Organizations and Emergency Preparedness For Individuals With Disabilities, Part I: Why?
by Lance H. Hegland
As you are in your work cubicle or at your home, perhaps within a high-rise building, an alarm begins to sound. What do you do? Where do you go? ... read more >
Medtronic's 2004 Walk-n-Roll
Medtronic's newest Employee Resource Group 'ABLED" is on a Walk-n-Roll With Courage that is then off to the Minnesota Twins Game! ... read more >
The Forgotten Are Now Remembered
by David Knutson
In the past 10 years, Remembering With Dignity has placed 2,500 markers on previously anonymous graves of residents of state hospitals, but funding for the group is imperiled by this session's failure to pass a bonding bill ... read more >
Courage Center Announces Recipients of 2004 Scholarship Awards
Ahmed Mahamud and Nicole Robertson were honored as the recipients of the 2004 EMPOWER Scholarship Awards ... read more >
Benefit Kits For SS Application
If you are recently disabled and have been thinking about filing for Social Security disability benefits, I have some good news for you. There is a new disability Starter Kit that can help you get ready for your disability interview and guide you through the application process ... read more >
Accessible Housing Call Answered
by Troon Dowds
There is a need for accessible housing around the Minneapolis and St. Paul area. Many of the current standing condos and apartments are in older buildings that do not meet accessibility needs. So where can one find a decent place to live if they want to be in or near a neighborhood that does not currently have an abundance of accessible housing? ... read more >
The Disability Vote Made History In 2000. In 2004, It May Do So Again
by Brewster Thackeray
No candidate for president would logically overlook one-fifth of the nation's voting-aged population. That massive slice of the electoral pie comprises the roughly 40 million Americans with disabilities who are 18 and over. Though not as cohesively identified nor traditionally courted as other minority groups, the disability vote is one that politicians ignore at their peril ... read more >
If You Don't Vote, You Don't Count
For people living with disabilities, the outcome of this 2004 Presidential Election is critical! In an effort to increase awareness and, as well, the impact of our vote as a Disability Culture, The Nth Degree is proudly offering products to promote "The Power of the Disability Vote" ... read more >
