In the United States, the rights of people with disabilities has not been an assured discussion for a very long time. In fact, the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) is only thirty years old. I can frankly remember the day I saw the news on the television. While I was still just eleven years old […]
Read More Thirty Years of ADAWhen we started June, those of us who agreed to publish in July, we connected out to some self-advocates. We got a lot of resounding agreement that this was necessary. Certainly many self-advocates have their own platforms, and there are ways other than a blog to get the information across. However, after our questions, some […]
Read More A U-turnFor each voluntary self-advocate, we provided several questions to help have them focus their answers about their education and experiences. Jacob Lewis is a self-advocate I’ve had the pleasure of reading a variety of his work. I was excited that he agreed to join us for July. -Renay H. Marquez A little about yourself (State […]
Read More Jacob Lewis, One Advocate VoiceWhen it was proposed that Inclusion From Square One have another publishing date, three months out, it wasn’t clear if all the consequences of returning to publish had been thought through. Tim and Renay were preparing for the end of the year activities in their respective districts while Amanda and Nicole were on the road […]
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