
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President Obama Engages with Youth with Disabilities
July 19, 2012
Disability Law: Travis on the ADAAA
The ADAAA's new form of universality has the potential to provide a cohesive alternative to the two existing theories that often divide the disability rights community regarding the most effective form of civil rights legislation.
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Disability Law: Travis on the ADAAA
June 9, 2012
Man sues city of Mishawaka over disability access Global Alliance on
MISHAWAKA：A 55-year-old Mishawaka man with disabilities has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Mishawaka alleging his civil rights have been violated because some buildings, including City Hall and Battell Center, …
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May 22, 2012
Disability voice lost in medical discrimination
The report joins the voices of people with disabilities , often lost in the din of medical decision making, with professionals from the disability civil rights field to explore unnecessary medical procedures imposed upon people with …
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Disability voice lost in medical discrimination
April 16, 2012
HHS Settles Americans with Disabilities Act Allegations
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has entered into a voluntary resolution agreement with the Town of Simsbury, Connecticut mandating that the town recreation department …
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HHS Settles Americans with Disabilities Act Allegations
March 30, 2012
Americans with Disabilities Act Violation by Chase Bank District Manager
Listen for yourself and hear how a District Manager openly and publicly stated she “would not put a cross-eyed person in front of our customers, because who would want to look at that.” Drop a comment down below and let me know what you think. More to come.
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Americans with Disabilities Act Violation by Chase Bank District Manager
March 18, 2012
Office for Civil Rights Data Suggests Racial and Disability Status …
The Office for Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) aggregates data nationally.
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Office for Civil Rights Data Suggests Racial and Disability Status …
January 26, 2012
COPAA one of 38 civil rights, business, disability, and education …
COPAA is one of 38 organizations – representing a broad cross-section of civil rights, business, disability , and education organizations – that publicly released a letter sent yesterday to House Education and Workforce …
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COPAA one of 38 civil rights, business, disability, and education …
January 22, 2012
Disability Law: Ed Week on OCR Dear Colleague Letter on the ADA …
A new letter from the Office for Civil Rights at the federal education department details how school districts should act on some changes to federal law regarding people with disabilities . The way I'm reading it, the letter …
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