by Jolene | Jan 11, 2018 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
A Call to Defeat the ADA Education and Reform Act in 3 Short Months Dear Members of the United States House of Representatives and the Senate, To defeat the ADA Education and Reform Act is my only 2018 New Year’s Resolution. Though I’ve never been much for...
by Jolene | Jul 24, 2015 | Holidays, Special Needs Parenting
Happy 25th, Americans with Disabilities Act The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) turns 25 tomorrow. Government and civil rights organizations around the country will be celebrating the passage of legislation that did much to guarantee the rights and opportunities...
by Jolene | Jun 26, 2014 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Elevators, Bathrooms, and Car Trunks Elevators.Bathrooms.Car trunk. What could those three random items possibly have in common? As it turns out, quite a lot for my 1960s family that included a father who had multiple sclerosis (MS) and used a wheelchair. Dad’s...
by Jolene | Sep 3, 2010 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
In July, countless groups in the special needs community observed the twentieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The many commemorations made me think about my dad. By the time the act was passed, he’d been in a wheelchair 31 years. He’d...