Disability Rights @DisRtsBlog
#DisabledLatina, academic/activist, Katherine Perez, invites you to explore policies and laws that impact the lives of individuals with disabilities. disabilityrightsblog.blogspot.com Joined July 2015-
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Gotta love the rich irony of people who fondly recount stories of how their family’s last names were changed on Ellis Island after their relatives snuck onto a boat escaping some horror now taking fervent anti-immigrant stances & branding innocent human beings as “illegal.”
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.@KamalaHarris doesn’t have shit to prove.
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What we at @TheCoelhoCenter are thrilled to read today in @TIME: Bravo, @NCILAdvocacy @Sblahov @nealcarter and everyone involved in this project to make a positive impact in increasing disability representation in public office! time.com/5604185/disabl…
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Spots still available for event @LoyolaLawSchool in #LosAngeles next Mon, 5/20 from 12:00 – 2:00 pm. Come hear folks from @PIPCpatients including @aneeman & @HonTonyCoelho talk about discriminatory practices in health value assessments. Please RSVP here: tinyurl.com/y6pxzdor
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Career Opportunity Director - Public Policy American Foundation for the Blind @AFB1921 tinyurl.com/y8or4wu4 "The successful candidate will lead the formulation and implementation of AFB’s public policy agenda..."
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Have you made your plans for tomorrow's reintroduction of the Disability Integration Act (DIA)? Details in the link below!
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Congratulations to Erik Weber on passing the bar exam! How can we create a more accessible environment in legal education and in the Bar where we end up with more success stories like these? #DisabledAttorney #DisabilityImpact #CoelhoCenterLLS nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Eri…
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It's not too late to register, though space is quickly becoming limited! Join us on Wednesday, December 19th at 10:30am at The Coelho Center for the launch of the CalABLE Program. #CalABLE #CoelhoCenterLLS #DisabilityImpact Register here: calable.ca.gov
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Read Senator Tom Harkin's recent @nytimes letter to the editor: Helping people with disabilities stay in the community is a humane and moral imperative nyti.ms/2QtOv78
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Tax changes make "ABLE" savings accounts even more valuable for people with disabilities tinyurl.com/y8ja3vg4 The #CalABLE program launches on December 18, 2018. On 12.19.18, we will be holding a CalABLE Launch Event at @TheCoelhoCenter RSVP HERE: calable.org
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Don't forget to RSVP for the launch of CalABLE at @TheCoelhoCenter at @LoyolaLawSchool on December 19th from 10:30am-noon! The event is FREE to the public. Register here: calable.org
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We are the best innovators b/c we have the lived-experience! Check out how Dr Asakawa, inventor of web-to-speech browser, now developed NavCog, a voice-controlled smartphone app helping blind people navigate complicated indoor locations. #DisabilityImpact bbc.com/news/business-…
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.@ElenaHung202 & @DisRtsBlog on #PublicCharge: "the proposal’s fundamental injustice of deliberately excluding people with disabilities, who are disproportionately likely to live in poverty, is compounded by the abuse of equating wealth with worth." nytimes.com/2018/11/29/opi…
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Keynote speaker David Mermin of Lake Research Partners presents new research about voter participation by the disability community #CoelhoCenterLLS #DisabilityImpact
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Follow us on Twitter @TheCoelhoCenter using the hashtag #CoelhoCenterLLS #DisabilityImpact Click here for live stream of the event: livestream.lls.edu
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Generations of disabled activists fought for our rights to have a say in the policies that affect us, including our right to http://vote. Here are resources to help you use that right! autisticadvocacy.org/2018/10/break-…
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In its report, "Advances in Employment Policy for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness," .@BazelonCenter offers recommendations to address employment barriers and encourages state mental health agencies to expand supported employment. bit.ly/BC_SErpt1018 #NDEAM
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In time for this critical midterm election, we’ve issued a revised edition of “VOTE. It's Your Right. Guide to the Voting Rights of People w Mental Disabilities” Download the guide here: bit.ly/BC_18VRG #REVUP #DisabilityVote18
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