by Lavaun Heaster, artist at Inclusive Accessible Art and Chair of the CCC Employment Subcommittee. Those people who know me well know that I usually have some strategic thinking going on when I make a decision. When I made the decision to put my time into the Connecting Communities Coalition I was thinking about ROI [...]
Posts Tagged ‘disability’
November 28, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Disability Advocacy, Disability culture, Disability issues
Social Tagging: ableism • disability • inclusion
Filed under: Disability Advocacy, Disability culture, Disability issues
Social Tagging: ableism • disability • inclusion
The following post appears as part of a guest blogger series beginning today with Caitlin Wood of Where’s Lulu fame. You can view the original post plus many more on her blog. If we can’t be allies then we can’t be friends. by Caitlin Wood “The weight of inaccessibility is not logistical. It is not [...]
June 29, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Disability Advocacy, Disability issues, In The News
Social Tagging: ACA • Affordable Healthcare Act • disability • healthcare • Obama • Supreme Court • US constitution • White House
Filed under: Disability Advocacy, Disability issues, In The News
Social Tagging: ACA • Affordable Healthcare Act • disability • healthcare • Obama • Supreme Court • US constitution • White House
Here is a great post from our partners over at PHC Northwest Official Blog: Yesterday we received this article from the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, celebrating the Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. While this affects all citizens of the United States, we found the article especially interesting because [...]
June 11, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
Filed under: ADA, Coalition, Disability Advocacy, Disability issues, Uncategorized
Social Tagging: community • disability • inclusion • People First language
Filed under: ADA, Coalition, Disability Advocacy, Disability issues, Uncategorized
Social Tagging: community • disability • inclusion • People First language
This week, we’re excited to be talking about ways to include individuals with disabilities. According to the 2011 Disability Compendium, there are over 36 million Americans living with a disability. Given that this represents almost 12% of the nation’s population, does it not stand to reason that inclusion of the disability community on all levels should be a major topic of conversation? But [...]
May 29, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Coalition, Disability culture
Social Tagging: art • Connecting Communities • culture • disability • PDX • Portland
Filed under: Coalition, Disability culture
Social Tagging: art • Connecting Communities • culture • disability • PDX • Portland
Are you an artist with a disability? If so, we need you! As part of this weeks focus on disability art and culture, we’re putting together a Facebook gallery of Portland-area artists with disabilities. To be included, send us a picture of your work – this could be a photographic piece or a photo of [...]
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