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A seven-foot tall bronze statue of Helen Keller was unveiled at the US Capitol on Wednesday. Many remember her for her breakthroughs as a deaf and blind person and her work advocating for people with disabilities. What many don't know is that she was also a pacifist, a socialist, and a member of the IWW.
U.K.: Disabled activists occupy Birmingham City Council officeTuesday, March 31 2009 @ 09:01 PM UTC Contributed by: Anonymous Views: 350  Disabled People's Direct Action Network (DAN) returned to Birmingham on Monday March 30th to occupy Louisa Ryland House (Birmingham City Council's main housing and social services office) to demand accessible housing and choice and control over personal assistance for disabled people in Birmingham and across the country.
Blind Protest Movie "Blindness" as Inaccurate, Deplorable, Harmful and RevoltingAcross the nation, blind people are protesting the release of the movie, BLINDNESS. "Blindness" portrays a breakdown in society after a virus starts wiping out everyone’s vision, turning them into savages, who compete for meager resources.Many blind people charge the movie is deplorable to the blind of the nation and encourages the public to accept negative stereotypes about them.
Ontario: GUTS Exposes Liz Sandals' Policies on Accessibility to be Bullshit!Wednesday, September 26 2007 @ 03:38 PM UTC Contributed by: Anonymous Views: 678 This morning at 8am, GUTS dumped horse manure all over the front of Liz Sandals' campaign office. This was done to express our concern that the Ontario Liberal government has done very little for those with disabilities.
"With the swipe of a pen, a Doctor can take away your Freedom"Yesterday 55 members of ADAPT (an advocacy group for disabled people) were arrested outside AMA headquarters in Chicago when they demanded to meet with AMA Executive Vice President and CEO, Michael Maves. The group is trying to pressure the AMA to endorse home and community based long-term care services and supports for older and disabled Americans instead of forcing them into nursing homes and other institutions.
Social Security Privatization and DisabilityThe Social Security privatization debate has omitted the fate in store for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) as a part of the program's family of benefits. Social Security not only provides Old-Age protection, it consists of often overlooked Survivors and Disability Insurance protections as well.
confrontation in strike at chicago City CollegesSubmitted by (A):Fracas in strike at City Colleges 1 held; semester may be canceled  Truman College student Cliff Willmeng (hooded jacket) scuffles with a guard. Teachers and students were
PA Activist Jailed After Taking Bus HostageSubmitted by M:PA Activist Jailed After Taking Bus Hostage by Dave Reynolds, Inclusion Daily Express This article is reproduced here [Ragged Edge Magazine] under special arrangement with Inclusion Daily Express Email News Service. Note: SpeedyJ, whoever you are, it
Nothing About Us Without Us: Human Rights and DisabilitySubmitted by Reverend Chuck0:Nothing About Us Without Us: Human Rights and Disabilityby Marta Russell Dissident Voice August 12, 2003 Citizenship can be seen as the realization of certain rights. When states can be held responsible for the treatment of their
Ron Kovic RebornSubmitted by Reverend Chuck0:Ron Kovic Reborn By Tim Gilmer The day Baghdad fell, Ron Kovic was back in the Veterans Affairs hospital. Not the shameful Bronx VA of Kovic's 1976 book, Born on the Fourth of July, and later, Oliver Stone's academy award-winning movie of the same |
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