July 2002 Issue

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Top Disability Legislator Will Not Run Again

Next year, the disability community will be losing one of its strongest advocates when State Representative Kevin Goodno retires. Goodno, […]

Many writers wiser and better than I have written of the passing of Justin Dart, a leader of both human […]

With the passing of Justin Dart, we have lost another senior leader in the disability movement. There are few words […]

Prior to becoming the summer intern here at Access Press, I was introduced to the paper through the Department of […]

Women with disabilities face great challenges. Is access to appropriate information and services relating to breast health one of those […]

Did you know that in the United States alone, more than 8 million families include at least one parent that […]

Some years ago, a friend told me about a Navy procedure for passing cargo between ships at sea, and for […]

I’m not broken. There’s nothing wrong with me. Yes, I’ve been diagnosed with MS, depression, and bipolar disorder. Yes, it’s […]

“My agency wants to send someone over at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday night to put me to bed. But, I […]

For more than thirty years, Justin Dart was an uncommon leader of all people with disabilities. He believed the fight […]

Mary Ellen Tisdale, a local lawyer, was an activist in the disability community even before she found herself with chronic […]