On Air Today: Celebrating the Americans with Disabilities Act, After 35 Years

On Air Today: Celebrating the Americans with Disabilities Act, After 35 Years

Saturday, July 26, the Disability Awareness Council is hosting an event to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Saturday’s event will run from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Public Library, with book signings, vendors offering cutting-edge accessibility tech, and a keynote speech by Dr. Rodney Coleman. Aaron welcomes Tim Miles and DaRice Johnson of the DAC to discuss Saturday’s e…

Positive impact launches advocacy drive on women with disabilities

By: Ewurabena Paha  A one year advocacy and sensitisation programme, spearheaded by the Disability and Social Development Advocacy Africa, also known as POSITIVE IMPACT, has begun at Enyinam in the Eastern Region to drive home the need for government to ratify the African Disability Protocol. At the launch of the programme, founder of DaSDA, Isaac Kwaku Wadi said, persons with disabilities especially women face several challenges including acces…

Documentary Highlights Ann Arbor’s Role in Disability Advocacy - Current Magazine

“Resilience Revealed” is an Ann Arbor-made documentary about the rights, struggles and progress made by people living with disabilities. It will be making its premier at the downtown branch of the Ann Arbor District Library on July 27. The man-made parts of the world were collectively designed with a series of presumptions, and without really […] The post Documentary Highlights Ann Arbor’s Role in Disability Advocacy first appeared on Current Ma…