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‘We Matter’: Disability Advocates Demand Government Action
On June 18, the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel issued a formal opinion gutting the legal foundation of disabled people's right to live in their own homes. With just one month before the midterm elections, more than 600 policymakers, service...
A Fall Home Guide to Accessible Equipment
Fall is upon us, and that means much more than leaves falling, sweater weather, and pumpkin spice drinks from Starbucks. Let’s spruce up our home with some accessories to ease everyday living for people with disabilities. This is a comprehensive list of accessibility...
The William Church Osborn Memorial
On an inconspicuous spot just north of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, there stands a memorial that includes, uniquely, a salute to an organization that changed the world for people with mobility disabilities. The memorial honors a patrician New Yorker who devoted...
When Disabled Veterans Joined the Fight for Everyone
The veterans’ hospital in the Bronx is called the James J. Peters Veterans Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The building, opened during the Carter Administration, is also a VA spinal cord injury center. Jim Peters, the wheelchair-using Executive Director...
A Job Is Not Economic Justice
October continues to perplex me. Every year, National Disability Employment Awareness Month arrives with familiar language about inclusion, opportunity, and celebrating the contributions of people with disabilities in the workforce. Those contributions deserve...
Serving Up Job Skills at the Queens CoSpire Café
It’s almost coffee time at a new Queens cafe run by young adults with disabilities. A spotlight disability employment report by City Comptroller Mark Levine released during Disability Pride Month, highlighted data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community...
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