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More than 50 million people in the United States have disabilities, a number that is growing rapidly as the population ages. Experts say disability will soon affect the lives of most Americans. This blog attempts to explore what we know about disability, and to chronicle the efforts of people who are seeking new ways to address familiar challenges.
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Election 2008
- Your campaign snapshots: Take 7
- Palin remarks on disabilities at GOP governors’ meeting
- Barone: Media opposed Palin because she didn’t have abortion
- Op-ed: Disabled Coloradoans still need help
- Your campaign snapshots: Take 7
- Editorial: Colorado must fund services for people with disabilities
- Iowa cuts ‘idiot’ from state Constitution
- Advocates seek voting rights for those with intellectual disabilities
- Washington voters OK assisted suicide initiative
- In a push for unity, Obama acceptance speech …
Not2BeMissed
- Book examines high court support for sterilization of ‘unfit’
- Neighbors fear new group home residents
- Landmark settlement could move thousands from IL institutions
- Barone: Media opposed Palin because she didn’t have abortion
- One year later, conditions still poor at Texas institution
My Articles & Essays
- Hollywood performers unveil disability rights initiative
- Congress OKs Kennedy-Brownback disability diagnosis bill
- Questions, we get questions
- A note about language for my friends in the media
- ‘Tropic Thunder’: My views
- Just the facts … about ‘Tropic Thunder’
- ‘Tropic Thunder’ screenings postponed as premiere looms
- Readers: What’s your advice on ‘Tropic Thunder’?
- Disability rights groups organizing over ‘Tropic Thunder’
- ‘Never go full retard’
FAQs
Headlines
- Book: One mom’s acceptance of son’s autism
- Mom helps son’s classmates understand autism
- Mom asks: Has my son has recovered from autism?
- Op-ed: NC should honor, aid victims of sterilization
- Book examines high court support for sterilization of ‘unfit’
- High court rejects disability case
- CA court ruling: Only nurses can give students insulin
- Birth defects linked to assisted reproduction
Tropic Thunder
- Disability advocacy groups fight offensive language
- ‘Simple Jack’ popular for Halloween, survey says
- Column: ‘What’s missing in the R-word debate’
- Additional discussion of ‘Tropic Thunder’ and the ‘R-word’
- Writer: Changes needed in Hollywood’s portrayal of disability
News2Use
- Special needs planning — What happens when parents die?
- Disabled workers at disadvantage in job market
- Financial planning for kids with disabilities
- Ex-Yankee still pitching — for people with disabilities
- NPR: Students with disabilities prepare for college
- Scientists seek ways to diagnose autism earlier
- ‘Raising a child with Down syndrome’
- It’s revolutionary. It’s ultra-stylish. It’s a wheelchair.
- ‘Given chance to help others, Peer Buddies blossom’
- ‘Camera’s eye shows perspective of special students’
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