#CultofCompliance – Police Attack Man Having a Stroke
I missed this story of a police officer tasing a man who was having a stroke. This is from May. The officer has resigned.
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Welcoming a Newborn with Down Syndrome
There’s a new book published (download for free) on Welcoming a Newborn with Down Syndrome. It looks great and the authors are excellent. This book offers support and accurate, reliable information to the new parents of a baby with Down syndrome. The book covers topics like breastfeeding, adjusting to a diagnosis, preparing siblings, understanding medical…
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The W Washington Hotel Issues a Semi-False Statement
On Sunday night, a security guard refused to let two friends with physical disabilities use the accessible door to the W Washington Hotel. I wrote about it and the hotel sent me a statement over email. It’s mixed. I’m posting the whole thing in italics, but breaking it up and adding emphasis on a lie….
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More Anti-ADA Hate
The USA Today has a piece slamming the ADA. This is a DO NOT LINK URL, so as not to give it more attention than it deserves. It’s the usual libertarian dreamworld in which accessibility just magically happens and no one has to do anything. And he picks egregious examples of lawsuits under the ADA…
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Live-Tweeting The White House Champions of Change – Disability Champions
I’m at the OEOB to live-tweet an event honoring a wonderfully diverse group of disability advocates. It’s going to be a spectacular event and I’m honored to have been invited. Maria Town, the disability liaison in the Office of Public Engagement, believes that tweeting can function as a way to increase accessibility of events like…
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Discrimination on the Anniversary of the ADA
“Only hotel guests can use the accessible door.” Logo of the ADA 25: 1990-2015. From http://www.adalegacy.com/ It’s 11 at night on the 25th anniversary of the ADA and the four of us have just arrived at the W Washington hotel. They have a spectacular bar on the rooftop with a view looking out over the White…
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Happy 25th Anniversary to the ADA (from Google)
Exactly 25 years ago, President George H. W. Bush took the stage in front of thousands of people, the largest White House crowd in history, and signed the Americans with Disabilities Act. It was the work of so many people, in many venues, over decades. It stands, today, as one of the most important civil…
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Sandra Bland and Disability
When Brian Encina slammed Sandra Bland’s head into the ground, this happened: Encinia: Get on the ground!Bland: For a traffic signal!Encinia: You are yanking around, when you pull away from me, you’re resisting arrest.Bland: Don’t it make you feel real good don’t it? A female for a traffic ticket. Don’t it make you feel good…
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Web Accessibility in the 25th Year of the ADA
Tori Ekstrand has a great new piece on web accessibility at Slate. Here’s the core argument. Go read the whole thing! Web accessibility for the disabled makes sense for a number of key social and economic reasons: 1. Web accessibility is something we all want and need. According the National Council on Disability, about 25…
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Sunday Roundup – Off to Camping!
We are taking our family camping for the first time since our son was an infant. My wife and I love to camp, though we never did it as much as we would have liked before we had kids. Then Nico was born and it quickly just all seemed too hard, too complicated, too exhausting….