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Americans With Disabilities Act

Keeping Our Promise to Human Rights

Jamil Dakwar | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Women's Rights, Americans With Disabilities Act, Human Rights, Detention, President Obama, Human Rights Day, Guantanamo, Torture, Extraordinary Rendition, Politics News
Jamil Dakwar

Seven months ago, the US issued a list of human rights commitments and pledges in support of U.S. candidacy for membership in the U.N. Human Rights Council. The decision to join the was the right thing to do.

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Don't Be Late for Q School

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 11.16.2009 | Sports

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, Phil Mickelson, Q School, Charlie Sifford, Casey Martin, Tiger Woods, Pga Tour, Golf, Sports News
Roger I. Abrams

Around this time each year, the PGA Tour opens up its doors to any duffer with the price of admission and some good rounds of golf under his belt.

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The Quiet Bastion of Invalid Repudiation

Anthony Collins | Posted 10.28.2009 | Impact

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, Disability, Neurodiversity, Sensory Integration Dysfunction, Cerebral Palsy, Impact News
Anthony Collins

We're not a legal minority, we have no flag (we're typically incapable of marches anyway) and there are no social movements lobbying exclusively for our deferred American Dream.

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Workplace Flexibility and People with Disabilities

Robin Shaffert | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, Flexible Work Arrangements, Sick Days, Employee Benefits, Disabilities, Work and Family Month, Medical Leave, Paid Medical Leave, Disability Employment Awareness Month, Business News
Robin Shaffert

A high percentage of people with disabilities who are ready, willing, and able to work are unemployed. Providing increased flexibility is one thing that employers can do to help.

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Turning Up the Pressure on the U.S Chamber of Commerce

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Nrdc, General Electric, Ed Markey, South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, President Obama, Employee Free Choice Act, PNM Resources, Accce, San Jose Chamber of Commerce, Alcoa, Climate Change, Americans With Disabilities Act, New Yorker, Apple, Nike, Kevin Grandia, Adam Green, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, PG&E, Blue America, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Politics, Service Employees International Union, Exelon, CREDO Mobile, Global Warming, Family and Medical Leave Act, Political News, Steven Chu, Efca, Natural Resources Defense Council, Duke Energy, Health Care, Chamber of Commerce, Senator Graham, Frank Knapp, Levi Strauss, Move On, Seiu, Entergy, Psef, Green News
Josh Nelson

Companies should only be members of the Chamber of Commerce if they support hyper-conservative anti-regulatory policies across the board, and aren't afraid to show it.

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Judge Rules NY Violated Rights Of Mentally Ill

AP | MARY ESCH | Posted 11.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Disability Advocates, Judge Nicholas Garaufis, Office of Mental Health, Americans With Disabilities Act, New York Disabled, Jill Daniels, New York Mentally Ill, Nicholas Garaufis, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by housing more than 4,300 mentally ill people in large nursing homes...

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The Disability, Health Care and Employment Connection

Ari Ne'eman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, Social Security, Disability Rights, Employment, Health Care Reform, Autism, Disability, Disability-Benefits, Medicare, Neurodiversity, Medicaid, Politics News
Ari Ne'eman

Amy, a 22-year-old with a spinal cord injury, is caught in a vicious catch-22. If she goes to work, she will lose the assistance that makes it possible for her to work and live independently in the first place.

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Rogue Detention in Connecticut

Patricia Droney | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, John Rowland, Mental Health, Connecticut, Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Service, Health Care, Politics News
Patricia Droney

By telling my late brother Bill's story, and using my legal and clinical skills to affect public policy decisions like the ones that tragically and negatively affected his life, I will make sure that my brother did not die in vain.

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Signs of Progress: Honesty About Children with Disabilities

Lee Woodruff | Posted 09.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Down Syndrome, Americans With Disabilities Act, Disability, Autism, Autistic Children, Disabilities, Living News
Lee Woodruff

Near my home there is "Children at Play" sign with the word "Autistic" written in black marker. The added word seemed to say, "These are my children. I'm comfortable with it and you should be too."

