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- Women, Culture, Disability
by Laurie Crosby |
Daily Kos | Tue Jan 31, 2012
Entering the world of disability eleven
years ago as a young woman, age 22, was a shock to me. I became paralyzed from
the waist down from a car accident in September of 2000. The manner in which I
became disabled meant that between one second and the next I became paralyzed,
and I entered a world that seemed more like Alice in Wonderland than any kind
of reality I knew. I could write pages and pages about the strangeness of that
experience (and I probably will, someday), but what I want to talk about today
is how it feels to be a woman with a disability....READ
MORE: Laurie Crosby
- NYNP: New York Nonprofit Press
Rockland
Independent Living Center Breaking Down Barriers
Wednesday, 25 January
2012 16:06
By George Hoehmann
Rockland Independent Living Center
(RILC) has been breaking down barriers for 25 years. As one of over 30
Independent Living Centers (ILCs) in New York State – and hundreds more
across the country – RILC is part of a movement whose goal is to ensure
that individuals with disabilities are able to enjoy full and productive lives,
thoroughly integrated into the mainstream of American…. Read More…
Rockland
ILC Breaking Down Barriers
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Most Recent Blog Posting:The Cost of Exclusion
(June 2011) By Brad Williams. In July of 2010 Governor Paterson signed a
series of bills into law to amend Article 15-A of the Executive Law which
related to minority and woman-owned business enterprise development and
procurement...I am not aware of the progress of these new laws. I am not aware
of the progress of these new laws. I certainly hope that they end up having the
desired impact. I am writing this opinion piece today to point out some of the
new law's unintended consequences. READ MORE: blog
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