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How can we intervene when we see discrimination?

As a professional in the disabilities field and an advocate for inclusion and belonging, I tend to scroll for news related to disabilities. Sometimes, I discover happy news about businesses,...

DATE: Aug 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

LGBTQ+ people with disabilities face compounded barriers

June is Pride month, a celebration of the contributions of people from the LGBTQ+ community, including people with disabilities. When you think of a person with autism, what image comes to m...

DATE: Jun 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Family caregivers an important support for people with disabilities

It’s no secret that services for people with disabilities have long suffered from a shortage of support staff. Since the pandemic, that support has become a crisis. Nationally, policymakers ...

DATE: May 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

We can all help make ADA even better

Think the Americans with Disabilities Act is working? Think again. A poignant example of the shortcomings of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 happened right here in Colorado a few...

DATE: Apr 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Honoring the life and legacy of Judy Heumann

On March 4, we lost a major champion for disability rights. Advocate, rabble-rouser and longtime disability rights hero Judy Heumann died at age 75. Heumann had been fighting for her rights ...

DATE: Mar 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Entertainment industry can do better with representation

Happy New Year! Let’s start the year with a little activity. I invite you to think of a movie or television program you have seen that features a character with a disability. Just pick the f...

DATE: Jan 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Consider the needs of people with disabilities during the holidays

As nostalgic and delightful as the holiday season is, it can provoke problems for people for a variety of reasons. For some kids and adults with disabilities, certain aspects of the season ...

DATE: Dec 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Disabled civil rights activist Lois Curtis dies at 55

As a young woman, Lois Curtis was imprisoned. Curtis was not a criminal. She hadn’t even been accused of a crime. The only thing Curtis had done was be born with a disability in a society th...

DATE: Nov 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Let’s talk about invisible disabilities

An invisible disability is not a Marvel Universe superhero power, although many people with invisible disabilities feel pretty unseen by the rest of the population. It is a term used to desc...

DATE: Aug 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Disability Symbol Identifier program comes to Colorado

A new program in Colorado may help people with disabilities and their caregivers get more appropriate responses from first responders. The Disability Symbol Identifier program passed into la...

DATE: Jul 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

New Early Intervention evaluation system for Colorado begins July 1

Being a new parent is hard. Babies don’t come with an instruction manual, unless you count Dr. Spock’s notorious “Baby and Child Care” book from the 1940s. Kids also don’t come with a person...

DATE: Jun 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Supreme Court limits recourse in discrimination cases

One upcoming Supreme Court decision is dominating our headlines. But another recent case is looming large in the minds of people with disabilities because it curtails the already limited rec...

DATE: May 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Creating Community