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Hate Crimes 24 Aug 2013 | 07:16 pm
I will assume most people interested in disability rights have heard about the hateful letter sent to the family of a person with Autism that lives in Newcastle Ontario. I showed this letter to my son...
An Approaching Problem Society is Not Prepared For or Thinking About 23 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
I am not a big stats guy. My father used to tell me "figures don't lie liars figure". But when it comes to demographics I find statistics can be helpful. I came across a statistic at scioto.com that I...
Tara Palmeri on Service Dogs: Misleading and Problematic 12 Aug 2013 | 07:40 pm
Tara Palmeri is at it again. A second article on service dog abuse appeared in the NY Post today. As with Palmeri's previous article I lambasted, she does not let factual information interfere with a ...
John Kelly Guest Poet on Death NYT Style 6 Aug 2013 | 10:24 pm
On July 17 I took the NYT to task. I was severely critical of an article by Robin Marantz Henig "A Real Life-or-Death Situation". I received a lot of email about my post. Some felt I was not fair to...
The NY Post Attacks the ADA Again 5 Aug 2013 | 11:44 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The local New York tabloid the Post us at it again. Yes, Tara Palmeri, the “journalist” who broke the Disney World story about rich Manhattan residen...
Brooke Hopkins Dies 1 Aug 2013 | 10:21 pm
On July 17 I took strong exception to an article in the New York Times by Robin Marantz Henig. In my post, The NYT Infuriates Me, I took Henig to task for how she described the disabled body. This was...
Assisted Suicide and Medical Technology: A Social Failure 31 Jul 2013 | 11:03 pm
I was paralyzed in 1978. As my son would say that was a long time ago--the olden days in his estimation. Without him around my summer has seemed disjointed. Nothing has worked out quite like I had hop...
Conservative Canadian MPs Royally Screw Up with Fake Braille 30 Jul 2013 | 10:24 pm
The flyer above was distributed by Conservative Canadian MPs and the mailing has turned into a disaster. All major Canadian news outlets are reporting the flyer is one of the biggest blunders in polit...
Travel Hassles are as Needless: One Example we Should Follow. 29 Jul 2013 | 01:56 am
I have spent a lot of time on the road this year. I love to travel and I especially love driving. In fact I noticed that my car, purchased four years ago, has over 80,0000 miles. Keep in mind in 2010 ...
Quad Grips 28 Jul 2013 | 10:35 pm
Many of the people I know with a spinal cord injury have no interest in cure. In fact, I know very few paralyzed people that have even a cursory interest in cure. However, almost every person I know w...
