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This ‘Black Swan’ Soars Way Above
Expectations
By Amy Halloran 
Christopher C. Wells received his doctorate in inorganic
and physical chemistry May 14th from the University at Albany in New York
state. While completing a Ph.D. is quite an accomplishment for anyone, it
should be noted that Wells is legally blind and profoundly deaf
Black Swan
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Can’t We Make Our Own
End-of-Life Decisions?
By John M.
Williams |
Recently, I was sitting in a
doctor’s office waiting to see a doctor. Sitting across was an elderly
gentleman whose hands shook so much that he could not turn the pages of a
magazine.
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Life
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The Loss That’s Not There
I recently had the pleasure and, in a very real sense, the
privilege of speaking to the Death and Loss Education Coalition in Liverpool,
N.Y.]
Loss
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Commentary
The Legacy of Steve Jobs and Accessible Technology
By John M. Williams
I met the late, legendary genius Steve
Jobs twice in San Francisco. One meeting took place in 1990, the other in 1993.
Both times I asked him if Apple was making its products accessible to people
with disabilities.
Steve Jobs
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BONUS STORY
Will New Photo ID Laws Deter Fraud – or Voters?
By Susan Cohen If you are a voter with a
disability in the United States, you have a steep road to climb to vote. But if
you live in one of the seven states that requires showing picture
identification every time you vote, your climb just got steeper.
Voter IDs continued
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Visitability: Housing Advocate’s Life Goal 
By Janine Bertram Kemp
Eleanor Smith invented the concept of "visitability" (aka
inclusive home design) and has led the Atlanta, Ga.-based organization Concrete
Change since the mid-1980s.
Visitability
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Leadership Forum, History Week Altering Disabled
Youths’ Outlook
By Mike Ervin 
The second week of October was, for the second time,
designated as Disability History Week in California.
More history
week
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We Remember...
James Troesh (Nov.
13th, 1956 – Oct. 1st, 2011).
 Susan M. Daniels
(Oct. 23rd, 1948 – Oct. 20th, 2011).
Michael Imperiale, (June 18th,
1937-October 10th, 2011)
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(This is one in a series of articles on actors and
performers with disabilities.)
Organizer Brings Determination - and Change - to Acting
Industry 
By Kathi Wolfe
In 1979, while in graduate school, the arc of her life
changed when one of the abused children with whom she was working kicked her
and sprained the cervical part of her spine, Squire wrote in an e-mail.
“Wearing a neck brace, (I) went out on an audition at Fox, and the casting
director looked at me, shook her head and walked away.” (Her disability
turned out to be
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Commentary
The Real Class War 
By Peter S. Kahrmann
OK, if we’re going to talk class warfare, let’s
really talk class warfare, and let’s maintain a relationship with reality
while we do.
More
Class War
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