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Villains and Charity Cases
by Bret Helsa and Gloria Steinbring, Advocating Change Together

Societies have long sought to explain disability. Historically, the two most prevalent viewpoints—that disability is either a moral condition (either special or frightening) or a ...

You Have the Power-Make the Dream Live

Justin Dart, Jr., was a leader in the disability rights movement for three decades, and an advocate for civil rights. He is recognized as "the godfather of the disability rights movement" and the father of the Americans with Disabilities Act ...

Go Forward!

Spokesperson and U.S. Paralympic Gold Medalist Chris Waddell to Visit Rehab Hospitals on National Tour En Route to 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.

DaimlerChrysler Vans LLC, distributor of the Freightliner Sprinter, the official vehicle sponsor of the 2004 U.S. Paralympic Team, has launched "Go Forward,"...

Career Development Model, Part III
by Ana Alvarez-Holmberg, MA, PMP

This is the last article in a three-part series on career development for individuals with disabilities. This series has been based on the work of Scott Beveridge, Sharon Heller Craddock, and James Liesener, the authors of “INCOME: A Framework for Conceptualizing the ...

Twin Cities 19th Annual Juneteenth Festival
by Wendy McCormick

Juneteenth is the recognition and celebration of the June 19, 1865 freeing of slaves in Galveston, Texas, two and a half years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863.

For many, Juneteenth represents the end of slavery ...

Working with a Disability Just Got Easier
by The Brain Injury Association of Minnesota

On January 30, 2004, the California Work Incentives Initiative at the World Institute on Disability launched its new website “Disability Benefits 101: Working with a Disability in California” for workers and job seekers with disabilities.

People with disabilities are often dissuaded ...

What's Wrong with Whom?
by Bill Dingfelder

What is it about persons with disabilities that makes the rest of us so nervous? For as long as I can remember, I’ve felt initial discomfort when seeing or meeting a person ...

Overpayments: What to Do if You Get Benefits You are Not Due by Rhonda Whitenack
Social Security Public Affairs Representative in Minnesota

We pride ourselves on paying people the correct benefit amount on time every month. But people will sometimes get an incorrect benefit payment ...

National Self-Advocacy Conference
by Cliff Poetz

Fourteen members of Advocating Change Together (ACT), People First Minnesota and People First New Ulm, attended the National Self-Advocacy ...

Big Night of Dancing and Fun
by Donn Poll

It was a big night for more than 300 people with disabilities and their families and friends. It was Prom night for Amy’s Cardinal Nest, a social group that brings together young people with disabilities every week in Coon Rapids ...

Interfaith Inclusion Consortium

A Model For Others To Follow

You’ll have to run to catch up with her, but when you find Ginny Thornburgh she will be delivering her message loud and clear: all faith communities can create more opportunities ...

Service Animal Protection Bill Passed
by the University of Minnesota News Service

When Phillip Kragnes' guide dog was attacked by another dog several years ago, it was so seriously injured that he had to retire the dog and spent thousands of dollars out of his own pocket ...

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