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Sex Toys in Texas legal
You think this has nothing to do with disability? It does. People with disabilities are heavy users of sex toys because their bodies need extra or alternative means of stimulation. If they lived in Texas, they were forced to buy toys by crossing state lines or find an online store willing to break the law.
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Disability Pride Gone too far????
Miss Landmine: exploitation or bold publicity for the victims?
This article appeared in the Guardian on Tuesday April 22 2008 on p19 of the International section. It was last updated at 02:40 on April 22 2008.
In the realm of beauty pageants it is not the stuff of little girls’ dreams. Yet […]
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Walmart against PwCP - CP wins!!!
Forbes.com
April 17, 2008
Wal-Mart settles with applicant with disability
By Jim Salter
ST. LOUIS - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit filed
on behalf of a job applicant who claimed he wasn’t hired because he has
cerebral palsy, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Thursday.
Steven J. Bradley Jr. of Hardin in northwest Missouri applied for a […]
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Women: is it okay to use your body to get what you want?
I was thinking about this while watching the Big Give. This woman Brandi is a contestant on the show and she’s a former beauty queen, but not at all the diva I expected. She knows, I think, that her body makes men do things or want to do things for and to her, not to […]
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Your Favorite Words!
Here are a few of mine:
Tintinnabulation
Onomatopoeia
Erstwhile
Lasagne
Irk
Flautas
Kangaroo
Persnickety
Margarita
Daft
What are some of your favorite words?
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Join me in a Boycott!!!!!
I have decided that the disability community should boycott Yahoo Answers. There are a multitude of sections where people can ask questions related to specific areas of concern. There is a section called “people with disabilities.”
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Is it just me?
After the horrendous “computer week” I had last week, I decided to create this blog to see if I truly am the only person who receives a blank look and (what has become the worst phrase in the English language for me) “It is not supposed to do that.” when I tell a support technician […]
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Funny or Offensive?
I say FUNNY!
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ADAPT Birthday Celebration
Are you going???
Interested in sharing a room? (They are $200 a night no matter how many people are in them.)
Interested in sharing transportation? (Part way- the whole way?)
Interested in just hooking up?
Post it here and see what happens!
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Thoughts of a rising business woman with a speech impairment
I used to record my outgoing answering machine message myself and I used to leave messages for people who were not familiar with my speech pattern, however as I’ve gotten more involved in the business world over the last year I’ve decided that that’s maybe not such a good idea.
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