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The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed on this day in 1980. I think it was 1980; everyone’s saying that it’s “21 years old and leaving me to do the math. As a dyscalculic, this often leads to trouble. Anyway. Anniversaries are occasions to stop and reflect on what you’ve accomplished and what remains to be [...] Teresa Lewis, a developmentally disabled adult facing execution Teresa Lewis, a woman with developmental disabilities and dependent personality disorder, is scheduled to die on September 23rd. Teresa Lewis was convicted of taking part in the murder of her husband and stepson in 2002. The other two people convicted in the case, the men who planned and [...] The Americans with Disabilities Act turns 20 today! Thanks to the ADA, Americans with disabilities enjoy better access to buildings, transportation, telecommunication, employment, and education. It paved the way for IDEA, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which enabled me to graduate from college. There’s still a long way to go before we as a society [...] Princeton freshman Diane Metcalf-Leggette is suing the University for their refusal to accommodate her learning disabilities by granting her extra time to take exams. The student suffers from several learning disabilities that effect her visual and language processing ability, requiring her to check and re-check her work several times while she’s writing. Metcalf-Leggette was [...] That’s a much more polite headline than the original one, believe you me. For those of you who haven’t heard, Roman Polanksi was arrested in Zurich over the weekend on 30 year old charges of drugging and raping a thirteen year old while in California. He pled guilty to statutory rape, [...] |
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