Disability RAPP Archive - Page 7 of 17

Posted in: Spring 2022 Disability and Housing Posted on May 9, 2022May 16, 2022

Universal Design Resource List

Universal design is the process of creating products and environments that are accessible to all people. The Seven Principles of Universal Design include: Equitable Use Flexibility in Use Simple and Intuitive Perceptible Information Tolerance for Error Low Physical Effort Size and Space for...

Posted in: Spring 2022 Disability and Housing Posted on May 9, 2022May 16, 2022

Housing Insecurity Makes an Impact

By ABLE NH Staff In 1991, New Hampshire was the first state in the nation to close its inhumane institution for people with disabilities promising a better quality of life for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. In recent years, failure to create integrated, universally...

Posted in: Spring 2022 Disability and Housing Posted on May 9, 2022May 16, 2022

The Banned Concepts Statute: A Significant Threat to the Disability Rights Movement

The Banned Concepts Statute: A Significant Threat to the Disability Rights MovementBy DRC-NH staff Recently, Disability Rights Center-NH joined a diverse group of educators, advocacy groups, and law firms in filing a federal lawsuit challenging the ‘Banned Concepts’ law, a new state law which we believe will discourage our public school teachers from honest conversations about race,...

Posted in: Spring 2022 Disability and Housing Posted on May 9, 2022May 16, 2022

The Truth will Build a Better Future

By Deborah Opramolla Historical opinions change, historical facts do not. Many of us learned about Harriet Tubman in school. We were taught that she was an enslaved woman on a plantation in Maryland. She successfully freed herself from her masters by using the Underground Railroad to get to Pennsylvania. Tubman then returned...

Posted in: Spring 2022 Disability and Housing Posted on May 9, 2022May 16, 2022

First Steps in Advocacy

By Imani Barbarin Standing at the front of my fourth-grade classroom, the speech I had practiced with my parents was liable to fly out of my head at any second. Each year, since I was old enough to stand on my own and do so, I made a speech to my class about my disability. It was an easy way to decrease the sheer number of questions I was...

Posted in: Spring 2022 Disability and Housing Posted on May 9, 2022May 16, 2022

Let’s Talk Progress

By Dr. LaMondre Pough I am LaMondre Pough, the CEO of Billion Strong, a global identity movement by people with disabilities. I was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare neurological disorder, when I was 18 months old. As a result of SMA, I am a full-time wheelchair user, and I require assistance with all my activities of...