Thirty years ago today, July 26, I was a little boy living in Asmara, Eritrea. I was living my life in the shadow of what would become a thirty-year armed struggle for independence from Ethiopia, with the safety and security of my family still under constant threat amid a near-daily cacophony of sound and vibration … Continue reading On the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
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Living While Deafblind in the Age of Coronavirus
There has never been a moment in my life like the current global public health crisis. Although I was born in a country during a long-running armed struggle for independence, in which countless lives and livelihoods were both destroyed and under constant threat, I have never witnessed anything like what the novel coronavirus has caused … Continue reading Living While Deafblind in the Age of Coronavirus
Brands are not human beings: a call for greater awareness
Recently, the CEO of National Beverage Corp., which makes La Croix soft drinks, compared people with disabilities to brands. More specifically: according to the BBC, the company's billionaire executive, Nick Caporella, said that taking care of brands is the same as taking care of disabled persons. "Brands do not see or hear, so they are … Continue reading Brands are not human beings: a call for greater awareness