@BenAndrewsINC Plastic detectable warning panels don't work well in Northern latitudes with harsh Winters because they get brittle, crack, and break, creating more barriers. Cast iron detectable warning panels are much more durable.
This month, a Judge ruled against Defendant Moreno Valley Unified School District, finding the district’s campus security program violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. This ruling marks an important win for disabled students.
Read press release:
https://t.co/y87TOkgjik
Lack of adequate enforcement of the ADA and other dis. rights laws, especially against POC and LGBTQ ppl w/dis. Backlash against PWD and the ADA by right-wing politicians.
A few more thoughts about our upcoming symposium that I was going to save until our event, but here goes: as a Black & disabled woman, an attorney & advocate & brand new “academic,”
“Independently living, with dignity and respect, supported by jobs that pay a living wage, is the only future I’m going to accept" - State Sen. @LydiaMEdwards earlier at today's rally for PCAs @GBHNews
The hit show "Extraordinary Attorney Woo," which spent several weeks this summer as Netflix's most-watched non-English-language program, has raised awareness of autism in South Korea, where developmental disabilities are still a taboo subject for many. https://t.co/1rHWo7rUia
Our founder Sukhjeen had a brilliant idea to relaunch the #desiabled campaign with a photoshoot to showcase more diversity within the disabled community.
We have high hopes for the campaign open up conversations of disability within South Asian communities.
#DisabilityAwareness
I research the history of institutionalization and its impact on disabled communities in the 1800s. We just keep backtracking. How have we not learned from histories of eugenics?
BREAKING: Donald Trump, who tried to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election and inspired a deadly riot at the Capitol in a desperate attempt to keep himself in power, has filed to run for president again in 2024. https://t.co/iqIcaN3SZA
I have some ✨personal news✨
We’ve long needed a regional disability organizing strategy, and building off our work in Georgia, I’m bringing it to the South.
I’m so pumped to launch my own org New Disabled South and work full time as President & CEO.
Follow —> @DisabledSouth
@FOPG@BostonParksDept This is a (perhaps) once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get meaningful improvements in accessibility to this large public park in the historic heart of Boston. Please take a look and have your say -- thank you!
From June 13, 2017: Newly Discovered Very Illegal Thing Will Finally Bring Down Trump (Or Be Another Cute Tile in the Mosaic of Democracy’s Demise, I Guess) https://t.co/5xVRrLGYKy via @NewYorker