News that more than half of England’s Remploy factories were targeted for closure sent shockwaves across Great Britain earlier this month, even as some government officials argued that it would eventually present better employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Remploy is a British government-subsidized organization that primarily employs people with disabilities. The video portion of [...]
A Huffington Post editorial written last week by Jay Pelosky offered an upbeat perspective on the rebound of America’s manufacturing sector, both in the short-term and for the future. Pelosky’s bio identifies him as an investment strategy expert for J2Z Advisory LLC who also sits on the board of the World Policy Institute. In his [...]
A recent dispatch by Reuters correspondent Scott Malone revealed top executives from some of America’s leading manufacturers second-guessing earlier decisions by themselves and their peers to outsource labor. According to Malone, General Electric CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt’s annual letter to shareholders said the factors in the manufacturing equation have changed in a way that makes [...]
PBS senior correspondent Judy Woodruff has been a longtime advocate for people with disabilities. Back in February, we brought attention to her PBS NewsHour segment with Rachel Simon, author of the bestselling novel, The Story of Beautiful Girl. Last week, she ventured onto the PBS.org Rundown blog to post “Two Hopeful Signs for Americans with [...]
Statecollege.com columnist Patty Kleban’s March 15 article, “Americans with Disabilities Act Kicks Into High Gear,” was one of many fine essays lost amid the last-minute news that hotels would receive a 60-day extension to bring pools into compliance with the new ADA accessibility regulations. For accessibility advocates like Kleban, who is also an instructor at [...]
On the day when updates to the 1991 American with Disabilities Act’s regulations governing public accessibility were supposed to go into effect, the Justice Department granted hotels a 60-day extension regarding adjustments to swimming pools and whirlpools. USA TODAY travel writer Barbara De Lollis wrote the extension was something that the “hotel industry lobbied hard [...]
The Ides of March may have been ominous to Julius Caesar, but for people with disabilities, today marks another important step in achieving inclusion into mainstream society. Several changes to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) take effect today that are intended to improve opportunities for people with disabilities to goods and services in the [...]
Students at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan received a history lesson about the progress people with disabilities have made in America from a leading scholar in the field; providing context for a future where these people are empowered to make more decisions for themselves. Dr. Michael Wehmeyer has done as much as any academic [...]
Most news coverage of the U.S. Department of Labor’s February employment report focused on what the good news of adding around 227,000 jobs will mean for President Obama’s re-election campaign. A deeper look at the numbers, however, indicated bad news for people with disabilities and those who advocate for improving their employment prospects. As Shaun [...]
Missouri advocates for people with disabilities hope their state is the next one to make the transition from institutional housing to community-based support and services. In a guest commentary published last week by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Doug Riggs asked readers to contact their state legislators and express their support for bills currently under review [...]