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By and For People with Disabilities - with Elizabeth Wright and Jennifer Price
Jennifer Price and Elizabeth Wright talk about media created by and for people with disabilities.
National Disability Voter Registration Week is September 13 – 20
By Olivia Babis Every year since 2016 the American Association of People with Disabilities has hosted National Disability Voter Registration Week in coordination with its REV UP campaign state chapters, including Florida’s REV UP Chapter, Access the Vote Florida. An estimated 38 million people with disabilities were eligible to vote…
Creating Community with Clubhouses - with Debra Webb, Amy McClellan, and Alexander Lasa
Individuals from the Key Clubhouse of South Florida discuss the benefits of clubhouses for people with mental illness
COVID-19 and Back to School Guidance & Recommendations
By Selina O'Shannon While the benefits from in-person learning highly outweigh those of online learning, safely transitioning students back to school for the 2021 school year must be the top priority. On July 9, 2021, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued updated guidance for COVID-19 Prevention in…
Compensatory Education and Back to School after COVID-19
By Karem Castane-Blanco As parents and students prepare for the upcoming school year, many may be wondering about services and instruction that was missed during the 2020-2021 school year. Families and school districts were faced with many challenges that may have affected a student’s ability to receive some services and…
Collaboration and Creativity Are the Keys to Getting Your Child Back to School
By Nately Alvarez Are you overwhelmed with the new school year upon us while still trying to cope with this ongoing pandemic? Do not worry, you are not alone! As the new school year is quickly approaching, we all start to think about what the new school year will look…
The ADA 31 Years Later: Are We There Yet?
By Wendy Vance On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush pulled the equality and inclusion bus up to the White House and invited People with Disabilities to climb onboard. We were now allowed to come out of the shadows to join the ranks of the mainstream. He compared the…
YouTubers with Disabilities - with Annie Segarra, James Rath, and Rikki Poynter
Three YouTubers with disabilities discuss their experiences sharing their lives, stories, and identities online.
2021 Florida Legislative Outcomes
Legislative and policy education is one of the authorized protection and advocacy tools utilized by Disability Rights Florida. Each year during the state’s legislative session, our organization closely monitors, reviews, analyzes, and seeks to provide input to policymakers and the public across a wide range of bills that impact the…