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Can you believe it already the end of September?
The Vibrating Square: Respect (Sent in by The Untoward Lady)
But it’s not about intent. It’s not even about the very real impact that such language has on people like me. It’s not even about the fact that what you said is hurtful.
Brilliant Mind Broken Body: After the Separation (Glad you are well again and home, Kali)
But I went through 2 1/2 days of my service dog not wanting to have anything to do with me, and that was their fault for separating us. I went through more pain at the hospital, I was alone, and I had to deal with days of my service dog ignoring me. If it weren’t for them, all I would have had to deal with last week was a nasty stomach virus.
The Consumerist: Continental Sorta-Apologizes For Not Allowing Service Dog On Flight
Jessica says Continental offered her a couple of coupons to make good — one for 10 percent off of a flight and another for a free drink. She says she’ll need to give them to a friend because she’s given up on flying for the time being.
Disability Rights California: The California Memorial Project
The perfect last day of a California summer drew a collection of advocates, supporters and community representatives to the Stockton Rural Cemetery. The gathering honored hundreds of people who had died anonymously while residing in the Stockton State Hospital, established in 1851 as the state’s first “asylum” and closed in 1996.
World-famous singer-songwriter and UN Messenger for Peace Stevie Wonder called on the international community to take action to enhance accessibility for all those with physical disabilities. Speaking at the opening of the annual meetings of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Assemblies on September 20, 2010, he challenged delegates to conclude an agreement on improved accessibility to copyright protected works by visually impaired persons (VIPs) within a year.