@Dis_Muse

Disability history, the Becoming Helen Keller project, and how the long view helps to understand the present and shape the future.

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Special Olympics Calls Off World Winter Games In Russia disabilityscoop.com/2022/03/…

Special Olympics Calls Off World Winter Games In Russia

Special Olympics is canceling its upcoming World Winter Games as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Michael Muehe@brainbark10 Mar 2022
This. Facing breakdowns and s-l-o-w repairs, Mass. wheelchair users call for stronger state law wbur.fm/3HTEdTC via @WBUR

Facing breakdowns and slow repairs, Mass. wheelchair users call for stronger state law

Advocates argue Massachusetts offers fewer protections for wheelchair users than other states.

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HiddenValencia@HiddenValencia27 Feb 2022
Now available in #openaccess our chapter on digital humanities and disability history ‘Making disability visible in digital humanities. Blind street singers in early modern Valencia’ #digitalhistory #disabilitystudies #Valencia @HiddenCitiesEU @CdCienciaUV taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-e…
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NYC to Test No-Police Mental Health Crisis Response in Harlem nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ny…

NYC to Test No-Police Mental Health Crisis Response in Harlem

New York City police will stay out of many mental health crisis calls and social workers will respond instead in parts of northern Manhattan starting this spring, an official told lawmakers Monday....

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Who is “Worthy”? Deaf-Blind People Fear That Doctors Won’t Save Them from the Coronavirus newyorker.com/news/our-colum… via @NewYorker

Who is “Worthy”? Deaf-Blind People Fear That Doctors Won’t Save Them from the Coronavirus

Americans who cannot see and hear have been forgotten in the pandemic.

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@NPR10 Apr 2020
An activist who was on the frontlines of the AIDS epidemic hopes that history will inform today's coronavirus response: "We need to unify," he says, and "focus on testing and treatment for COVID-19 rather than dividing along political lines." trib.al/cyJKfIH
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Readers Choked Back Tears. Some Struggled to Keep Reading. We Understand. propublica.org/article/illin…

Readers Choked Back Tears. Some Struggled to Keep Reading. We Understand.

A day after our reporting, Illinois ended isolated seclusion of children in schools across the state. What happened? Children’s voices were heard.

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‘Transhumanist’ eternal life? No thanks, I’d rather learn not to fear death. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Opinion | ‘Transhumanist’ eternal life? No thanks, I’d rather learn not to fear death.

The idea that aging is not inevitable is now in the mainstream.

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Report: Characters With Disabilities ‘Marginalized’ In Kids’ TV, Movies disabilityscoop.com/2019/11/…

Report: Characters With Disabilities 'Marginalized' In Kids' TV, Movies

Characters with disabilities are largely missing from children's television and film and when they are shown, they're routinely portrayed as helpless, a new report finds.

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Hopkins Press@JHUPress23 Oct 2019
Today's @nursingclio reviews "The Pursuit of Parenthood," commenting on the modern-day implications that stem from the complicated history of fertility treatments: nursingclio.org/2019/10/23/i…

In Vitro Fertilization: From Science Fiction to Reality to History

It was not that long ago that “test tube babies” only existed in science fiction. I remember my shock when, in 2007, one of my students at Wellesley College told me that she was an IVF (in vitro fe…

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Most States Failing To Meet Requirements Under IDEA disabilityscoop.com/2019/07/…

Most States Failing To Meet Requirements Under IDEA

Fewer than half of states are meeting their obligations to properly serve students with disabilities, the U.S. Department of Education says.

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Opinion | Americans in the age of Trump: Less tolerant --About rhetoric pollution, Jennifer Rubin, washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Opinion | Americans in the age of Trump: Less tolerant

It's not religious liberty but bigotry Trump promotes

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BBC News - Yoga Day: Thousands of Indians celebrate the day bbc.com/news/world-asia-indi…

Yoga Day: Thousands of Indians celebrate the day

PM Narendra Modi, a yoga enthusiast, led the celebrations, hosting an event in Jharkhand state.

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ABLE Accounts Slow To Catch On disabilityscoop.com/2019/06/… #disabilities #specialneeds

ABLE Accounts Slow To Catch On

New data is prompting questions about the sustainability of a recently-established program that allows people with disabilities to save money without jeopardizing their government benefits.

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Thanks To Assistive Technology, TV Now Eye Controlled disabilityscoop.com/2019/06/… #disabilities #specialneeds #assistivetechnology #Comcast

Thanks To Assistive Technology, TV Now Eye Controlled

Comcast is making it easier for people with disabilities to watch TV with new technology that allows individuals to control their remote using eye-gaze or sip-and-puff assistive technology.

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History News Network@myHNN10 Jun 2019
Women Have Fought to Legalize Reproductive Rights for Nearly Two Centuries @lmacthompson1 outlines women's hard fought journey for reproductive rights and how that history relates to contemporary abortion legislation. historynewsnetwork.org/artic…
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‘I understand exactly who he is’: Moms discover they share autism with their children wapo.st/2ItAWgW?tid=ss_tw&ut…

‘I understand exactly who he is’: Moms discover they share autism with their children

Such a revelation sheds light on how the disorder affects females differently from males.

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Why the Guardian is changing the language it uses to describe abortion bans theguardian.com/world/2019/j…

Why the Guardian is changing the language it uses to describe abortion bans

New style guidance encourages editors to avoid medically misleading terms like ‘heartbeat bill’ in reference to restrictive abortion laws sweeping the US

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Movie Starring Actor With Down Syndrome Coming To Theaters disabilityscoop.com/2019/06/…

Movie Starring Actor With Down Syndrome Coming To Theaters

A feature film headed to theaters later this summer stars an actor with Down syndrome alongside a pair of Hollywood A-listers and it's backed by some big names in the disability community.

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Nation’s Schools Serving More Students Under IDEA disabilityscoop.com/2019/06/…
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