A Conversation With:
Jennifer Sheehy: U.S. Labor Official
Editors note: This is the first of a two-part
interview by John M. Williams. The second will be printed in the next edition
of Independence Today.
Jennifer Sheehy of the U.S. Department of
Labor has been the acting assistant secretary of labor for disability
employment policy at the agency since March.
Sheehy continued
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Commentary
Doctors, Our Concerns Really Matter!
By Barbara Bobbi
Linn
People with disabilities nowadays are
realizing how important an anesthesiologist is to our well-being. These days,
most of us know individuals who have experienced serious complications after
the use of anesthesia. Often, the issue is how to get the anesthesiologist to
deal with us. Doctors continued
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Cosby Accusers Victimized Yet Again
By Peter S. Kahrmann
The chance that all 47 women, to date,
whove come forward to claim that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them are
lying is zero as far as Im concerned. Cosby
Continued
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Wellness Programs Bad News for PWDs
By Mike Ervin
The word voluntary is not hard
to define. Merriam-Webster dictionary says it means acting or done of
one's own free will. But the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has
come up with a new definition of voluntary as it applies to wellness programs
that are increasingly prevalent in workplaces. wellness continued
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Commentary
ADA at 25: Much to Praise, More to Do
By Kathi Wolfe
Im catching my breath. Like many
other disabled people and our allies nationwide from San Diego to Houston to
Peoria, Ill., to New York City, Im coming up for air. But this
breathlessness is an exhilarating type of exhaustion. ADA
continued
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We Remember...
Lucy Spruill (Sept. 29, 1944
June 16, 2015). Spruill, a longtime social justice advocate and the force
behind Pittsburgh's public transportation system becoming the first major bus
provider in the nation to become ADA compliant, died at age 70. No cause of
death was given.
David Gray (Feb. 7, 1944 -- Feb. 12,
2015). Gray, a scientist who relentlessly championed the right of people
with disabilities to live independent, satisfying lives, and a major advocate
of the Americans with Disabilities Act, died of an apparent heart attack at St.
Marys Health Center in St. Louis after collapsing at his home in
University City. He was 71. We Remember... full
stories
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Stigma of Albinism Coming to Light
By Kathi Wolfe
I didnt think much about people
with albinism (often referred to as albinos or people who are
albino) until I taught poetry to low-income teenagers who were blind and
visually impaired in Prince Georges County, Md. Albinism continued
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Breakthrough Targets People with ALS
By John M. Williams
On July 7, Israeli
entrepreneurs Or Retzkin and Itai Kornberg, along with the nonprofit
organization Prize4Life, launched a funding campaign to bring to market a
communication device to help fight amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou
Gehrig's disease). Breakthrough
continued
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This Drive Now Heading into Reverse
By Peter S. Kahrmann
At long last, my sex drive has become
not only a highly reasonable companion, its become my friend!
But first, before I tell you whats
behind this most lovely of transformations, a few words about aging. Drive Continued
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Last Month's Articles |

Broadcaster, Sportswriter Ed Lucas By
Kathi Wolfe |
Google Kicks Off Global Disability
Initiative By John M. Williams |
Equal Rights Seekers the Real
Firefighters into the light continued.... |
NCD Rebukes Disparager of Disabled
Life By Mike Ervin |
We Remember: Ike Schambelan &
Audree Norton |
Book Review
Facilitating Early Communication Skills Great Resource on Children
with Autism By John M. Williams |
On Disability, Heumann Takes on the
World By Kathi Wolfe |
In Death Penalty Debate, Systems
a Killer By Peter S. Kahrmann |
More Than a Chick in a Chair
By Denise DiNoto |
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Key Articles from back issues
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A Job in Focus: Physical Therapist By John
M. Williams |
A Champion for Deafblind
CommunicationBy Deborah Kendrick |
Surprise: We Are Now Enabled By
John M. Williams |
Barefoot Lawyer a
Lyrical, Thrilling Read By Kathi Wolfe |
A Kick in the Head for Brain Injured
By Peter S. Kahrmann |
A New Frontier: Renting Accessible
RVsBy Sherry Karabin |
Organizing NYCs Disability Pride
Parade Strikes the Right Chord for Jazz MusicianBy Mike Ervin |
Web Series
Creators Novel Concept: Putting Disabled Actors in PWD Roles By
Mike Ervin |
ABLE Act Not Empowering People
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In U.S., a New Era for Independent
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When Touring Overseas by
Wheelchair, Preplanning, Good Travel Agent are Key |
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1948-2012 |
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