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Tremors of Intent
Debating Advocacy Priorities
This response by Laura Hershey, one of our movement's foundational thinkers, is too good not to share:
Eggheady Thoughts on Employment
By now you’ve probably seen the funny Think Beyond the Label commercial that encourages businesses to hire people with disabilities. If not, you can watch the commercial here, and read an excellent New York Times article about the campaign here.
Relief for Haitians with Disabilities
Paul Timmons, board chair of the disaster-relief group Portlight Strategies, says there’s a good reason his group focuses on people with disabilities. “It’s a screaming need,” says Timmons, who has a physical disability himself. “The large relief providers, almost without exception, don’t even have us on their radar, much less in their sights. Things as simple as shelter accessibility get overlooked.” And don’t get him started on FEMA.
Swine Flu, MS and Vaccines
“I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Health Care Reform: Shhh ... Let it Cook
Within the disability community, we’re all being very quiet and polite right now about health care reform. I don’t know if you noticed, but there haven’t been any big action alerts, rallies or even publicized meetings among our activists about the issue in quite a while.
Thoughts on Compost
I’ve been thinking lately about compost.
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I'm sarcastic as hell, have an egg-head streak a mile wide and have called the disability community my home since 1990, when I got a job answering phones at the Pittsburgh Center for Independent Living. Since then I've been an advocate, activist, thinker and -- above all else -- a writer on all things disability related. I knew since the '80s I had something going on with my body, but didn't get diagnosed with MS until 1998 when I finally had a relapse severe enough to be measured and weighed by doctors. I currently live in Pennsylvania Dutch country with my family and our four cats, three fish and two turtles.