AT&T blocking iPhone FaceTime on its network is a big blow to Deaf people
Brendan Gramer, who is deaf, writes in Wired News today about how AT&T's recent announcement that it will block FaceTime on its networks affects deaf people, who use FaceTime to converse in sign...
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How's Your News, Election 2012: developmentally disabled reporters go to GOP...
Boing Boing has spotlighted "How's Your News" in years past, and I'm delighted to see the team reassembled to cover the 2012 presidential elections. The project features a team of reporters with...
View Article45,000 years of caring for the disabled
Klippel–Feil syndrome is rare and it likely doesn't describe one single disorder. Instead, it's more of a catch-all, a name for a variety of conditions that all share one common feature — being born...
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United Airlines sorry they forced disabled man to crawl off plane to use...
A man with physical disabilities was forced to crawled off a plane at Reagan National Airport in Arlington VA, when United Airlines failed to provide him with help disembarking. (more…)
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This USB charger is powered by an electric wheelchair
Josh Winkler is the engineer & inventor behind Cripple Concepts - an innovative startup that provides assistive tech for people with disabilities, made and designed by people with disabilities....
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Kelly Osbourne visits the Shiteau Marmont
L.A.’s infamous Chateau Marmont was the brainchild of famed attorney Fred Horowitz, who built it after returning from a vacation in Europe, where he’d been photographing the gothic castles and chateaus...
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Bernie Sanders'"Thurgood Marshall Plan for Public Education" will desegregate...
Bernie Sanders has released A Thurgood Marshall Plan for Public Education, a detailed and bold suite of public education reforms reminiscent of the kinds of policy planks being laid down regularly by...
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Quiet Rooms: Illinois schools lead the nation in imprisoning very young,...
20 years ago, Illinois was rocked by a scandal after the widespread practice of locking schoolchildren, especially those with disabilities or special needs, in small, confining boxes was revealed. The...
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These cool DIY home hacks can help people with disabilities or other mobility...
Engineering at Home was created by Sara Hendren and Caitrin Lynch at Olin College of Engineering, and features tons of DIY accessibility projects that offer engineering solutions to help people adapt...
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D&D's new Candlekeep Mysteries includes the first quest for adventurers in...
Candlekeep Mysteries is an upcoming Dungeons & Dragons book featuring 17 new one-shot adventures, designed to be started and finished in a single 2-4 hour gaming session. Each of the quests begins...
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Teaching police departments about autism
According to KPIX CBS 5 in the Bay Area, the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department has made it mandatory for all 1,000+ officers on the force to attend an autism workshop as part a 3-day crisis...
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The new Britney Spears documentary offers a surprising angle for exploring...
I love pop culture. But I don't pay that much attention to true pop culture, the things that are legitimately, hugely popular. Maybe that's just the ingrained brainwashing that gets leftover when your...
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How the language of special education denigrates kids with disabilities
Growing up in the 90s, I remember the phrase "differently-abled" being upheld as a synecdoche for the absurdity of "PC language." And as a kid, I almost certainly fell in line with accepting that it...
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Watch this man with no legs set a world record for running on his hands
Zion Clark set the Guinness World Record for running the 20 meter on his hands. His time was 4.78 seconds. Clark, 19, is also an accomplished wrestler. From Guinness: [Clark] was born with Caudal...
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