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What It Takes to Fly
Flying is meant to be a normal aspect of life in the modern world. Millions of people take flights every single day. For me and many others who have a disability, flying is not an easy experience. It is something that causes a great amount of stress and anxiety. My last flight was in 2016.…
Accessibility Meets Reality
CW: Discrimination The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), is a significant civil rights law passed in 1990, helps ensure equal access to public businesses for disabled people. Most business owners are supportive when it comes to accessibility. Nevertheless, an increasing number of small business owners are expressing concerns that the increase in ADA lawsuits presents…
Growing Older Even When the Odds Say You Won’t
CW: Death Getting older was never something that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities could take for granted. Instead, their lives were often cut short by the fact that the world around them didn’t really work for them, either because it didn’t understand them, or because it simply didn’t provide the most basic kinds of…
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