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Asking For Help
I got my first “powerchair” (motorized wheelchair) in 2014, seven years after I became wheelchair-bound, and it was nothing short of ecstasy. For the seven years prior, I had grown accustomed to being restricted to a wheelchair; I wasn’t happy about it, but I made the best of it. I lived on my own in…
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Come Fly With Me
I do not understand. When two sides have opposing views, you can generally look at the views in question, even when one side’s views are opposite your own, and see the reasoning that led to the adoption of that view. A good example would be the question of abortion; I think it should be legal,…
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Crawling for Justice
In the winter of 1990, the Congressional legislation to turn a proposed Americans with Disabilities Act into law had stalled in the House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. A lot of the systemic oppression that disabled people faced then (and still in many ways face today) is neglect rather than outright discrimination. If you (or society…
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The Right to Access and Assistance
Disability Pride Month is celebrated every July to draw attention to the disability community and to highlight the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), signed into law by President George H.W. Bush on July 26, 1990. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 1.3 billion people, or 16% of the people on the planet, are living with…
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