January 24, 2017
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop A film chronicling the coming-of-age story of a man with autism has been nominated for an Academy Award. “Life, Animated” is one of five movies nominated for best documentary feature, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday morning. The documentary is based on the best-selling book […]
January 23, 2017
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop A doodle on Google’s homepage is paying homage to a pioneer of the disability rights movement and encouraging visitors to learn about advocacy efforts. The search giant included a sketch of Ed Roberts on google.com Monday, which would have been the activist’s 78th birthday. Roberts, who died in 1995, […]
January 20, 2017
By: Rene Rodriguez
Source: The Miami Herald The color scheme is muted — warm earth tones — and the seating is exceptionally comfortable. Elegant black-and-white prints hang on the walls: Muhammad Ali, The Jackson Five, the Scarecrow from “The Wizard of Oz.” This is not your typical doctor’s waiting room. But what’s truly special about […]
January 20, 2017
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is alleging that the nation’s largest private employer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by firing a longtime employee with Down syndrome. Marlo Spaeth worked at a Wisconsin Walmart store for 15 years, receiving multiple pay raises and satisfactory performance reviews, when managers […]
January 18, 2017
By: Kimberly Truong
Source: Evening Standard If you’ve been on Twitter over the past few days, chances are, you’ve seen a video of a ballet dancer doing a pretty impressive spin. The ballerina in question, 15-year-old Lizzy Howell, has inspired people to dance after the mesmerising clip of her fouetté took the internet by storm […]
January 17, 2017
By: Sabriya Rice
Source: Disability Scoop A Texas couple is planning to construct a $12 million community for people with autism on nearly 29 acres of land that was formerly a polo ranch in the Denton County town of Cross Roads. It will include 15 homes, a community center and access to a ‘transitional academy’ […]
January 17, 2017
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop A small change to Google Maps could make a big difference for people with disabilities. Alongside information about a business’s hours, telephone number and address, the search giant is now including details about whether or not the location has a wheelchair-accessible entrance. “It’s a step toward providing more information […]
January 17, 2017
By: Andre Perry
Source: The Hechinger Report How many times have you heard, “If we put the money that we spend on jails into education, we wouldn’t need jails?” True, but jails also can and should rehabilitate youth who are in secured settings. That’s why we need more and better schools in prison. We can […]
January 16, 2017
By: Fresh Air
Source: NPR Sixty-three years after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, many schools across the country either remain segregated or have re-segregated. Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones tells Fresh Air‘s Terry Gross that when it comes to school segregation, separate is never truly equal. “There’s never been a moment in […]
January 15, 2017
By: Lee Hale
Source: NPR This time last year, Stephanie Johnson was miserable. She was in her third year teaching special education at a junior high school in Lindon, Utah, about 40 minutes south of Salt Lake City. On the outside it looked like she was doing great. Her classes ran smoothly, students loved her, […]