Daily achive for November 12th, 2006
Veteran’s Day….
Did you know that the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) is one of the oldest and strongest disability advocacy groups in the United States?
Disability continues to be a byproduct of the current war in Iraq and Afghanistan (for both native civilians and our armed forces). I’ve been reading that veterans of the [...]
Posted on Sun 12 Nov 2006 by Carol in category Disability News, Hearing Loss/Deafness, Veterans
Governor-Elect Deval Patrick!
Governor-elect Deval Patrick has an ambitious, comprehensive, and important agenda for disability issues. We congratulate him and look forward to working with him and his administration to continue to promote accessible communities and universal access and design statewide!
Also check out Jeff Migliozzi’s column on civic lessons, disabilities and the recent election in this [...]
Posted on Sun 12 Nov 2006 by Carol in category Disability News
Accessible voting . . .
The WCOD wants to know about your experiences at the polls this past Tuesday. How accessible and how accomodating were the polling locales where you voted? Do you have feedback on things can be improved? Please drop us a line with your stories. Thanks!
The November issue of the AccessLetter—newsletter of [...]
Posted on Sun 12 Nov 2006 by Carol in category Disability News