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Opinion: An Accessible Chance for American Leadership
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 2) -- With the twists and turns of international relations, opportunities for American leadership can seem few and far between. But as we mark International Day of Persons With Disabilities on Friday, there is an opportunity for our nation to lead the world again in the area of civil rights -- this time for the world's 650 million people with disabilities. We have made great progress over the past few decades in advancing the rights of people with disabilities -- and the United States has been a role model for many of these advances. The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) is one of ...
The American Disabilities Act, and a Fall That Opened My Eyes
By Alison Fairbrother - Politics DailyWhen Adam described his fall, it sounded like something out of the opening sequence of a "House" episode. Walking along Sixth Avenue eating a falafel out of wax paper, he suddenly lost control of his muscles and tumbled to the ground, writhing around in unbelievable pain, scattering bits of pickle and lettuce through the street among stunned onlookers. Ten long seconds later, he got up and walked away, feeling thoroughly humiliated. Adam, a relative whose name I have changed to protect his privacy, has a recently diagnosed neurological condition that is chronic but controllable. As a result ...
Opinion: When Two 'Rights' Make a Wrong
By Charles Redner - AOL News(July 26) -- Can two "rights" make a wrong? When President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans With Disabilities Act on July 26, 1990, it probably wasn't apparent that the law prohibiting discrimination against some 43 million Americans who have a physical or mental disability would clash with minimum wage laws. However unintentional, it does. Jack Scholnick, a Rio Rico, Ariz., resident and father of a daughter born with Down syndrome was angry -- angry enough to begin writing another newspaper op-ed. Jack is a tyrant when it comes to advocacy for the disabled. What had his blood boiling ...
Opinion: 20 Years Ago, Disabilities Came Out of the Shadows
By Anne Ford - AOL News(July 26) -- Seventeen years before the Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted, I heard the words "learning disabilities" for the first time. My daughter Allegra was diagnosed with severe LD, which affected every aspect of learning and created enormous challenges with friendship and social skills. Her disability became a looming presence in our family, always there, always influencing our lives in both small and large ways. My life became consumed by it, with time devoted to doctors, testing services, tutors, pediatricians and neurologists, and, equally important, with time taken from ...
Barack O'Clock: Campaign Finance Reform, Americans With Disabilities Act Anniversary
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyThe prez gets a late start on Monday, July 26: After daily briefings with advisers, Obama will make a statement on the Senate campaign finance reform vote. He'll then sit down with Reps. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Jim Langevin (D-R.I.) and Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and proceed to the South Lawn to make remarks on the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Here's what's on tap: 1:00 p.m. -- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. 1:15 p.m. -- The president receives the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. 1:45 p.m. -- Meets with senior advisers in the Oval ...
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