Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hiring Technology and Disability Discrimination
ID: Photo of a woman facing a laptop screen. Her face is being scanned by a mock-up of AI technology being projected on her face. “People...
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Sep 301 min
Created Equal: Polling locations are largely inaccessible for disabled voters in metro Detroit. Why?
ID: A person using a walker tries to navigate steps through a doorway at a Detroit polling location. “Dessa Cosma from Detroit Disability...
Sep 301 min
Barrier Free Futures: Eric Welsby, Advocacy Director at DDP
ID: Screenshot of Barrier Free Futures interview of Eric Welsby. Play button says 28 minutes and 49 seconds. Date says 8/24/2024. Eric...
Sep 301 min
Detroit’s LOVE Building hosts grand opening with four days of community events
ID: Photograph of The Love Building with people walking around. The sky is clear, sunny, and blue. “We’re excited to formally welcome the...
Sep 301 min
A Look into Voting with Disabilities
Image Description: Screenshot of ideo interview by CBS News Detroit’s Shaina Humphries and guest Dessa Cosma, DDP’s Executive Director. ...
Aug 11 min
People with Disabilities Gather in Ferndale for Resources, Ice Cream, and Visibility
ID: Photo of Kaci and NaJee, DDP staff members. “Kaci Pellar and Najaree Nixon staffed [DDP’s] booth, which offered resources on voting...
Aug 11 min
Disabled Voters Face Extra Obstacles to the Ballot Box
ID: Photo of an accessible voting booth. “‘That made me very uncomfortable, because it’s a vulnerable position to be in—there is no way...
Jul 181 min
DanceAbility at the Detroit Institute of Arts Museum Local 4
ID: Screenshot of Local 4 live interview Local 4 Interviews Detroit Disability Power’s DanceAbility facilitator Cara, and DDP Member...
Jul 171 min
Deputy Mayor Bettison and Detroit’s Office of Disability Affairs (ODA) host first Disability Pride celebration & flag raising
ID: Angelic Boyer, Council Member Fred Durhal, III, Deputy Mayor Todd Bettison, ODA Director Christopher Samp, CRIO Director Anthony...
Jul 171 min
Detroit police precincts using lasso-like restraints: What to know
ID: Photo of a Bola Wrap restraining device. Detroit is equipping more of its police precincts with lasso-like restraints to defuse...
May 302 min
How Disabled Voters Are Accessing Democracy
ID: While legal battles may offer longer-term solutions to the barriers facing disabled voters, other organizing efforts are focused on...
Apr 261 min
Churches Don’t Have to Be Accessible. That’s Bad News for Voters.
ID: An altered image of a church steeple in red and blue. An accessibility symbol to the right of the church. Mother Jones; Unsplash;...
Apr 185 min
Elections Have Gotten More Accessible for Disabled Voters, but Gaps Remain
ID: Signs directing voters at a Phoenix library serving as a polling location during the state’s presidential preference election in...
Apr 171 min
Nixon, Pellar: Detroit City Council must boost disability funding
ID: An accessibility sign on a glass wall. A woman pushing a small child in a stroller in the background. On April 1, the annual public...
Apr 171 min
What’s in Michigan’s push to expand voting rights
ID: A Detroit Disability Power canvasser registers an elderly resident to vote while knocking doors in Detroit’s Core City Neighborhood....
Apr 31 min
Disability justice groups demand more resources in Detroit’s budget
ID: An accessible parking symbol painted on the concrete. More than 128,000 Detroiters – or one out of five residents – have at least one...
Apr 31 min
Detroit Disability Power to Host Anti-ableism Workshop for Media Makers
ID: ID: A birds-eye view of the Michigan Science Center in Detroit. Detroit Disability Power is hosting the Anti-Ableism 101:...
Mar 132 min
Equitable Poll Access Workshops: March, April, May, and June
ID: Flier for Equitable Poll Access All About the Questionnaire Used to Conduct Accessibility Audits on Thursday March 14th at 4 to 5 pm....
Mar 61 min
Which cops should patrol Detroit's buses? Reports outline assaults, rage incidents
ID: Riders board a Detroit Department of Transportation bus at the Rosa Parks Transit Center The Detroit Police Department plans to take...
Mar 61 min
Visit Detroit: Disability Inclusive Activities In Metro Detroit
Minding Our Media was listed in this post by Visit Detroit! "Detroit Disability Power: Multimedia Club-Minding our Media Minding Our...
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