Haben Girma, a deaf blind disability rights advocate, has a powerful message about access to education and technology for the disabled. Haben uses a digital Braille system to communicate and was the first deaf blind student …
Category Archives: Disability Rights
Virtual Ability's International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference …
Virtual Ability's International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference (IDRAC 2015) in Second Life will be taking place on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th November. The sessions start at 9am SLT through until 4pm SLT over at …
Iowa Managed Care Transition Survey | Disability Rights IOWA
The State of Iowa is planning to transition most Medicaid beneficiaries into managed care by January 1, 2016. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sent a letter to the Iowa Department of Human Services …
'Patient No More' show in Berkeley documents a historic disability …
A segment of the sweeping mural at the Ed Roberts Campus, part of the 'Patient No More' exhibition. Photo: Fran Osborne. By Margit Stange. “Patient No More: People with Disabilities Securing Civil Rights,” a multi-media …
Ann Ramsay wins National Disability Rights Award | CUPE PEI
A life-changing accident in 2009 left PEI school bus driver Ann Ramsay with paralysis of the lower body. Ramsay retrained and went back to work as a receptionist. She also added disability rights activist to her already …