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      I Love Working With People With Disabilities, But Lack of Federal Funds Makes My Job Harder

      Our elected leaders need to start investing in people with disabilities and the organizations that support them.

      Monique St. Clair
      May 26, 2023

      I was teaching a class on personal finance to my students with disabilities when I read the story about the ant and the grasshopper. While the ant was busy putting food away for the winter, the grasshopper laid out to enjoy the beautiful day. Finally, when winter arrived, the ant had plenty to eat, but the grasshopper was starving.

      I asked my students why the grasshopper wasn't prepared and, much to my enjoyment, one of my students responded, "He didn't have a calendar, so he didn't know winter was coming."

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      Judy Heumann, 'Mother of Disability Rights Movement,' Dies at 75

      "Disability only becomes a tragedy when society fails to provide the things we need to lead our lives—job opportunities or barrier-free buildings, for example," Heumann told one reporter.

      Julia Conley
      Mar 06, 2023

      Disability rights advocates were joined by labor leaders, progressive politicians, and other advocates for justice on Monday in mourning the death of influential activist Judy Heumann, who began decades of advocacy work fighting for employment as a teacher and was credited with paving the way for numerous federal laws to protect people with disabilities. She was 75 and died on March 4.

      Known as the "mother of the disability rights movement," Heumann's first experience with advocacy work came in 1970 after she was denied employment at a New York City public school, with the school citing her "paralysis of both lower extremities" as the reason and saying she would not be able to evacuate students and herself in case of a fire.

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      Khadija Ismayilova (Azerbaijan); Colin Gonsalves (India); Yetnebersh Nigussie (Ethiopia); and Colin Gonsalves (USA)

      Amid 'Alarming Setbacks,' Right Livelihood Winners Embody Vision of Better World

      While democracy suffers at hands of the global elite, this year's winners show humanity "way forward towards a just, peaceful and sustainable world for all."

      Jon Queally
      Sep 26, 2017

      The winners of the 2017 Right Livelihood Awards--often referred to as the Alternative Nobel Prize--were announced in Stockholm, Sweden on Tuesday in order to honor and reward the dedication and positive impact from this year's four recipients: Khadija Ismayilova from Azerbaijan, Robert Billot from the United States, Yetnebersh Nigussie from Ethiopia, and India's Colin Gonsalves.

      The four winners this year join 170 previous laureates from 69 different who have received the award since it was established in 1980. According to the Right Livelihood Award Foundation, which administers the prizes, recipients are recognized for offering "visionary and exemplary solutions to the root causes" of serious problems facing their communities and the world.

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