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Making a Difference, Kiwanis and Special Games

Published on January 29th, 2010

It’s all about the kids

Fri­day, May 21, 2010, will be the 32nd edi­tion of the Kiwa­nis Spe­cial Games.  The Games are per­haps the Los Altos Kiwa­nis Club’s most impor­tant com­mu­nity ser­vice project.

Estab­lished by the Los Altos Kiwa­nis Club, the games are now pro­duced by all of the Kiwa­nis Clubs of  Kiwa­nis Divi­sion 34.  Well over 900 […]

January 29th, 2010 | Tags: competition, kids with disabilities, Kiwanis, Kiwanis Special Games, special games | Category: California, Disability Stories | Leave a comment
California Politics

Technology Bill of Rights for the Blind Introduced

Published on January 29th, 2010

National Fed­er­a­tion of the Blind Applauds Mea­sure To Ensure Blind Peo­ple Equal Access to Technology

Wash­ing­ton, DC (Jan­u­ary 27, 2010): Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today intro­duced the Tech­nol­ogy Bill of Rights for the Blind (H.R. 4533), which will man­date that all con­sumer elec­tron­ics, home appli­ances, kiosks, and elec­tronic office tech­nol­ogy pro­vide user inter­faces that are accessible […]

January 29th, 2010 | Tags: blind bill of rights, NFB, proposed legislation, technology | Category: California Politics, Disability Rights, Information Technology, National Affairs | Leave a comment
California

Oakland Settlement Includes People With Disabilities In Disaster Planning

Published on January 26th, 2010

News from the City of Oak­land and the CDR Member’s Exchange

OAKLAND, Calif. – In a set­tle­ment announced Jan­u­ary 21, 2010, by Dis­abil­ity Rights Advo­cates (DRA) and the City of Oak­land, Oak­land has agreed to adopt an emer­gency plan which incor­po­rates the needs of peo­ple with all types of disabilities.

His­tory and Need

The suit […]

January 26th, 2010 | Tags: CDR, Disability Rights, disaster planning, earthquake disasters, Oakland | Category: California, Disability Rights | Leave a comment
Disability Stories

A Voice I Respect

Published on January 4th, 2010

This morn­ing (Mon­day, Jan­u­ary 04, 2010) my NPR alarm radio sta­tion brought me an oral essay from a writer I had not heard before.  His name is Ben Mat­tlin and he is a writer who has a dis­abil­ity known as spinal mus­cu­lar atro­phy. It grad­u­ally and relent­lessly weak­ens muscles.

What impressed me almost right away was […]

January 4th, 2010 | Tags: Ben Mattlin, disabled, spinal muscular atropy | Category: Disability Stories | Leave a comment
California

Latest Disability Issues News

Published on January 3rd, 2010

As much as I might like to I don’t have the resources to keep read­ers up-to-date on all the impor­tant issues impact­ing Cal­i­for­ni­ans with dis­abil­i­ties. I can only tell you about some of those issues from time to time. Fol­low­ing are two bet­ter and timely […]

January 3rd, 2010 | Tags: advocacy, California, CDCAN, CDR, civil rights, Disability Rights | Category: California, Disability Rights | Leave a comment
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