Articles+and+Clips


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[|Asperger's: My life as an Earthbound alien] One CNN manager recently learned -- at 48 -- that she has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism. Today she shares an inside view of life with the condition.


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[|Mobility International USA] Travel abroad and learn more about culture and disability. For youth 18-24. This year's travel is to Costa Rica. Oh, to be young again!

[|Brain-damaged woman at center of Wal-Mart suit] On CNN.com.

[|Blind Ugandan boxer taking the sport by storm] AFP via GoogleNews.


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[|Kevin Connolly] A photographer and his exhibit: [|The Rolling Exhibit].


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[|Universities Considering Requiring Students to Disclose Mental Health Status] From The Arizona Republic: Arizona State University may make students disclose their mental-health histories as part of an effort to improve campus safety in the wake of deadly shootings at other universities. Posted on Disability Nation.

[|Asylum's Renaming Insults Advocates] From the AP: It's an intriguing and provocative name that translates to Web hits, phone calls and tour tickets: the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, which is located in Weston WV. Posted on Disability Nation.

[|Army Blocks Disability Paperwork Aid at Fort Dunn] NPR's Morning Edition, January 29, 2008 Army officials in upstate New York instructed representatives from the Department of Veterans Affairs not to help disabled soldiers at Fort Drum Army base with their military disability paperwork last year. That paperwork can be crucial because it helps determine whether soldiers will get annual disability payments and health care after they're discharged.

[|Cool Running] by Nancy Gibbs Time Magazine, January 28, 2008 "It's a miracle that double amputee Oscar Pistorius can compete. Is it also unfair?"

[|How the News Media Handicap Those with Disabilities] by Susan M. LoTempio PoynterOnline, June 19, 2007 "Be careful with language, and avoid 'feel good' stories about overcoming disabilities. Here's an example."

[|Philip Scholz] Loyola College in Maryland - This brieft promotional article is linked to a rotating set of pictures from the home page of this college.

[|Rebuilding Bryan Anderson] By Brian Mockenhaupt Esquire, February 12, 2008 Two years ago, a bomb in Iraq took his legs and an arm. Now Bryan Anderson needs a hand that won’t break all the time when he’s skateboarding or, someday, holding his kids. And is it too much to ask that wheelchairs start looking a little cooler? As Anderson and other veterans push the technology, the technology responds.

[|Stephen Wiltshire] Stephen has autism and a photographic memory. This short video file (about 4 min) shows how after only a 45-minute helicopiter ride over Rome, he is able to draw a five-yard, panoramic landscape of the city in near perfect detail.

[|Walgreens Program Puts the ‘Able’ in Disabled] By Mika Brzezinski NBC News, July 2, 2007 Drugstore chain mainstreams handicapped workers at new S.C. facility Here's the same story on [|YouTube].

Why I Hate Tiny Tim An editorial from Mainstream Magazine by Willam G. Stothers, perfect for getting your disability perspective on for the holidays.