July 2000 Issue

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One Final Act of Dignity

0n June 15th, citizens of Willmar honored three of its citizens buried anonymously at the regional treatment center by placing […]

In the past ten years, we have had noted successes and failures. It would be impossible to summarize all that […]

Disability, Handicap, Ablism, Disability Culture and Multi-culturalism As a teacher, June signals the end of another school year, a time […]

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 25 Years Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) , 10 Years This month, we are […]

Struggling with the System Imagine lying in a hospital bed struggling with a serious illness, questioning your own fate and […]

This issue of the paper is focusing on the 10th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA […]

Dear Nicole, My fiancé has a progressive disability. He was walking and his disability was “hidden” until recently when he […]

In a state-sponsored Demonstration Project for People with Disabilities (DPPD) “Partners Forum” held Wednesday, June 14th in St. Paul, the […]

You wouldn’t know it looking at her but Cary Zwolski is fighting Lupus every day of her life. Some days […]

Almost every waking moment, I hear a voice inside my head. Granted, you’re reading someone who has battled mental illness […]

Webster defines a “pass” as a “license or permit;” or, “the transfer of a (football) from one player to another,” […]

The December 10, 1990 edition of Access Press had an article on page 3 about the newly passed Americans with […]

As we prepare to celebrate the many strides that have been made in the last ten years with the passage […]