ADA Sign Depot Blog — ADA People
Reality Check: Why Disability And Poverty Still Go Hand In Hand 25 Years After Landmark Law
Posted by ADA Sign Depot on Jul 27, 2015
If you have a disability in the U.S., you’re twice as likely to be poor as someone without a disability. You’re also far more likely to be unemployed. And that gap has widened in the 25 years since the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted.
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NY Disability Pride Parade Draws Thousands Marking Milestone
Posted by ADA Sign Depot on Jul 13, 2015
About 4 percent of New York’s yellow cabs are accessible, said Allan Fromberg, a spokesman for the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission, compared to London, where every taxi can handle wheelchairs.
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Daniel Kish has been blind since he was 13 months old, but has learned to “see” using a form of echolocation. He clicks his tongue and sends out flashes of sound that bounce off surfaces in the environment and return to him, helping him to construct an understanding of the space around him. In a rousing talk, Kish demonstrates how this works and asks us to let go of our fear of the “dark unknown.”
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The Word Handicapped Should Be Eliminated from Our Vocabulary
Posted by ADA Sign Depot on May 31, 2014
The ADA (American Disability Act) has already enacted the use of the word “disability” in replacement of “handicap,” so it’s time the rest of us follow suit.
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