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Disability Rights

Deaf People Speak Out Against Hearing Actor Portraying Deaf Role

Lennard Davis | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Deafness, Theater, Acting, New York Theater, New-York-Theater-Workshop, Deaf, Disability Rights, Entertainment News
Lennard Davis

The normal education in the US involves extensive training in speech for deaf people. While not all will end up speaking in ways that might work on stage, so many can.

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Autism: The Last Human Rights Movement

William Stillman | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Autism, Parenting, Health, Disability Rights, Advocacy, Asperger's Syndrome, Living News
William Stillman

The children diagnosed with autism today may always require some degree of physical assistance for living in a leaden shell, but that doesn't invalidate their entitlement to participate, contribute, and to simply be.

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At Sestak Town Hall, Disability Activists Draw Their Own Red Line on Long-Term Care Funding

Daniel Denvir | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Disability, Medicaid, Public Option, Health Care, Disability Rights, Politics News
Daniel Denvir

In a debate dominated by crazed, gun-toting teabaggers and a series of incoherent Democratic proposals, disability rights activists present an undercovered--angle on health care reform.

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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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