March 10, 2010
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I write to you every week from San Francisco, where the Planning and Urban Research Association recently released a new proposal. In it, the organization attempts to address our local transportation agency’s budget shortfall. Number two on the list? Charge … Continue reading
February 17, 2010
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The British win again. Our former mother country just introduced yet another disability-focused reality show,
January 16, 2010
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In an interview with Fox News this morning, Bill Clinton characterized Haiti’s government as “disabled”. Well, so are many of its citizens affected by the recent 7.0-magnitude earthquake. The Christian Blind Mission (a four star-rated charity according to Charity Navigator) … Continue reading
January 4, 2010
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This next invention will really leave you scratching your head and saying “what will they think of next?” The Apple iPhone needs no introduction. The iPhone combines three products – a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, … Continue reading
December 16, 2009
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Now we can all rock out thanks to a recently developed muscle-computer interface technology that allows individuals with grasping disabilities to control devices without the use of their hands. Researchers at Microsoft Research along with Ph.D. student Scott Samponas have … Continue reading
November 9, 2009
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I finally sat my keister down to watch Curb Your Enthusiasm’s recent “Denise Handicap” (sic) episode. If you’ve followed the show at all (I’ve seen every episode in its seven seasons), you know that it leaves no group of people … Continue reading
November 4, 2009
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So you just lost an arm fighting over in Afghanistan, and all you wanna do is spend some quality time hanging out in an exclusive, amputees-only resort paradise, next to some bluer-than-blue lagoons under the shade of a coupla well-tended … Continue reading
October 24, 2009
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Glenn Close just wrote an excellent, thoughtful blog on the Huffington Post entitled “Mental Illness: The stigma of Silence.” She discusses having family members with Bipolar Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Schizophrenia and how our society marginalizes people with … Continue reading
