Since the election of Donald J. Trump to a second term, there has been heightened anxiety about what this means for the disability community. Indeed, many argue that Trump’s policies during his first term do not bode well for disabled Americans. Others have cited Trump’s recent rhetoric, in which he called VP Kamala Harris “mentally … Continue reading No “America First” without disabled Americans
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On the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
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