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Why Accessible Housing Still Feels Out of Reach
For almost forty years, cities that accept HUD funding have been required, by law, to ensure their new affordable housing units are accessible to disabled people. In theory, this means disabled people have the right to safe and independent living. However, the enforcement of this law often doesn’t happen locally. A 2020 report from Apartment…
The Weight of Thinking I’m Too Much
Yesterday, I saw a post on social media by Andrew Gurza, who also has cerebral palsy. He mentioned that he wants to put that he’s a bestselling author on his social media page. He was worried “that it would look like too much.” Reading that post made me think about how I feel like I…
The Slow Unraveling of Independence
Across the country, disability advocates are concerned. Programs that help disabled people are falling apart. Earlier this year, Kansas ended the Money Follows the Person program. This is one example of a bigger trend nationally. States are either cutting programs or postponing efforts to support home and community-based living. Often they say this is because…
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