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Proud Disabiltian Disability Pride Month By Shari Cooper
One definition of the word pride is consciousness of one’s own dignity. Given the definition, I’m happy to say, I’m a proud African American, Ohioan, and a Disabilitian. I know Disabilitian isn’t a word, but it is now in my book. As I celebrate Disability Pride Month, I think about what my disability has taught me. I can’t help but be filled with pride. If it wasn’t for this gift I recieved, I would not be who I am and be able to show others all the things I can do, despite my disability. I truly wouldn’t be the woman I am.
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The Olmstead Decision Twenty-Four Years Later Twenty-four years ago, Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson helped change the world for people with disabilities. Lois and Elaine, two women with psychiatric and intellectual disabilities, challenged their unjustified segregation in a Georgia psychiatric hospital in a lawsuit that reached the United States Supreme Court. In the 1999 landmark disability rights decision, Olmstead v. L.C., the Court ruled that unjustified segregation of people with disabilities violates the Americans with Disabilities Act and that people with disabilities have a right to receive services in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs.
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