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No Turning Back the Clock on Disability Justice: A Response to David Axelrod
David Axelrod’s NY Times Op-Ed, which promotes large, congregate settings, has the potential to “turn back the clock” on disability rights and justice.
Self-Advocacy through theater: Lateef McLeod stars in Sins Invalid’s “We Love Like Barnacles: Crip Lives in Climate Chaos”
Last month, Lateef McLeod, Alliance Board member, performed in the show “We Love Like Barnacles: Crip Lives in Climate Chaos” by disability justice group Sins Invalid to a virtual audience of over 800 people. The show focused on the intersection between climate...
Self-Direction Spotlight with Caroline Signore
Caroline gives advice on managing support staff and building natural supports with friends and people in your community. She believes that when people help each other, it brings them closer together and strengthens connection. She is the Deputy Director of the Division of Extramural Research, at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
The Intersectionality Imperative in Disability Inclusive Emergency Management
It is imperative that emergency managers and planners not only include the disability community in its plans, before, during and after a disaster or emergency, but include disabled from marginalized communities such as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), LGBTQ, religious minorities such as the Muslim community and, of course, women.
Welcome to our five new Board Members!
New board members (from top left): Anita Cameron, Lateed McLeod, Kyla Mundwiller, Priya Penner, and Edward WillardWe are so pleased to welcome a diverse and dynamic slate of new board members! The majority of our five new members are disabled and/or people of color....
Continuing the Legacy of 30 Years of the Americans with Disabilities Act
The Alliance seeks to build an organization that furthers the ADA by supporting people with disabilities and their allies in taking and sustaining control over their lives.
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