ADA Sign Depot Blog — ADA People
Hearing about the amazing work our graduates are doing is always inspiring, and Andrea Giudice of Connecticut is one such graduate. She recently spoke to the Lions Club in Windsor, Connecticut, about how her guide dogs have helped her make a difference.
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Basic things like ramps, Braille materials, hearing assistance equipment or lowered counters can help people with disabilities live and work on or near par with others.
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I’ve had people make assumptions about my abilities just by looking at me. I’ve had people talk over me — or, worse, assuming I can’t communicate and directing questions about me to the people around me as if I wasn’t even there. If they actually took the time to get to know me, they’d learn a few things — that I graduated from college with honors, earned a degree in journalism and have worked as a blogger and freelance writer for nearly a decade.
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Through It’s Paying Forward Program, ADA Sign Depot has been supporting Guide Dogs for the Blind since 2013
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Google Doodle Honors Pioneering Disability Activist Ed Roberts
Posted by ADA Sign Depot on Jan 23, 2017
TED Talk. Disability Activist Ed Roberts. Throughout his lifetime, Roberts fought for people with disabilities to have the right to fully participate in society. Ed Roberts is often called the father of the Independent Living movement.
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