At the end of 2013, I had the good fortune to visit Nepal as part of an exchange on disability and leadership. While I was in Kathmandu, I visited the Center for Independent Living - Kathmandu and discovered what an amazing crew they are. Before the earthquake, the CIL-Kathmandu was already doing very cool work in a very inaccessible environment. After the news of the earthquake,I could only imagine what it must be like for them and our sisters and brothers with disabilities now, so I checked in with CIL-K, and indeed they are working in an even more challenging environment.
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Category: Disability Rights
Celebrating Kitty Cone: 1944 – 2015
Long-time DREDF champion, staffer, and former member of the board of directors, Kitty Cone died at her home in Berkeley, California on Saturday, March 21, 2015. She was 70. Kitty was closely aligned with DREDF for nearly two decades, endorsing and supporting our use of law and policy as instruments for long-term reform.
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Banned from Bingo
Ann Clinton loves playing bingo, but her retirement community won't let her join her friends to play the game since she moved 
from an independent living apartment to the skilled nursing floor of the Redstone Village Continuing Care Retirement Community in Huntsville, Alabama. She has been excluded from bingo, which takes place on the independent living floor, because she is disabled.
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The Danger of Assisted Suicide Laws
Marilyn Golden's commentary on assisted suicide laws in response to coverage of Brittany Maynard's choice to move to Oregon where assisted suicide is legal in order to end her life due to terminal illness was featured on cnn.com.
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Service Animals in CA Restaurants – It’s the Law
DREDF Attorney Robert Borelle via Skype for CBS 13 Sacremento - "It's just another form of discrimination"
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