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Access Press is celebrating its 25th Anniversary! Congratulations are in order – and thanks! So also is this post which I hope is redundant for many regular readers of this monthly treasure trove of information about the disabilities community. Continue Reading
For some riders, the newest batch of train cars on Metro Transit’s Blue Line light rail route between Minneapolis and Bloomington might be an upgrade.
Hundreds of people rallied at the Capitol Monday (March 3) to urge lawmakers to pass the “Safe and Supportive Schools Act” — also known as the anti-bullying bill.Chief author of the bill, Sen. Scott Dibble (DFL-Minneapolis), says things are going well this year. A similar measure failed to pass in 2013. Dibble says this year’s version of the bill has some small “tweaks” and defines things better.“I’m interested in a bill that functions well so that young people can be safe and protected in their schools and I think we’re getting a really good bill together.”The School Board Association has not been supportive of the anti-bullying bill. Dibble didn’t say if the tweaks he’s made to the bill means they will support it. However, he says that some school organizations that were not in favor of the bill may support it now.Dibble said that after the rally, many of the young people who attended were planning on visiting lawmakers face-to-face “to tell their stories about what the reality and the truth is in their lives and why they need a change so they can be safe from bullying in their schools, so they don’t have to make that choice on a daily basis: ‘Do I be safe today, or do I go to school?’”In a press release, Dibble described why the legislation is needed:“Over 11 percent of all kids are bullied weekly; over 30 percent (say) they’re viewed as different. Continue Reading
I am a Jewish woman who uses a wheelchair and I have a difficult time getting to my synagogue in Minnetonka for Shabbat Services. I’m also a member of the Board of Trustees. Continue Reading
Though bullying is gradually declining in Minnesota, more than 40 percent of students still report some type of bullying in public schools.
Sticks and stones, right? Not so much with the “R-word,” which has speared an education initiative to help promote inclusivity for the developmentally disabled.
During the next few weeks Twin Citians will enjoy an unprecedented opportunity to view and read about the lives and media triumphs of people with disabilities – and how their stories are told in the media. Continue Reading
“You probably noticed what’s different about me,” I said to a group of second and third graders this weekend. Their Unitarian-Universalist Sunday School class is celebrating differences this quarter, and I was invited to talk to them about my difference. Continue Reading
Here’s a challenge: Get people who traditionally lack power — the poor, immigrants, people of color, the disabled — into positions of power.
Coming to the club I arrive in a hybrid/Blow the brains out, now the mind’s undecided/When I’m pullin’ up, they attention undivided/You ain’t robbin’ me and I ain’t Batman’s sidekick.Rick Ross? Two Chains? Ludacris? Lil’ Wayne? Nope, it’s none of the above. Continue Reading