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The inconvenient truth is that, as writer and satirist
H.L. Mencken wrote: “Democracy is the theory that the common people know
what they want, and deserve to get it good.” Click here for the Editor's Notes
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Coleman’s Winding Path
Leads Her Back to Advocacy Role
By Mike Ervin
In 1996, Diane Coleman’s life took some wild and
crazy turns.
She took over as executive director of Progress Center for
Independent Living in suburban Chicago after the previous executive director
and the entire board abruptly resigned in the face of a consumer-staff coup at
the annual meeting.
Click here to read the entire
coverstory
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Karen Garofallou: A Lifelong
Passion for Advocacy
By Kathi Wolfe
Most of us don’t begin to fight for our self-respect
or our rights until we’re adults or, at the earliest, adolescents. Karen
Garofallou, director of programs and services of the Independent Living Center
of the Hudson Valley (ILCHV) in Troy and Hudson, N.Y., became an advocate at
the ripe old age of 6.
Full passion for advocacy
story
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For Vision-Impaired Golfer, 92, Ace Was an Amazing
Sight
Many very good golfers have never made a hole-in-one. Leo
Fiyalko is a good golfer. He is 92 and now has only peripheral vision in his
right eye. Full golf story
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Commentary
For Gays and Disabled People,
Toughest Hurdles are Perceptions
By Kathi Wolfe
It isn’t easy being green, Kermit the Frog famously
said.
It isn’t easy, but it’s always interesting for
me as a lesbian and a person with a disability . Read the
full commentary.
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Aging with Cerebral Palsy:
Many Questions, Few Answers
By Barbara Bobbi Linn
“In my twenties, I could easily walk from (the) 53rd
Street library down to 34th Street, do a shopping cruise of Macy’s, tour
the Broadway Books store, and then continue walking down to 17th Street, where
my father owned a business. At 51, the year before I was forced to retire, I
had difficulty walking the quarter block to the bodega at the end of the street
full CP story
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A Surprisingly Different
Stroke: My Own
By Brenda Brown-Grooms
On Labor Day 1998, while walking my dog, Henry Pippen, I
had a stroke. I was 43 years old.
read the full stroke story
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U.S. Treasury Loses Fight
over Accessible Currency
By Penny Reeder
A District Court of Appeals judge’s ruling is cause
for celebration among people all over the country who are blind and visually
impaired. full story
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Commentary
Minding Our Matter – and Our Bodies
By Amy Halloran
Lately I’ve been mulling over the mind-body
connection and considering the responsibilities we associate with health and,
consequently, the burdens we place on those who are ill.
Full story.
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A Message from the NCIL Executive
Director
2008 NCIL Annual Conference
Update – “Time for Change Use Your Power!”
Disability Rights
Protestors Force Meeting with Bush Administration
The National Council on
Independent Living Healthcare for All: NCIL Position Paper, July 2008
Commentary
Disability Rights and the Election: You Make the Call
By William Loughborough
The U.S. presidential election of 2008 presents persons
with disabilities (PWDs, myself included) with a problem, and our choice will
have lasting effects on the disability rights movement (DRM) over the next
several decades. FULL STORY
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‘Overworked’ Directors: Organize Your Time
By Patricio Figueroa, Jr.
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| Additional Articles |
 President Bush signs the ADA Amendments of 2008 |
| No Jail Time for
Ex-Deputy in Wheelchair Dumping Case |
| NEWS
SUMMARIES |
| Calendar of
EventsBy Steve Mahoney |
| THIS DAY IN
DISABILITY HISTORY |
| Key Articles
from back issues |
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Tom Olin: DRM’s Picture-Perfect
ChroniclerJune coverstory 08 |
| Medicare’s Planned DME Changes
‘Mobilize’ Activists |
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Transportation: Free to Choose, Free
to Travel |
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ILUSA.COM Searchable Database
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Putting the Ticket to Work for Us:
Redesigned Program Holds Opportunities |
| ‘Socialware’ Leveling the Global
Playing Field |
| Missouri
Museum to Tell Disability Rights Story |
 BEYOND THE AP STYLEBOOK
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