NDRN Report Shines Light
on Exploitation of Disabled

By Janine Bertram Kemp

"Segregated and Exploited: The Failure of the Disability Service System to Provide Quality Work," is NDRN’s call to action.

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Tucson Tragedy Shining Light
on Brain Injury, Mental Illness

By Amy Halloran

Ideally, the tragedy presents a teachable moment for a public that is largely uninformed on these topics, an opportunity in which the realities of those living with either mental health challenges or TBI are explained.

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Blind Driving on Road to Reality

By Deborah Kendrick

When I was 17, my stepdad bought a brand-new Mustang. It wasn’t for me, of course. I’d been totally blind since the age of 5.
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Revamped Federal Housing Program Aims to Get PWDs into the Community

By Mike Ervin

The Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010 is a legislative oddity indeed.
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Phone App Guide System
Filling a 'Special' Need

By John M. Willliams

AbleLink Technologies has released Wayfinder, a smartphone-based software program that enables people with intellectual and other cognitive disabilities to take the bus or light rail so they can be independent.
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The Freedom to Be You

The notion that there are three selves, so to speak, is somewhat axiomatic. There is how others see us, how we see ourselves, and who we really are

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Commentary

Disabled Boomers Can Take Lead in Creating an Accessible Future

By Kathi Wolfe

No, what finally penetrated my gray matter (so to speak) was this: overhearing some teenage girls on the subway talk about the “Bieber” and knowing they had met singing sensation Justin,

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Zach Anner's dream to host TV program comes true

He now gets to host his own show -- an inspirational travel program -- on Winfrey's new cable channel.

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Dreaming a Special Dream

By John M. Williams

For decades, I have had a special dream. Each year, my dream consumes more and more of me. My dream is to develop, help write and produce a 90-minute Public Broadcasting System program

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New Life Chapter Ongoing for Writer with Brain Injury

By Amy Halloran

Writer and visual artist Mira Bartok, 51, is earning praise for her story of growing up with a schizophrenic parent. Her illustrated memoir, "The Memory Palace," was released in November.

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Pedestrian Safety Act: A Lot is Riding on It

By Penny Reeder

The Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act, which President Barack Obama signed into law January 4^th, requires the U.S. Department of Transportation to begin writing standards that will set requirements for an alert sound that would allow blind and other pedestrians to reasonably detect a nearby electric or hybrid vehicle. The law requires the rules to be finalized within three years.

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Disability History: Help Us Remember All Our Heroes

By Patricio Figueroa

Disability history has become a national obsession. I am aware of at least two dozen disability history-related projects on the national level. But ours is slightly different from most of these projects -- though not necessarily better.
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Disabled Worker Wins
Discrimination Lawsuit

By Patricia Doxsey

On February 24^th, a federal court jury found that a not-for-profit human services agency intentionally discriminated against a disabled employee in 2006 when it cut her work hours by more than 50 percent.

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'All Aboard' in Japan? Not Exactly

By June Isaacson Kailes

We were quickly surrounded by two station supervisors and 10 staff members. It was quite the scene. It felt like we were criminals about to be arrested.

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With the country having emerged from the worst recession in generations, President Barack Obama has put forward a plan that, he said, will rebuild the economy and "win the future."
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Disability-Related Discrimination
on the Job? The EEOC Can Help

By Cindy Powell

For the EEOC to get involved in a case of alleged disability-related discrimination, an individual must file a complaint with the organization within 180 days

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We Remember...

Sir George Shearing OBE (Order of the British Empire) (August 13^th, 1919 – February 14^th, 2011). Shearing, the youngest of nine children of a London coal man, was an American jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for MGM Records and Capitol Records.

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