In this Reflections essay, Alida Boorn chronicles how her blindness shaped her path as an academic and independent historian. Continue Reading Empowered by Self-Determination
Category: ADA Turns 30
Rebuilding a Horrific Past after the ADA
The financial strains caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and proposed budget cuts to Medicaid threaten disability accommodations and services. Carlos A. Santiago argues the crisis is reminiscent of the New York City financial crisis of the 1960s and 1970s that significantly affected residents at the Willowbrook State School and exacerbated its harmful practices. Continue Reading Rebuilding a Horrific Past after the ADA