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When the Complaints Stop Coming Back
CW: Discrimination Felicita Piñón is an eighth grader living with cerebral palsy. In 2024, Felicita wanted to join a cheerleading team at her middle school in Crowley, Texas, but her mother, Liz Piñón, learned that the school wasn’t willing to provide accommodations. She felt like that was discrimination. Piñón knew that there were other nearby…
For Disabled Americans, This Section 504 Ruling Is Personal
To many people, a decision by a federal judge on Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act seems esoteric, a matter of law. But for disabled people such as myself, this is personal. I have cerebral palsy, and I’ve lived in my own apartment for the last six years. Living in my own home and being…
Who Will Care for Them?
CW: Filicide & Death For a parent of a child with an intellectual or developmental disability (IDD), there have probably been moments where they have wondered: What will happen to my child when I’m gone? Members of Ireland’s parliament were recently discussing the reality faced by aging parents of adults with IDD. Independent TD Seamus…
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