People First: Empowering People With Disabilities Participating Blogs
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Want to empower? Learn what “People First” means
http://medicalpuzzle.com/2010/07/24/want-to-empower-learn-what-people-…
Simply writing a post is not raising awareness. You can only empower if you consider the person first.
Feeling Powerless, Yet Powerful!
http://rheumforgod.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/feeling-powerless-yet-powe…
Finding a sense of power despite a disability bringing feelings of powerlessness.
Special Needs Rant
http://sugarmagnolia70.blogspot.com/2010/02/special-needs-rant.html
Hate the term "special needs"....really, don't we all have special needs?
Compulsive Buying Disorder. Okay, Laugh
http://rimtailing.blogspot.com/2010/07/compulsive-buying-disorder-okay…
Compulsive buying is a compelling urge to keep on buying products or services in self-destructive ways. It sounds like an excuse for excess, but many mental health professionals recognize it as a genuine disorder, and businesspeople can help empower suffe
Why Focus on the Can'ts?
http://abrokenlaptop.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/why-focus-on-the-cants/
There are so many things that people with disabilities can do, so why focus on what they can't?
An Encouragement
http://i-likenoodles.blogspot.com/2010/07/empowering-people-with-disab…
I may not be disabled but i know what it feels like being stared at and being ridiculed by others. If there's something I would want to say to people with disabilities, I'd tell them this:
Overcoming Disability with Music
http://compositionalendeavor.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/overcoming-disab…
This is a post about living with Cerebral Palsy, and using the power of the piano to strengthen myself.
Bloggers Unite to spread the word
http://www.aclosetwriter.com/2010/07/bloggers-unite-to-spread-word.htm…
Reaching out and around to spread the word about Morgan's Wonderland
Blog Accessibility
http://rodrigueztwins.blogspot.com/2010/07/blog-accessibility.html
Many folks with vision impairments use screen readers rather than monitors to interact with their computers, including when they access the internet. In this post, two bloggers, one sighted, one blind, talk about what bloggers can do to make their blogs m
I'm Disabled not Unable...its a difference!
http://uniquelyvee.blogspot.com/2010/07/im-disabled-not-unableits-diff…
I have a wheelchair to assist me not to define me.
People First
http://munciemenn.blogspot.com
I went through life wanting to work with special needs, and found myself as the mother of a little girl with special needs.
My Journey With Autism
http://pastormarthaswords.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-journey-with-autism.…
a mom's reflection about the blessings her daughter shares living with autism
Temporarily Disabled - A Good Lesson
http://atmysoiree.blogspot.com/2010/07/temporarily-disabled-good-lesso…
What using a cane taught me about people's treatment of the disabled.
“Treat College Like a Job:” The Sanitization of Disability by Disability Services Providers
http://dog.huggardlee.net/Treat_College_Like_A_Job
A look at how disability service providers try to "sanitize" the concept of disability to cover up their discomfort with the concept of disability.
Peer Support
http://uppity-crip.blogspot.com/2010/07/peer-support.html
About the value of peer support (DUH!)
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People First: Empowering People With Disabilities
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On July 24, 2010, BloggersUnite is asking bloggers and writers around the world to use their voices to raise awareness about empowering people with disabilities. One in every five Americans is affected by a disability. This means that approximately 54 million people in the U.S. alone are working everyday to gain greater independence and create new possibilities for themselves. Within the United States, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has done much to eliminate the barriers and discrimination people with disabilities have faced for so long. Yet, about three quarters of adults with disabilities are unemployed--even though most would prefer to be working. And, internet access for people with disabilities is about half of what it is for those without disabilities. Clearly there is still a lot of work to be done if we want people with disabilities to be truly empowered! Please join BloggersUnite in supporting people with disabilities and the groups who work to empower them by raising awareness. Let people know that despite major gains more needs to be done to ensure that people with disabilities enjoy the same access to resources and opportunities as those without disabilities. Getting involved is easy. So act now! If you have any questions about this event or would like to be an event partner, email Jason at jason@blogcatalog [dot] com.