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Defining disability pride: ‘I am who I am because of what I am’

July is a symbolic month for the disability community. On July 26, 1990, the transformative Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted, and in celebration of its 25th anniversary, New York…

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July 2021

Read more about the article Erasing hurtful words from NY law affirms humanity of disabled people

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Erasing hurtful words from NY law affirms humanity of disabled people

Words matter. Each letter sequence has a meaning attached to it, and sometimes more than one. So the phrase “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never…

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June 2021

Read more about the article Accepted in high school despite cerebral palsy, I expected the same in college. What went wrong?

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Accepted in high school despite cerebral palsy, I expected the same in college. What went wrong?

The idea of writing two five-page papers for separate courses in the same week began to erode my confidence. As I traveled the icy path from the Maxwell School in…

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May 2021

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Defining disability pride: ‘I am who I am because of what I am’

Erasing hurtful words from NY law affirms humanity of disabled people

Accepted in high school despite cerebral palsy, I expected the same in college. What went wrong?

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