Disability Pride Month is a time to recognize the history, achievements, experiences, and struggles of people with disabilities. It affirms that disability is a natural and valuable part of human diversity—not a deficit or condition to be fixed. More than 1 in 4 adults in the United States—over 70 million people—have a disability. This month […]
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The Senate just passed the budget bill, and it’s bad. The bill includes:
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“My entire life, I have been proving people wrong about what I can do.”
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Voting is an essential part of our democracy and our right as citizens.
Too often, people with disabilities struggle to be able to vote.
Here are some (but not all) of the reasons that people ma...
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