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20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

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 [...]

July 26th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: accomodations, adaptive technology, legal system | One comment

Roman Polanski and the Special Hell

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, [...]

September 29th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: disability, institutional violence, legal system, sexual assault | Leave a comment