Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Roosevelt's polio wasn't a secret: He used it to his 'advantage'

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From NPR : Americans remember Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the president who led the country through the Great Depression and World Wa...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

Adrienne Asch, bioethicist and pioneer in Disability Studies, dies at 67

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From The NY Times : Adrienne Asch, an internationally known bioethicist who opposed the use of prenatal testing and abortion to selec...
Saturday, November 23, 2013

Prosthetic limbs as art: Sophie de Oliveira Barata’s Alternative Limb Project

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From CNN : LONDON -- With her flaming red hair, Marilyn Monroe figure, and lurid green snake casually coiled around the arm, Jo-Jo Cr...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

New ring device 'reads' sign language out loud

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From ABC News : A new device will let people who communicate through sign language to translate their hand movements into spoken wor...

Vancouver, Canada bans door knobs for better universal design in the city

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From The Star in Toronto, Canada: It could be the death knell of the door knob. The city of Vancouver has amended its building c...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Nearly 500 NY City cabs violate the Americans with Disabilities Act, says NY Attorney General

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From the NY Daily News : Nearly 500 of the city’s yellow cabs violate the Americans with Disabilities Act because they’re not wheel...

Disabled characters in fiction follow well-worn formula

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From Susan Nussbaum, at The Huffington Post Chicago, who was awarded the 2012 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Her nov...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Disability studies meeting at NY college wasn't accessible to those with disabilities

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From Inside Higher Ed : At a gathering for scholars interested in the intersection of health, humanities and ...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Deaf actress from 'Grimm' Stephanie Nogueras: 'There's nothing in my life that would limit my ability to succeed'

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From People magazine : When Stephanie Nogueras was asked to scream at a recent audition, there was just one thing that had her worrie...

AttitudeLive has new web platform to host disability content in New Zealand

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AttitudeLive press release; AttitudeLive can be viewed here: http://attitudelive.com/ AttitudeLive is an innovative web-based plat...
Saturday, November 16, 2013

British disabled people strip off for stunning calendar designed to celebrate bodies with physical impairments as beautiful forms

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From The Daily Mail in the UK: A group of disabled people have stripped off for a daring new calendar celebrating the beauty of t...