Disability Rights
People with disabilities are fighting for the right to participate equally in society, to be included in schools and in the workforce, and to have their lives valued as highly as anybody else's. These articles deal with the fight for disability rights, from the ADA to the protest against "Million Dollar Baby."
What Is the Americans With Disabilities Act?
Learn about the law that requires organizations accepting public funds to make their buildings and their programs accessible to people with disabilities.
Learn about the law that requires organizations accepting public funds to make their buildings and their programs accessible to people with disabilities.
Special-Needs Advocacy: Seven Ways to Get Involved
Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee and the mother of a baby with Down syndrome, said in her convention speech that she will be a friend and advocate for families of children with special needs. But you don't have to take to the national stage to do special-needs advocacy. There are things you can do right now, in your school or community, with your pen or your pocketbook, that …
Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee and the mother of a baby with Down syndrome, said in her convention speech that she will be a friend and advocate for families of children with special needs. But you don't have to take to the national stage to do special-needs advocacy. There are things you can do right now, in your school or community, with your pen or your pocketbook, that …
Books on Disability Rights
Parents of children with disabilities have a particular responsibility to learn about issues surrounding disability rights and not only make sure those rights are respected, but fill their children with an appreciation of their own value and strength. These books give a good introduction to the challenges faced by the disabled in today's society and their fight to be respected rather than pitied.
Parents of children with disabilities have a particular responsibility to learn about issues surrounding disability rights and not only make sure those rights are respected, but fill their children with an appreciation of their own value and strength. These books give a good introduction to the challenges faced by the disabled in today's society and their fight to be respected rather than pitied.
Americans with Disabilities Act Marks 15th Year
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) marked its 15th year anniversary on July 26, 2005. Has it made good on its promise to broaden access to businesses, schools and jobs for the disabled? These 15 links give a range of information on ADA's successes and challenges.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) marked its 15th year anniversary on July 26, 2005. Has it made good on its promise to broaden access to businesses, schools and jobs for the disabled? These 15 links give a range of information on ADA's successes and challenges.
Is "Million Dollar Baby" Dangerous?
A look at the controversy surrounding the film, which some have accused of promoting euthanasia and unfairly depicting life with disabilities.
A look at the controversy surrounding the film, which some have accused of promoting euthanasia and unfairly depicting life with disabilities.
Who Decides There's No Hope?: Euthanasia and Disabilities
The much-debated case of Terri Schindler Schiavo is at heart a disability rights issue. Do the cognitively impaired have rights? Can those rights be waived? Who decides when a life no longer has value? Parents of children with special needs, as caretakers of the helpless and voiceless, need to make sure their children's rights are being respected. Here's a look at the issues involved.
The much-debated case of Terri Schindler Schiavo is at heart a disability rights issue. Do the cognitively impaired have rights? Can those rights be waived? Who decides when a life no longer has value? Parents of children with special needs, as caretakers of the helpless and voiceless, need to make sure their children's rights are being respected. Here's a look at the issues involved.
Book Review: Forced Exit
Those advocating euthanasia promote it as a way to help someone who no longer wishes to live find release -- but does that help ever come in the form of a push? Wesley Smith presents disturbing evidence that what may start out as a humanitarian impulse can quickly turn into survival of the fittest.
Those advocating euthanasia promote it as a way to help someone who no longer wishes to live find release -- but does that help ever come in the form of a push? Wesley Smith presents disturbing evidence that what may start out as a humanitarian impulse can quickly turn into survival of the fittest.