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A bit of reassurance
Mindy RhigerIn general I tend to be ambivalent about art or social commentary that singles out people with disabilities or differences. It isn’t easy to create a statement that doesn’t feel like...
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Inequality in disaster recovery
Steve Fletcher As Xcel Energy crews diligently work to restore power after the weekend’s storms, I can’t help but reflect on the similarities and differences between the recovery response this weekend...
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Kairos Alive! focuses on inclusive, intergenerational dance theater
KFAI Radio Kairos Alive! is an inter-generational dance group that welcomes people from all ages, all backgrounds and all abilities. KFAI producer Dixie Treichel has more. [Audio below]Kairos Alive!...
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Play for all in Minneapolis: Minnehaha's new universal access playground
Rebekah Peterson My Broadsheet Wednesday afternoon, Park Board commissioners, Falls 4 All committee members, donors, and other members of the community gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of the...
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Touchstone Mental Health brings a holistic approach to the care of mental...
Rebekah Peterson My Broadsheet Touchstone Mental Health Rising Cedar Apartments is a new living and wellness building in Seward that is designed to help people living with mental illness overcome...
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Super Dogs: Can Do Canines unleashes 18 service pups to Minnesota homes
Sarah Asp Olson OK, let’s be real, SWDers: In your eyes, your pooch is a superhero. But when it comes to true super-canine powers, the highly trained assistance dogs comin’ out of Can Do Canines have...
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Twin Cities rapper sets out to prove he's not a disabled rapper, but a rapper...
Insight News Coming to the club I arrive in a hybrid/Blow the brains out, now the mind's undecided/When I'm pullin' up, they attention undivided/You ain't robbin' me and I ain't Batman's sidekick.Rick...
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Getting people who speak for the powerless into positions of power
Cynthia Boyd MinnPost Here’s a challenge: Get people who traditionally lack power — the poor, immigrants, people of color, the disabled — into positions of power.That’s the goal of Nexus Community...
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It's okay to notice
Mindy Rhiger“You probably noticed what’s different about me,” I said to a group of second and third graders this weekend. Their Unitarian-Universalist Sunday School class is celebrating differences...
View ArticleDocumentary premiers portray stories of the disabilities community
Mary TreacyDuring the next few weeks Twin Citians will enjoy an unprecedented opportunity to view and read about the lives and media triumphs of people with disabilities – and how their stories are...
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Language barrier: 'R-word' campaign hopes to change hearts and minds
ThreeSixty Sticks and stones, right? Not so much with the “R-word,” which has speared an education initiative to help promote inclusivity for the developmentally disabled.It’s a common ritual for...
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Bullying in Minnesota: A look at the data
Andy Birkey The Colu.mn Though bullying is gradually declining in Minnesota, more than 40 percent of students still report some type of bullying in public schools.The Safe and Supportive Minnesota...
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19th Annual Chefs’ Brigade Dinner for We Can Ride
new_chefs_logo_2014.jpgSun, 03/02/2014 - 4:30pm - 9:00pmOscar Night at Chefs’ Brigade Dinner Event Benefitting We Can Ride Edinburgh USA, 8700 Edinbrook Crossing, Brooklyn Park, MNSunday, March 2, 2014...
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I have a disability, and I am a Jew: Thoughts on Metro Mobility and religious...
Sharon Palay I am a Jewish woman who uses a wheelchair and I have a difficult time getting to my synagogue in Minnetonka for Shabbat Services. I’m also a member of the Board of Trustees.Because I use...
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Grants for accessible housing aired in committee
Andrea Parrott Session Daily Families who have difficulty staying in rental housing due to the challenges of caring for a child with a disability may have the opportunity to receive assistance to own a...
View ArticleRally for anti-bullying bill draws hundreds to Capitol
The Uptake Hundreds of people rallied at the Capitol Monday (March 3) to urge lawmakers to pass the “Safe and Supportive Schools Act” — also known as the anti-bullying bill.Chief author of the bill,...
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Minnesota could amend disability housing law
Andrea Parrott Session Daily A “kumbaya” moment during a House committee ended with the approval of a bill intended to expand choice in disability housing.“We have a real feeling of kumbaya here in the...
View ArticleFor riders in wheelchairs, newer light rail trains can be a challenge
Jonathan Avise Session Daily For some riders, the newest batch of train cars on Metro Transit’s Blue Line light rail route between Minneapolis and Bloomington might be an upgrade.But for passengers...
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The state as a model employer
Lucille MarshallOur public workforce should reflect our state’s diversity, but Minnesota is not living up to this standard. Research shows that 10 percent of Minnesota’s civilian noninstitutionalized...
View ArticleSpotlight on access – physical and virtual – at the 2014 Great Minnesota...
Mary TreacyThe healthy being craves an occasional wildness, a jolt form normality, a sharpening of the edge of appetite, his own little festival of Saturnalia, a brief excursion from his way of life.–...
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