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Supported Employment Services Face Cuts
As the recession speeds along, some disturbing news out of Texas and Massachusetts where employment programs for people with disabilities are being forced to close due to budget cutbacks and shortfalls: Massachusetts budget cuts force closing: Neil Barry wrote a … Continue reading
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Asociatia Ihtis: Romanian Center for Independent Living Launches
Beth Kanter recently posted about the launch of Asociatia Ihtis, a Romanian Center for Independent Living which is launching a worldwide fundraising drive. They’re hoping to raise 1 Euro from 350,000 people to open Romania’s first Center for Independent Living. … Continue reading
Changes Afoot
It’s been a busy fall for us here at Active Gray Matter, and while that has limited our posts a bit, we are ramping up for an exciting December. We’ll be featuring a 31 day self-paced course for exploring self-employment … Continue reading
Change for People with Disabilities: Time to Email Obama!
Via Whose Planet Is It Anyway comes news of pending Autism legislation and an email campaign launched by Andrea Shettle for people with disabilities to engage with President Elect Obama on what our vision of change looks like: On November … Continue reading
Words Hit Cards Status
First, I want to thank everyone who has called or emailed in response to our Words Hit Like Fists card giveaway. 189 individuals and organizations have requested cards from all over the world! The response has far exceeded our expectations, … Continue reading
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10,000 More Reasons to Say Enough
You did it! As of this morning, more than 150 individuals and organizations had requested the free Words Hit Like Fists cards to educate people on use of the R word. Over 2,000 people have visited our site and read … Continue reading
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Words Hit Like A Fist Card Update
I wanted to thank everyone for the tremendous response to the Words Hit Like a Fist card giveaway! As of 8:45 pm tonight, we’ve had requests for 7,530 cards from 92 different individuals and organizations from as far away as … Continue reading
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Words Hit Web Graphics
Laura at Yet Another Never Updated Blog turned the Words Hit graphics into web graphics for everyone to use! I know a lot of folks would like to add these graphics to their MySpace or Facebook pages, so here is … Continue reading
Thunderous Fail
DreamWorks plans to release Tropic Thunder this week with no changes or cuts to a movie that disability advocates consider hateful and harmful: In a statement on Sunday, Chip Sullivan, a DreamWorks spokesman, said the movie was “an R-rated comedy … Continue reading
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Accessible Entrepreneurship
Via Via Autism Vox and Authentic Eccentric, a great story about Matthew Morreale’s micro enterprise, the Matthew James Co: Matthew Morreale, 24, could help answer a question that vexes advocates, politicians and parents of autistic children: Can we help these … Continue reading