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Crip commentary: selected Denver Post opinion-editorial columns

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Call NumberWH2274-2016-203CreatorHershey, Laura A., 1962-2010Date1995SummarySixteen (16) of Laura Hershey's selected opinion-editorial columns published in The Denver Post between 1991 and 1995. Columns cover issues of accessibility, women and disability, activism, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Wade Blank, independent living, attendant care, and the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon.Physical Description44 pagesBorn-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectPeople with disabilities--United States--HistoryPeople with disabilities--Services For--United StatesWomen with disabilities--United StatesHershey, Laura A., 1962-2010Blank, Wade E., Reverend, 1940-1993CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryOriginal Material Found in CollectionWH2274. Laura Hershey papersNotesTable of Contents: SOME BUSINESSES RESISTING NEW DISABILITY-RIGHTS LAW -- WHO AND WHERE IS THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY? -- NURSING HOME PROBLEMS CAN'T BE SOLVED -- AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT IS WORTHLESS UNLESS WE USE IT TO SECURE OUR CIVIL RIGHTS -- TELETHON PROTEST BRINGS EMOTIONAL RESPONSES -- LACK OF OPTIONS HOLDS YOUNG MAN CAPTIVE FOR FIFTEEN YEARS -- ATTENDANT SERVICES WOULD OFFER BETTER ALTERNATIVES TO AGONIZING CHOICES -- A SKEPTICAL VIEWER'S GUIDE TO THE JERRY LEWIS TELETHON -- WADE BLANK LEAVES US WITH A POWERFUL VISION OF SELF-DETERMINATION AND INTERDEPENDENCE -- THE RIGHT TO DIE: CAN WE LIVE WITH -- THE TIRED OLD MYTH OF ""OVERCOMING"" CAN'T KEEP DISABLED PEOPLE QUIET ANYMORE -- LESSONS LEARNED FROM TWO YEARS OF WORKING WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT -- NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF ACTIVISM -- IT'S TIME TO STOP THE MOVEMENT TOWARD KILLING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES -- PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES NEED ACCESS BUT NOT JUST ANY ACCESS -- RECOGNIZING AND REMEMBERING WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES WHO HAVE STRUGGLED TO MAKE HISTORYDonorStephens, Robin, 1959-Languageeng

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