http://www.4dwm.org/wordpress Network with other women with physical and speech impairments to discuss their lives Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:50:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!  From the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)  and other disability rights attorneys and advocates  Department of Justice Proposes Vast Changes in ADA Regulations    YOUR COMMENTS URGENTLY NEEDED!  Please forward this alert widely The deadline for comments is August 18, 2008.  TO SEE DRAFT COMMENTS, ... http://www.4dwm.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/07/29/action-needed-to-save-ada/ I read this in the online edition of The Raleigh News & Observer and wanted to share it here. "Serena's Song" is the world's first wheelchair-accessible hot-air balloon and was designed by a father for his daughter, who has cerebral palsy. The hot-air balloon offers ... http://www.4dwm.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/07/16/serenas-song/ Disabled teenagers allegedly told they were 'scaring off other customers' in salon By Lucy Cockcroft Last Updated: 9:46AM BST 09/07/2008 Three disabled teenagers who were allegedly "shooed" out of a beauty salon by staff who said they were "scaring off other customers" have accepted £4,500 in an out of court settlement. Amy Fox, 19, ... http://www.4dwm.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/07/09/two-teenagers-with-cp-in-uk-accept-settlement/ WASHINGTON - He thinks of her every time he gazes at the painting — a blazing orange sun she drew a few years after the tragedy. It is the only splash of color in his tiny K Street office and it gives him great joy, and a stab of sorrow. http://www.4dwm.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/06/29/money-ruling-a-remarkable-womans-legacy/ ADAWatch.org National Coalition for Disability Rights OPINION: As the ADA Amendments Act Moves In the House… The ADA Watch/NCDR Board and State Steering Committee has announced, in a show of unity with other disability organizations, its support of the ADA Amendments Act. http://www.4dwm.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/06/25/ada-restoration-act-is-not-what-we-need/ Yesterday, after reading this article in The New York Times, I was left wondering why in the world the U.S. Paralympics Committee formally filed a protest expressly requesting one of its own athletes be designated ineligible for the Beijing Games? Thank God for his mother! A Disabled Swimmer’s Dream, a Mother’s ... http://www.4dwm.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/06/20/kendalls-baileys-story/ The House is "marking up" the ADA Restoration Act, now named ADA Amendment Act, for the goal of passage in October 2008. DREDF has a great summary of the pros and cons of the compromise bill. Read their comments at http://dredf.org/programs/DREDF_ADARA_Memo_6_16_06_Final.pdf June 24th is national ... http://www.4dwm.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/06/18/action-on-ada-restoration-act-coming-up/ Okay! It is no secret – I dislike Utah. I lived in the state from 2001 – 2006, and a practicing Mormon or not, I could hardly stand it. I lived in four different cities. Being married in Utah, and a Mom On WheelZ in Utah merely cemented my discontent ... http://www.4dwm.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/06/16/response-to-speech-impairments-dependent-upon-location/ My friend Harriet died at age 50, Wednesday morning, June 4th. To read some memories and read some of her wonderful writings, go to www.cripcommentary.com/harriet. She was a beautiful writer and story teller. Her book, Accidents of Nature, is geared toward teen readers, but it is a ... http://www.4dwm.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/06/09/accidents-of-nature-by-harriet-mcbryde-johnson/   May 30, 2008 - 11:12PM By MIKE GOSSIE FREEDOM NEWS SERVICE Most kids have to learn to crawl before they can walk, but for 6-year-old Catherine Butler of Chandler, Ariz., who has cerebral palsy, crawling wasn’t that simple. But it just got a bit easier. “Before she started this treatment, she didn’t have the left-right ... http://www.4dwm.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/06/01/health-oxygen-therapy-helps-kids-with-cerebral-palsy/