By KEVIN RAWLINSON, THE GUARDIAN Rachel Shenton, who wrote and starred in short film The Silent Child, used speech to highlight often overlooked area of diversity Much of the talk before Sunday’s Oscars ceremony was about Hollywood’s moral compass. After 2016’s Oscars So White debacle and the Time’s Up movement, attention was particularly drawn towards […]
By Brandon Yu SAN FRANSISCO CHRONICLE At dusk on a recent Thursday afternoon, Hale Zukas is sitting outside of the Berkeley Public Library, having his photograph taken. Two twentysomethings walk by and ask what is going on before one of them notices Zukas. “Oh, I know him!” he says. “He’s real Berkeley. I’ve seen him […]
BY LEAH LANCASTER, THE ENTERPRISE LEDGER ALABAMA-For most citizens of the United States, voting is a privilege and a civic duty. Unfortunately, in many locations, the voting process is more difficult for some than others. Benny Crocker is a retired Army CW4 and Purple Heart recipient currently residing in Enterprise. He and his wife of […]
HURRICANE HARVEY By Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer, Augusta Chronicle NEW YORK — Charities are stepping up their donation requests in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, which has devastated South Texas and on Wednesday hit southwestern Louisiana. At least 18 people have died, and countless residents are displaced from their homes. While the urge to […]
HURRICANE HARVEY By Suzanne Garofalo, HOUSTON CHRONICLE The upending of normalcy during the worst tropical weather system ever to hit Houston is particularly hard on those with special needs, and disability advocates and families are working to help them cope. The Autism Society of Texas has providers from Austin, as well as partners in Clear […]
Zach Tuggle, Telegraph-forum, Reporter OHIO–She took her son back to school on May 8 at the start of the next week. A few hours later, she received a call saying “that Corbin had been having a rough day and was hitting, kicking and biting his teachers and that he needed to come home.” “I was at […]
NEW YORK TIMES By WINNIE HU All around Valerie Joseph, there is a fleet of Uber cars rolling by on New York City streets. But though she could really use the ride-hailing app, Ms. Joseph said she does not bother because Uber has so few wheelchair-accessible cars to dispatch. “It’s plain unfair,” said Ms. Joseph, […]
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO BY ALEX SMITH By the time Stephenie Hashmi was in her mid-20s, she had achieved a lifelong dream — she was the charge nurse of one of Kansas City’s largest intensive care units. But even as she cared for patients, she realized that something was off with her own health. “I remember […]
Governor Bevins signs Executive Order establishing the Kentucky Work Matters Task Force COURIER-JOURNAL By Tom Loftus FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Matt Bevin on Tuesday signed an order creating a high-level task force to recommend ways to eliminate obstacles that the disabled often confront in finding a job. At a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda, Bevin […]
BY DENIS SLATTERY, MARCO POGGIO, AND ANDREW KESHNER NEW YORK DAILY NEWS A disabled man claims he was forced to drag himself through urine, spit, and vomit and sleep on the filthy floor of a jail cell after uncaring cops took away his wheelchair, according to a federal lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Brooklyn. Baron […]
