We wanted to share this inspirational article on raising your own expectations for yourself, featuring the story of Olympian/Paralympian Oscar Pistorius. Pistorius’s carbon-fiber prosthetic legs created some controversy over potential “unfair advantage” he had in the 2012 London Olympics. No matter what kind of disability or limitation you have, this is sure to inspire you [...]
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September 19, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Disability culture, Disability issues, In The News
Filed under: Disability culture, Disability issues, In The News
Wounded Warriors take on Hood to Coast 2012 12 severely wounded military members compete in Oregon’s world-renowned relay race PORTLAND, Ore.—August 15, 2012— For the third straight year, a team of 12 U.S. service members who were severely injured during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan will compete in Oregon’s iconic 2012 Hood to Coast [...]
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 21, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
Filed under: City of Portland, Disability Advocacy, Employment, In The News
Filed under: City of Portland, Disability Advocacy, Employment, In The News
Somehow we forgot to share this major triumph from a few weeks ago. Great work by the Portland Commission on Disability! Portland City Council unanimously passes Model Employer of People with Disabilities Resolution This week, Portland’s City Council unanimously voted to adopt the Portland Commission on Disability’s Model Employer of People with Disabilities Resolution. The [...]
Friends, There has been a lengthy design process for creating a memorial on the grounds of Oregon State Hospital to honor the patients who died and were cremated at OSH and whose ashes have never been claimed. We at DRO have seen the plans for the memorial created by Lead Pencil Studio and have been [...]
April 2, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
Filed under: ADA, City of Portland, Disability Advocacy, Disability issues, FYI, In The News, Uncategorized
Filed under: ADA, City of Portland, Disability Advocacy, Disability issues, FYI, In The News, Uncategorized
As you are probably aware, the Portland Bureau of Transportation has proposed changes to the use of disabled parking placards in a designated area of Downtown Portland. Although the Disabled Parking Task Force has made great efforts to reach out to the disability community, the Connecting Communities Coalition believes that the proposal unintentionally divides the [...]
March 29, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
Filed under: ADA, Disability Advocacy, Employment, FYI, In The News, Uncategorized
Filed under: ADA, Disability Advocacy, Employment, FYI, In The News, Uncategorized
Dear Advocates and Friends of the ADA: Last week, the Department of Justice Office of Civil Rights issued a notice further postponing implementation of the September 2010 rule that would help ensure accessibility of swimming pools for people with disabilities. This rule originally gave swimming pool owners until March 15, 2012 to make their pools [...]
What: 4th Annual Transportation Safety Summit When: February 16, 2010 Time: 6:30 – 8:30 pm Location: University of Oregon – White Stag Building, 70 NW Couch St., Portland, OR 97209 If this is a topic of interest, I would strongly encourage you to attend tonight. While the city will be sharing what they view to be [...]
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