Thursday, August 28, 2014

Kansas father creates graphic novel for son with Down syndrome

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From Comicosity : Chip Reece crowdfunded the extremely personal and inspirational tale of Metaphase . Teaming with Kelly Williams, Ree...
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Actor Chris Burke reflects on Corky character, Life Goes On, Down syndrome

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From US magazine . Video of Chris Burke discussing his acting work. Chris Burke is thankful for his TV past — and especially the me...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

Deaf-blind lawyer sues Scribd for alleged discrimination

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From Business Insider : A deaf-blind attorney who made Business Insider's 2013 list of the 20 most impressive Harvard Law students ...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Blind journalist, Robert Kingett, takes on Netflix to get it to provide descriptive audio

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From SF Weekly : For Robert Kingett (pictured), a young blind man based in Chicago, fun includes playing video games and watching movie...

In Australia, disability activists join forces to replace ABC-axed Ramp Up

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From New Matilda : Australians with disabilities have launched a crowdfunding campaign to fill the void created by the closure of ...

NY City's Theater Breaking Through Barriers receives 2014 ADA Sapolin Award

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From the NYC Mayor's Office . Pictured are Shannon DeVido (Melanie) and David Marcus (Ben) in Samuel D. Hunter's "Geese,...

Denver's renovated Union Station violates Americans with Disabilities Act

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From 7 News Denver : DENVER - Less than one mo...
Monday, August 18, 2014

Speech apps to smart pens: Tech aids students with learning disabilities

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From NBC News : New gadgets and mobile apps introduced in the past few years are making reading, writing and math more accessible to ...

Writer, editor Doug Lathrop, who wrote about disability topics since the early 1990s, dies

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From New Mobility magazine : New Mobility contributor and former senior editor Douglas P. Lathrop passed away on August 15 as a resul...
Thursday, August 14, 2014

'American Horror Story' new season focused on freak show to feature world's smallest living woman

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From The Hollywood Reporter: FX's American Horror Story has admitted the world's smallest woman to its Freak Show . Showrunn...
Friday, August 8, 2014

British web series about group of adults with intellectual disabilities to air as TV series on Oprah Winfrey's OWN Network

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From the OWN Network : Los Angeles - OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today the television debut of "The Specials."  The...
Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Parent questions whether Down syndrome should be comedy fodder

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From CNN : Editor's note: David M. Perry is an associate professor of history at Dominican University in Illinois. He writes reg...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Civil rights advocates challenge New York City’s failure to make its sidewalks safe for wheelchair users, blind people

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Press release from DRA : (The image is from Streets Blog NYC here. ) New York City, NY – July 30, 2014 – Today, Disability Rights Advoca...
Saturday, July 26, 2014

Albuquerque restaurant owner with Down syndrome to get his own reality show

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from KOAT-TV : ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Tim Harris, the owner of Tim's Place restaurant, will be getting his own reality show, and the s...
Friday, July 25, 2014

Disability Visibility Project to record stories for 25th anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act

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From the Disability Visability Project : SAN FRANCISCO – The  Disability Visibility Project  is a yearlong grassroots campaign to docu...