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From the Editor...From the Editor First of all, happy New Year. This year, 2008, is both a leap year and an election year. The office of the presidency and the seats of Congress are up for election. And if you’re not yet overwhelmed by the protracted primary-campaign experience, I am sure you will be by November. Needless to say, people with disabilities have a great deal at stake in the elections this fall. In fact, the whole country does. Living in a democracy, it is everybody’s civic duty to pay attention to what the candidates say and draw conclusions based on how they will address issues and concerns of yours if elected. Coincidentally, the two lead articles in this issue are about advocates with disabilities who are now civil servants: Michael Winter and Peter Crowley. Kathi Wolfe writes another masterful piece on someone everyone should know, Michael Winter, director of the Federal Transit Administration’s Office of Civil Rights. Before taking that position, Winter was director of several independent living centers, including the Berkeley CIL in California, and president of the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL). Peter Crowley is not a “supergimp,” but neither is he a run-of-the-mill person. Amy Halloran interviewed the mountain-climbing, long-distance-kayaking adventurer. As someone who knows Crowley, I was impressed with how Halloran organized this piece and introduced me to him all over again. We have two editorials, one by Eleanor Cantor (“Eugenics: Don’t Go Down that Slippery Slope”) and the other by Deborah Kendrick (“Time to Rethink Our Views of Mental Health”). Whether you agree with them or not, both pieces are stimulating and timely. Other submissions include a look at the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act by Michael Reynolds titled “Senators Raising CLASS Consciousness”; “Psychology Group Celebrating the ‘Maladjusted’” by Mike Ervin, based on a speech by Martin Luther King Jr.; “For Visually Impaired People, A New Chapter in Reading Has Dawned” (Part I) by Penny Reeder; “Standing Up for Those Who Must Sit,” about how one small act can benefit many, by Roberta DeCaprio; and a look at therapy dogs in “To Many, Therapy Dogs True Four-Legged Heroes” by another returning contributor, Kimberly R. White. The NCIL section brings another response from a presidential primary candidate concerning the race for the White House, along with good reads on the status of two important pieces of legislation: the ADA Restoration Act of 2007 and the reauthorization of the Rehabilitation Act. Inside are our two regular columns: This Day in Disability History by Mike Reynolds and For Directors Only, which looks at calendars as a management tool, by yours truly. On the Web version, check out the News Summary by Dave Reynolds from Inclusion Daily Express and the Calendar of Events, compiled by Stephen Mahoney. Pat Figueroa, Jr. |
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