The year is 1984. Spring break at Daytona Beach. Kevin Sullivan, a 24-year-old student at the University of North Dakota, studying to become a commercial pilot, dives into a 15-foot…
Tag: Amy Farrar
Repetitive Motion Disorders: the unseen disability - Part 1 of 2: Treatment, compensation "an uphill battle"
The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary defines “disabled” as “incapacitated by illness, injury or wounds.” Many of us, when we think of someone who has a disability, think of people who are…
Advocates in Poland wage war against issues of integration, accessibility
Fifty years ago, people with disabilities in the United States had many battles to fight, and were marginalized, isolated, and in many cases institutionalized, because their minds and bodies failed…
October 1999 Issue
Table of Contents Employment Survey: Research Shows America Benefits When People With Disabilities Work by Charlie Smith Program Provides Flexible Employment by Amy Farrar Editor’s Column by Charlie Smith Resource Guide Available by Jaime Becker The Key to…
August 1999 Issue
Table of Contents “Homechoice” Programs: Home Buying Made Easier for People with Disabilities by Amy Farrar “Options” for Independence by Jay Johnson Editor’s Column by Charlie Smith Human Rights Settlement Makes Yellow Pages…
June 1999 Issue
Table of Contents: Year in Review at Access Press by Charlie Smith Session in Review by Access Press Staff Disability Community Loses Friend by Charlie Smith IDEA ’97 Finalized by Sue Abderholden and Dixie…