Giving voice to all communities
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"So, in 2021, why as a disabled person am I still fighting for my rights?" Meyers said.
Activists are calling for organizers to make events accessible for the disabled community even as they go virtual.
A 14-year-old boy became the youngest athlete with Down Syndrome to complete a mini-triathlon after finding inspiration from his role model.
On the Netflix series "Special" and in podcasts and social media, fresh and candid insights about disabilities, dating, interabled relationships — and yes, sex.
"I would be lying if I said it was easy," she said.
Amy Bockerstette is the first person with Down syndrome to compete in a national collegiate athletic championship.
After the 17-year-old yelled at the cop for punching him in the head, the officer responded, "Don't make me hurt you more."
Ruby and her mom created Ruby's Rainbow to help other people with Down syndrome go to college.
In the Netflix documentary teenagers with disabilities who attended an upstate New York summer camp in 1971 would go on to become powerful leaders in the disability rights movement.
"You can tell the good of a government or a society about how they treat the most vulnerable members, and we're not doing so well right now," says Maria McFadden Maffucci, whose son has developmental disabilities.
