Since 2005, families and friends have been coming together to walk with the Brain Injury Alliance of Connecticut (BIAC). Each year hundreds of attendees come together to increase awareness about brain injury and show their support for BIAC. Join us … Continue reading
Category Archives: disability rights
In a letter from U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, and U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, to Mr. David Mastroianni, Connecticut Valley District Manager of the United States Postal Services, the lawmakers request that recent changes in accessibility to the … Continue reading
For Immediate Release People with disabilities will be rallying for access to services provided by the Seymour Post Office from 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, 2015, due to the Postmaster’s failure and refusal to provide equal access … Continue reading
The president and first lady will welcome a group of people with disabilities to the White House this week for a special dinner focusing on efforts to promote acceptance. The event Thursday evening will honor Special Olympics and its work … Continue reading
Manuel Silva has not let being a quadriplegic stop him from living life to the fullest and becoming a great dad. He and his wife, Kristine, said they are too busy raising their two boys, Jason, 14, and Daniel (Danny), … Continue reading
I’m not going to lie, my experience at UConn has been an inexorable, maladaptive struggle since I arrived last January. Masochistically subscribing to the pre-med track, I have sought to pursue a career that requires studying multiple difficult math and … Continue reading
Modeled largely after the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the convention has been ratified by 139 UN members. Within the U.S., which is home to an estimated 58 million Americans with disabilities, a burgeoning bipartisan coalition of human rights … Continue reading
Perhaps the biggest enemy of the American social insurance system is the anecdote: the Walmart shopper using food stamps to pay for King Crab legs, the mother who keeps popping out kids just to ensure the benefit checks don’t stop … Continue reading
The XL Center has modified interior doors so they take less force to open, lowered vending machines so they are easier to reach, altered bathroom fixtures, and lowered baby-changing stations to help settle a complaint that the building was not … Continue reading