A Conversation With:

Jennifer Sheehy: U.S. Labor Official

Editor’s 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.

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.

Cosby Accusers Victimized Yet Again

By Peter S. Kahrmann

The chance that all 47 women, to date, who’ve come forward to claim that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them are lying is zero as far as I’m concerned. Cosby Continued

Commentary

ADA at 25: Much to Praise, More to Do

By Kathi Wolfe

I’m catching my breath. Like many other disabled people and our allies nationwide from San Diego to Houston to Peoria, Ill., to New York City, I’m coming up for air. But this breathlessness is an exhilarating type of exhaustion. ADA continued

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. Mary’s Health Center in St. Louis after collapsing at his home in University City. He was 71. We Remember... full stories

Stigma of Albinism Coming to Light

By Kathi Wolfe

I didn’t 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 George’s County, Md.
Albinism continued

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

This ‘Drive’ Now Heading into Reverse

By Peter S. Kahrmann

At long last, my sex drive has become not only a highly reasonable companion, it’s become my friend!

But first, before I tell you what’s behind this most lovely of transformations, a few words about aging.

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