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Recommended Reading for December 24
7 hours ago ago from FWD/Forward
Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language of varying intensity. * Arachne Jericho at Tor.com: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Fiction, Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , and Part 4 A survey of the tropes, stereotypes and more realistic portrayals of PTSD on the page and screen, from The West Wing to Lord of the Rings. * haddayr at no_pity: I ...
Related contentDoes Intellectual Disability Make a Difference in Autism?
17 hours ago ago from Astrid's Journal
Why is it that I and other autistic people without intellectual disabilities, are assumed not to think that intellectual disability makes a difference to an individual with autism? In fact, I have always said that it does make a difference: in a recent comment on Facing Autism in New Brunswick , I actually made it quite clear that, regardless of whether you view intellectual disability as part of autism or as a comorbid condition, there is no ...
Related contentNew Fathers research programme launched by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
20 hours ago ago from schoolsachieve
Scads fathers of children with information disabilities are not included in decisions affecting their child and are sidelined, according to the Foundation for the treatment of People with Learning Disabilities. To examine this further, the consideration has launched Recognising Fathers, a new research project to perceive the real and distressing issues faced by dads. The into, to last for 12 months, will learn from fathers: * The ...
Related contentFree Financial Service for Disability Community Speaks on Disability-Poverty Link
19 hours ago ago from JFActivist
Excerpt from the Florida Times-Union (12/9/09): Tour's stop in Jacksonville sheds light on link between poverty, disability Group raises awareness of link between the two By Kevin Turner Johnette Hartnett, director of research for the National Disability Institute, choked up on emotion while going through statistics before a group of about 100 listeners Tuesday morning at Jacksonville's Main Library. The statistics painted a clear ...
Related contentSidewalk Accessibility: "Perils For Pedestrians"
15 hours ago ago from Rolling Rains Report
Here's what happens when there is no room for people with disabilities even on the way to the inn. --The Coordinator of Research at the US Access Board explains how the Americans With Disabilities Act applies to sidewalks. --A lawyer in Barden v. Sacramento discusses the lawsuit, which determined that sidewalks are a government program covered by the ADA. --A plaintiff in Barden v. Sacramento describes the negotiations that led to the ...
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