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Maysoon Zayid: Shattering Stereotypes with Humor

Posted by ADA Sign Depot on Jan 06, 2014

Maysoon Zayid: Shattering Stereotypes with Humor“I have cerebral palsy. I shake all the time,” Maysoon Zayid announces at the beginning of this exhilarating, hilarious talk. (Really, it’s hilarious.) “I’m like Shakira meets Muhammad Ali.” With grace and wit, the Arab-American comedian takes us on a whistle-stop tour of her adventures as an actress, stand-up comic, philanthropist and advocate for the disabled.Writer, actor, comedian, Maysoon Zayid is the co-founder of the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival. Why you should listen to her: Early in her acting career, Maysoon Zayid realized she’d get a lot more stage time if she showed off...

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ADA Mediation Program

Posted by ADA Sign Depot on Jan 03, 2014

Dept of Justice No Cost ADA Mediation Resolving ADA Complaints Through Mediation: An Overview Why Consider Mediation?

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What’s the Problem? The ADA Law, or the Lawyers?

Posted by ADA Sign Depot on Dec 30, 2013

For hundreds of years people with disabilities faced these kinds of discriminatory practices. The ADA ensured that people could get jobs, ride buses, go to school, shop in the grocery store, eat in nice restaurants, go to the movies — in other words, do all the things that everyone else takes for granted as a legitimate right.

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Links and Lawyers and Blogs, Oh My! ( A List of User-Friendly, Expert ADA Info Sources)

Posted by ADA Sign Depot on Dec 30, 2013

I have been involved with ADA/rehabilitation act compliance since 1990, and I am the author of Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act, Third Edition (published by the American Bar Association, 2010) as well as numerous other articles on the rights of persons with disabilities.

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How Do I Interact with a Blind or Visually Impaired Person?

Posted by ADA Sign Depot on Dec 09, 2013

Often, people do not know how to interact with a visually impaired person. The following list was created by an organization known as Sightcare, and I hope it will be helpful to you.

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