by Terri Gerstein Slate.com Last year, former U.S. Circuit Court Judge David Tatel, who is blind, was denied a Lyft ride to court when a driver refused to accept his guide dog. It should not be necessary to state this, but: People who are blind deserve full access to trains, airplanes, and other transportation …
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Thoughts About Disability Pride Month
by Stephen Kuusisto (Nationally-known poet and disability advocate Stephen Kuusisto writes the “Planet of the Blind” blog on WordPress. The following is his post there from July 2.) Because this is “Disability Pride Month” and owing to my own disability I must reveal I’m not “feeling it” as they say. Don’t get …