What absolutely drives you crazy about living with a disability? Is it the increasing number of web sites that include audio that you can't hear, or video that you can't see, or links that your screen reader can't access? Is it the increasing number of e-mail messages, often arriving from...
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BusyBee
on 08-03-2009
Filed under: people with disabilities, National Council on Disability, NCD, inclusion, independent living, public input, annual progress report to President and Congress, achieving economic self sufficiency, equal opportunities, emerging trends, Section 401(b) of Rehabilitation Act of 1973, integration into all aspects of society
By J. Renae Conlee via LubbockOnline for THE AVALANCHE-JOURNAL July 25, 2009 They're up at 6 a.m. every morning, so they can catch their bus to work at 7:30. Once to the South Plains Food Bank, 6604 Interstate-27, they spend the next several hours preparing pounds of beef taco pie, peaches, and Mexican...
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BusyBee
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Filed under: independent living, blindness, students with disabilities, cerebral palsy, autism, food service, visually, TX, Summer Work Experience and Empowerment Program, Employee Serv-Safe certification, Lubbock, food bank job, Project Sweep, training for blind, how to complete applications, institutional cooking techniques, physically and cognitively impaired Students, child care, learn interview skills, catering events, summer jobs, students live on campus, based at Texas Tech, Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, practical work experience
At Gettinghired.com, we want to congratulate KATHY MARTINEZ on her confirmation as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Office of Disability Employment Policy. We join Justice for All, the American Association of People with Disabilities, and many in the disability community in celebrating her appointment...
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BusyBee
on 07-02-2009
Filed under: Employment, DOL, U. S. Department of Labor, ODEP, Office of Disability Employment Policy, blind, Kathy Martinez, international development, gender issues, WID, independent living, diversity, asset building, World Institute on Disability, Senate confirmation
The "Hockenberry Rule" implies that a person's disabilities are seen first, or in a much broader perspective, then then their God given talents or abilities. Provided below is a short poem of mine titled HOCKENBERRY RULE which partially addresses the aformentioned . ===================...
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James W. Magill
on 06-06-2009
Filed under: Self-reliance, Pride, Independence, Dignity, Freedom, Poetry, Choice, Poet, Respect, Creativity, Self-respect, Hope, Editor, Writer, ADAPT, Grant, Create, Publisher, Fellowship, Attitude, Freelance Writer, Independent Living, Coping, Rights, Independent Living, Bureaucrat, Bureaucracy, Hockenberry Rule