Disabilities
Tap the disability rights movement’s untapped power
February 13, 2014Though Marx and Engels may not have predicted the rise of an engaged population of people with disabilities, they did predict the push toward "improvement."
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Ohio town rallies around hungry, disabled woman charged with penny theft
October 18, 2013BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio - Residents here rallied around Deirdre Romine, who was charged with theft after she was found with $2.87 in wet pennies in her pocket, scavenged to buy some food.
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Today in labor history: Americans with Disabilities Act signed into law
July 26, 2013The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law today in 1990.
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Group sees the disabled as their own best spokespeople
September 25, 2012Marian Bacon has worked at The Memphis Center for Independent Living, an action and advocacy organization for people with disabilities, for over five years.
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“Conservative values” Texas judge beats daughter
November 2, 2011Shocking video surfaced recently showing Republican Aransas County Judge William "Bill" Adams battering his physically disabled 16-year-old daughter.
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