Community Care Circles RE: COVID-19 pandemic
Our monthly Community Care Circles meet the 3rd Sunday of each month from 2-4 p.m via ZOOM.
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- Mar 26, 2020
- 2 min
Protect people with disabilities in the corona virus response
Together, let’s fight the attempts to further marginalize and neglect the disabled, chronically ill, and elderly.
- Mar 11, 2020
- 2 min
Inaccessible Polling Locations in Detroit and Dearborn
Yesterday, members of the People with Disabilities Voting Rights Coalition faced challenges at Detroit and Dearborn Polling locations.
- Feb 17, 2020
- 1 min
CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate Training hosted by Exceptional Academy
Exceptional Academy-Northville is hosting their second cohort this year. They are proving IT training to local people with disabilities.
- Feb 14, 2020
- 1 min
Dessa Cosma's Podcast Interview with Electablog
Detroit Disability Power, Executive Director Dessa Cosma gave a podcast interview as she provides her commentary on "Better ways to insult D
- Jan 31, 2020
- 1 min
See DDP’s oped about the Office of Disability Affairs in the Detroit Free Press
This year, we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ...
- Dec 21, 2019
- 2 min
The Campaign for an Office of Disability Affairs (Dec. update)
On November 5th, The Focus Group for People with Disabilities, made up of Warriors on Wheels for Metropolitan Detroit, the Collective for...
- Oct 20, 2019
- 1 min
How to Make Hearing Aids as Cool as Glasses
The F.D.A. is expected to issue those guidelines shortly, possibly as early as January. When it does, the world will change for millions...
- Oct 5, 2019
- 1 min
Disabled People Cannot Be “Expected Losses” in the Climate Crisis
Disabled people face disproportionate risks from climate change. Consider the impact of floods, hurricanes and other extreme weather...
- Sep 20, 2019
- 1 min
Workers with disabilities bring a range of strengths and assets to the job
Hiring people with disabilities makes for good business. A recent study from Accenture, in partnership with Disability:IN and the...
- Sep 20, 2019
- 1 min
Costco shooting: Family of man killed describes begging officer not to shoot
At an emotional news conference Monday, the parents of a man with schizophrenia who was shot and killed by an off-duty Los Angeles police...
- Sep 2, 2019
- 1 min
Gaelynn Lea
Gaelynn Lea won NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest in 2016, and she's been on the road ever since playing her unique mix of haunting original...
- Sep 2, 2019
- 1 min
Disability Justice, Caregiving, and Ableism
This summer, we worked with 2 Wayne State University interns, Candice Kwok and Pallavi Kurakula. They were enrolled in Rachel Dortin's...
- Aug 20, 2019
- 1 min
For Disability Activists, 3 Weeks In Oregon Is A Game Changer
Until she came to the U.S. this summer, Wendy Beatriz Caishpal Jaco had never been able to board a bus. Jaco, 29, uses a wheelchair,...
- Aug 20, 2019
- 1 min
Students of color with disabilities are being pushed into the school-to-prison pipeline, study finds
Exclusionary discipline practices in K-12 schools—suspension, expulsion and other disciplinary actions that take a student away from the...
- Aug 20, 2019
- 1 min
Detroit needs a reliable fund for affordable housing. Here's what council can do about it.
The Housing Trust Fund Coalition (HTFC), a group of advocates and nonprofit organization, urges Mayor Mike Duggan and the Detroit City...
- Aug 20, 2019
- 1 min
People With Disabilities Want To Help Make Over The Travel Industry
Gone on a trip lately? I did—last week. That’s when I realized that the travel industry is in what you might call the mullet stage of...
- Jul 15, 2019
- 1 min
Voter Turnout Surged Among People With Disabilities Last Year
Activists Want to Make Sure That Continues in 2020. When politicians are planning their outreach to various demographics ahead of the...
- Jul 15, 2019
- 1 min
Why People Are Rethinking The Words 'Crazy' And 'Insane'
The word "retarded" has fallen out of use as sensitivity to the disabled has grown. Now, a similar dynamic is beginning to play out...
- Jul 15, 2019
- 1 min
When Your Emergency Is a "Nuisance"
Cities are punishing tenants with disabilities and domestic violence survivors for calling for help. Original Article
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