Disabled

A Letter to the President

Ron Kovic | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics


Ron Kovic

Many of us who served in Vietnam promised ourselves long ago that we would never again allow what happened to us in that war to ever happen again. We have an obligation to protest. To speak out.

Disabled Students Need Accessible Books

Jim Fruchterman | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living


Jim Fruchterman

People with print disabilities should have affordable, accessible technology that allows them to easily read. Everyone should have equal access to the world of ideas.

Disabled man tackles suspected child molester at Westminster Wal-Mart

Fox 31 | Fox 31 | Posted 09.30.2009 | Home


It was anything but an ordinary Saturday at the Wal-Mart at 92nd and Sheridan....

Paterson Vetoes Bills Aimed To Protect Disabled

1010Wins.com | Posted 09.18.2009 | New York


ALBANY, N.Y. (AP/ 1010 WINS) -- Several bills intended to protect the disabled from discrimination and abuse were among the 18 that New York Gov. Dav...

Do Homeless People Have Rights?

Christine Schanes | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


Christine Schanes

If every city with an insufficient number of shelter beds were to pass an ordinance against sleeping in all public places, there would be no place for a homeless person to sleep.

Gaza Radio Station Aids Disabled (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.02.2009 | World


Forsan Alredada, a radio station based out of the Deir el-Balah refugee camp in Gaza, is championing the cause of disabled people in what is considere...

Harvey Milk Lives -- in Albany

Jim Luce | Posted 04.15.2009 | Politics


Jim Luce

Handsome, dedicated, and driven, Micah is the disabled with cerebral palsy, Jewish progressive, openly bisexual, who represents a swath of Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Yoga: Even for the Disabled

Bea Ammidown | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living


Bea Ammidown

Yoga is all. It is everything, it is a process to unite and is about freedom. Physical, energetic, psycho-emotional, and spiritual healing means the freedom to be simply who we truly are.