by Stephen Kuusisto (Nationally-known poet and disability advocate Stephen Kuusisto writes the “Planet of the Blind” blog on WordPress. The following is from his posts of Nov. 28 and Dec. 2.) When Helen Keller attended Radcliffe she observed that the experience was a “largely lonely triumph” and described how she was ignored by …
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Discrimination In The American Heartland
by Kevin Burton Housing industry officials in Indianapolis face charges under the Fair Housing Act after a woman went to great lengths to prove discrimination. This story was reported by Alexandria Burris in the Indianapolis Star. I found it reprinted on the USA Today website. It’s about systematic discrimination against non-whites in …