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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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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Head Butting About Wiping Bottoms
"Let's face it, disability sucks!"
How many times have we, people living with disabilities, heard that statement—or a similar one—coming from the lips of some well–meaning person? Eager to show affinity, sympathy, empathy, they share instead their flawed perception of what it is like to live with a disability. How many times do we find ourselves speechless, unable to respond to a remark that insults the dignity in our identity as people with disabilities? Well, setting our manners aside, this is what most of us would really like to say... Continue reading
Insulin in Schools: A Child’s Right
We're so proud to share Insulin in Schools: A Child's Right, a film made by DREDF friends Barbara Wright and Jonathan Mahmoud.
As you may know, in 2013 the California Supreme Court ruled that state law permits school personnel to be trained to administer insulin. The Wright family was part of this long–fought battle in the courts that vindicated the rights of students with diabetes to get insulin quickly and without having to wait for a school nurse. Continue reading
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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