It’s been a thing. It’s still a thing. Referring to a person as a person first is generally the accepted practice. But that depends on who you talk to and where you live. I personally [...]
The last few weeks have been challenging here in the upper mid-west. This is a good old-fashioned hard winter. Extreme cold, plentiful snowfall, and high winds have made life extremely [...]
We have all heard the phrase ‘Poverty discriminates’. In fact, the number of people with disabilities living in poverty is one out of 5. According to Disability Statistics Annual [...]
People who rely on a service animal to complete vital tasks will soon get some assurance. A bill aimed at penalizing those who misrepresent their pets as service animals for the purpose of [...]
Guillermo Robles; who is blind; uses screen-reading software to access the internet. This vocalizes websites’ visual information for users; but when trying to change his toppings while ordering [...]
Today is national Ed Roberts Day. Some of you may not know who Ed Roberts was or what he accomplished. Ed Roberts was born January 23rd, 1939 in San Mateo, California. He was like most young boys [...]
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most influential speakers of our countries history. In 1963, King When fighting for civil rights, Dr. King organized “The March on [...]
Sometimes we can get so busy with our lives that we forget about others. We live in communities with diverse demographics. The rich, and the poor. The young, and the old. For communities to [...]
Why are we always talking about sidewalks? Well, one thing I want to point out is that the sidewalk is only leading us to my next point. Dangerous cross slopes can make it difficult for someone [...]
Sometimes it seems like the smallest task is like climbing a mountain. For me, last week, my mountain was taking down the Christmas decorations and packing them away in the same box they came [...]
