Gotta love the rich irony of people who fondly recount stories of how their family’s last names were changed on Ellis Island after their relatives snuck onto a boat escaping some horror now taking fervent anti-immigrant stances & branding innocent human beings as “illegal.”
What we at @TheCoelhoCenter are thrilled to read today in @TIME:
Bravo, @NCILAdvocacy @Sblahov@nealcarter and everyone involved in this project to make a positive impact in increasing disability representation in public office! https://t.co/G6QAtfdxLF
Spots still available for event @LoyolaLawSchool in #LosAngeles next Mon, 5/20 from 12:00 – 2:00 pm. Come hear folks from @PIPCpatients including @aneeman & @HonTonyCoelho talk about discriminatory practices in health value assessments. Please RSVP here: https://t.co/jw5p9rtCpp
Career Opportunity
Director - Public Policy
American Foundation for the Blind
@AFB1921
https://t.co/tFUBExRT0V
"The successful candidate will lead the formulation and implementation of AFB’s public policy agenda..."
Congratulations to Erik Weber on passing the bar exam!
How can we create a more accessible environment in legal education and in the Bar where we end up with more success stories like these?
#DisabledAttorney#DisabilityImpact#CoelhoCenterLLS
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It's not too late to register, though space is quickly becoming limited! Join us on Wednesday, December 19th at 10:30am at The Coelho Center for the launch of the CalABLE Program.
#CalABLE#CoelhoCenterLLS#DisabilityImpact
Register here: https://t.co/mN3ZVxgIRn
Read Senator Tom Harkin's recent @nytimes letter to the editor: Helping people with disabilities stay in the community is a humane and moral imperative https://t.co/7rBYGNPtbo
Tax changes make "ABLE" savings accounts even more valuable for people with disabilities https://t.co/20R2tkYdMl
The #CalABLE program launches on December 18, 2018. On 12.19.18, we will be holding a CalABLE Launch Event at @TheCoelhoCenter RSVP HERE: https://t.co/VDr2ukji0Y
Don't forget to RSVP for the launch of CalABLE at @TheCoelhoCenter at @LoyolaLawSchool on December 19th from 10:30am-noon! The event is FREE to the public.
Register here: https://t.co/VDr2uk1GCo
We are the best innovators b/c we have the lived-experience! Check out how Dr Asakawa, inventor of web-to-speech browser, now developed NavCog, a voice-controlled smartphone app helping blind people navigate complicated indoor locations. #DisabilityImpact https://t.co/0p9jBrx6hf
.@ElenaHung202 & @DisRtsBlog on #PublicCharge: "the proposal’s fundamental injustice of deliberately excluding people with disabilities, who are disproportionately likely to live in poverty, is compounded by the abuse of equating wealth with worth." https://t.co/m2w1YG55Nm
Keynote speaker David Mermin of Lake Research Partners presents new research about voter participation by the disability community #CoelhoCenterLLS#DisabilityImpact
Generations of disabled activists fought for our rights to have a say in the policies that affect us, including our right to http://vote.
Here are resources to help you use that right! https://t.co/23HYhiq0Zs
In its report, "Advances in Employment Policy for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness," .@BazelonCenter offers recommendations to address employment barriers and encourages state mental health agencies to expand supported employment. https://t.co/GBC5py5Yuu #NDEAM
In time for this critical midterm election, we’ve issued a revised edition of “VOTE. It's Your Right. Guide to the Voting Rights of People w Mental Disabilities” Download the guide here: https://t.co/A3NNFWatc8 #REVUP#DisabilityVote18