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California Care Court Bill
The California Legislature is considering creating a “CARE Court” to fast track determinations of mental competency to mandate treatment. The Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program is being proposed to both the California Assembly (AB2830) and State Senate (SB1338). This bill is being strongly opposed by many disability rights organizations with letters from…
Read MoreDisability for Political Campaigns – a Forgotten Constituency, an Opportunity for Change
The disability community is, perhaps, one of the largest, yet most neglected constituencies in our society. Addressing their issues is not just the right thing to do, it is also smart politics. First, thank you for running for office. I’ve helped with several political and advocacy campaigns and, as the tired line goes, some of…
Read MoreDesigning Accessible Classroom Communities on Discord
Secondary and higher education teachers have been recipe-swapping tips, strategies and postmortem classroom analyses online way before COVID gained precedence in our collective imaginary, but the pandemic has created a veritable linkstorm of teaching advice available through personal blogs, research portals and collective activism groups. Not all of this advice was good advice. And while…
Read MoreCampus Disability Resource Database
The Campus Disability Resource Database provides information on disability resources at community colleges colleges, and universities (2 and 4 year schools) in the United States.
Read MoreResources for Disabled Creators
If you are a disabled creator, it is sometimes hard to find resources and community. Here’s some we’ve found – contact us with more. Black Disabled Creatives Disabled Writers Disability Arts Online Write-ability VSA Playwright Discovery Program Competitions Awesome Disability (grants) Disability Visibility Project – Podcast Episode 57- Disabled Writers Disability Visibility Project Kaleidoscope Magazine…
Read MoreConnecticut Needs of Persons with Intellectual Disability Task Force
Needs of Persons with Intellectual Disability Task Force Approved May 24, 2018 Special Act No. 18-2 established a task force to study (1) the short-term and long-term needs of adults with intellectual disability, including, but not limited to, such adults with significant behavioral health issues or significant issues related to aging, including Alzheimer’s disease, dementia…
Read MoreCOVID and Disability
The disability community is at high risk from COVID-19. Inclusion for healthcare is a matter of life and death. We are pulling together as many resources as we can and actions that you can take to help ensure that all kids and all adults with disabilities are protected. We disabled activists know no one is…
Read MoreCensus and Disability
Participation in the 2020 census by people with disabilities and older adults will help make sure that our communities receive their rightful share of federal resources and that we are fairly represented in Congress. Census data determines the distribution of: More than $14 billion in Title I grants that help schools serve more than 24…
Read Morecryptography
Discipline that embodies the principles, means, and methods for the transformation of data in order to hide their semantic content, prevent their unauthorized use, prevent their undetected modification and establish their authenticity.
Read Morecryptographic key
Value used to control cryptographic operations, such as decryption, encryption, signature generation or signature verification.
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