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Paralyzed From the Chest Down, Man Bikes 500 Miles For Stem Cell Research

Olivia Sterns | Posted 08.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Spinal Injuries, Non-Profit Foundations, Wheelchair, Spinal-Cord-Injury, Stem Cells, Christopher Reeve, Stem Cell Research, Camino-De-Santiago, Paralysis, Walkabout Foundation, Walkabout, Americans With Disabilities Act, Greenwich, Disability, Obama Stem Cell Research, Living News
Olivia Sterns

As his journey begins so does the world's first-ever clinical trial using stem cells in humans to repair spinal cord damage.

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GOP Senators: Sotomayor Firefighter Plaintiff Is Victim Of "Smear Campaign"

The New Haven Independent | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Haven Firefighters, Sotomayor Confirmation, Ricci Smear, People for the American Way, Race, Ricci v. Destefano, Americans With Disabilities Act, Frank Ricci, Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court Ricci, Supreme Court, Orrin Hatch, Senator John Cornyn, Politics News

As firefighter Frank Ricci arrived in the nation's capital for his moment in the spotlight, U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch came to the his defense against an a...

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Health Care Reform and the Disability Community

Ari Ne'eman | Posted 06.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, Disabilities, Health Care Reform, Disability, Autism, Living News
Ari Ne'eman

The disability message is a civil rights message. It is incumbent upon us to make sure that health care reform doesn't leave disabled adults and youth behind.

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Many CTA Stations Can't Accommodate Disabled Riders

The Beachwood Reporter | Kaitlyn McAvoy | Posted 06.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cta, Americans With Disabilities Act, Cta Disabled, Cta Handicap Accessible, Chicago News

A three-month investigation of the CTA found that 41 percent of the handicap-accessible train stations could not be fully used by customers in wheelch...

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Democratic Agenda vs. Conservative Courts

Harper Jean Tobin | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Court Rulings, Americans With Disabilities Act, Genetics, Democrats, Conservatives, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, Gina, Politics News
Harper Jean Tobin

The Supreme Court has ruled that Congress cannot pass any law protecting state employees without extensive proof that states are violating the Constitution.

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McCain Volunteers Finally Roused In Northern Virginia

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Abortion, Polls, Star Wars, Congress, Americans With Disabilities Act, John McCain, Abortion Rights, Bloggers, Palin Rallies, Barack Obama Polls, Secret Service, The Front Page, Obama Abortion, Diane Tucker, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Daily Kos, Offthebus, John Mccain Polls, Virginia, Lee Atwater, Abortion Laws, National Security, Sarah Palin, Obama Rally, McCain Abortion, Home News
Diane Tucker

I peered inside the huge glass windows and saw something unexpected: rows and rows of people on phone banks, dozens of them. It was completely unlike the other McCain "victory offices" I've visited.

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Palin Talks About Special Needs Children, But Obama Has Substantive Plans For All People With Disabilities

Paul K. Longmore | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: 2008 Campaign, Americans With Disabilities Act, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Disabilities, John McCain, Health, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Insurance, Schip, Home News
Paul K. Longmore

Ever since Sarah Palin's acceptance speech, there has been a great deal of talk about "special needs" children but little about the issues that concer...

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Congress Pushes Back Against Supreme Court, Returns Civil Rights to People with Disabilities

Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, S.3406, Legislation, Steny Hoyer, Courts, Disabilities, Civil Rights, ADA Amendments Act, S.1881, Americans With Disabilities Restoration Act, Supreme Court, Rollback, Congress, H.RES.1299, Ada, Politics News
Cristóbal Joshua Alex

In passing the ADA Amendments Act, Congress is finally pushing back at a Court that has been hard at work dismantling our civil rights infrastructure.

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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of a Platform - Dallas Platform Meeting

Esther Drew | Posted 08.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, Stroke, Equal Rights, Universal Health Care, Obama Platform Meetings, Two-State Solution, Democratic Party, Executive Power, Physical Disabilities, Foreign Policy, Home News
Esther Drew

Saturday, July 26 at two in the afternoon, I found myself in the living room of Jon and Liesl McQuillan. This, my first chance to attend a Democratic ...

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