Disability Rights

Vote YES on the CRPD!

December 03, 2012

TAKE ACTION: Support the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

 

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Is it over yet? A personal reflection on this Election season.

October 30, 2012

I don’t know about you all, but I am certainly starting to feel the wear and tear of the Election Year.Read More

Surrogates Discuss Education, Jobs for People with Disabilities at National Forum

October 04, 2012

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International Week of the Deaf - “Sign Bilingualism is a Human Right”

September 25, 2012

Lips.  Watching how letters are formed with the lips so that I can one day look at the lips of a person and know what they are saying.  I have spent hours as I grew up learning how to speRead More

Organizing for Disability Rights in Central and Eastern Europe

September 14, 2012

As a participant in the Professional Fellows Program “Citizens Legislative Advocacy in Minority Communities” sponsored by the U.S.Read More

Disability Policy and Advocacy – Learning from Each Other

September 07, 2012

Paraquad participated in the Professional Fellows Program “Citizens Legislative Advocacy in Minority Communities” sponsored by the U.S.Read More

I Love You. Lead On.

August 29, 2012

Those who knew Justin Dart say he had a way about him.Read More

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!

August 23, 2012

Paraquad is going to begin dedicating at least one blog post a month to relevant legal issues.  These blog posts will discuss various legal issues of importance to the disability community.&nbRead More

The Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities

July 20, 2012

On Wednesday, July 18, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was supposed to take up the ratification of the Read More

Olmstead: Thirteen Years Later, New Opportunities

June 22, 2012

It has been thirteen years since the Supreme Court announced the groundbreaking Olmstead decision.  On June 22, 1999Read More

 

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