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  • “This thing is going to change everything”: Crested Butte bike builder, after his own injury, delivers adventure to chair-bound athletes

    October 03, 2018 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Crested Butte, Colorado

    A Colorado bike builder creates adapted cycles for athletes who otherwise rely on wheelchairs for mobility. The cycles allow adventurous people with disabilities to ride trails and access difficult terrain.

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  • How Denver's Disability Activists Transformed the City

    July 01, 2018 |

    5280 - The Denver Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Disability activists have used nonviolent direct action for decades, including lying in the street to protest inaccessible public transit and crawling up the steps of the U.S. Capital to support the Americans with Disabilities Act. “We have never gone out a door that we do not have a solution for,” says ADAPT member Dawn Russell. “That’s ADAPT 101.”

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  • New Zealand care workers pioneered a deal to end pay segregation

    June 18, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: New Zealand

    Undervaluation of care work stems from gender bias. A labor union brought this argument to court in New Zealand and won big. The settlement nearly doubled wages for workers, which has led to the added bonus of less staff turnover. Similar claims from more female-dominated professions are in progress.

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  • How A Textile Factory Empowers Its All-Blind Work Crew

    December 05, 2017 |

    UPROXX |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    A startling 70% of blind persons in the United States are unemployed. The Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind is helping shift the understanding of what types of jobs are available to this population with a revolutionary factory built specifically for its blind employees. Each machine is retrofitted to be used safely and easily, empowering individuals to become more independent. This video takes you inside the factory to meet some of the workers.

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  • 'Some people believe disability is contagious': breaking down barriers in Mozambique

    October 10, 2017 |

    The Guardian |

    Podcast |

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    Response Location: Mozambique

    In Mozambique, people with disabilities face a series of barriers to success and independence, ranging from education to the workplace. In partnership with Young Africa, the international organization Light for the World is working to give people with disabilities the training and resources they need to make a living.

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  • New Cornerstone Creek apartments may be first of their kind

    June 16, 2017 |

    Finance & Commerce |

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    Response Location: United States, Golden Valley, Minnesota

    An apartment complex in Golden Valley, Minnesota offers unique services and support for adults with developmental disabilities. The complex, called New Cornerstone Creek, offers independent living and community spaces for these adults, creating a sense of control and freedom for individuals who otherwise typically live with their family well into adulthood.

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  • Lend Me Your Eyes

    February 05, 2017 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Edinburgh, Scotland

    New apps like Tap Tap See and Be My Eyes are helping blind people solve everyday problems by combining smartphone video technology with an army of volunteers. The app allows a blind individual to take a photo or video of an item that the person needs to "see"; it then either automatically interprets the photo and announces it aloud to the user, or, if the app itself cannot identify the object, sends it to a real person somewhere in the world who can.

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  • Naperville family's creative home solution for son with autism

    October 07, 2016 |

    Daily Herald |

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    Response Location: United States, Naperville, Illinois

    Part 3 of the Caregivers Crisis series: In light of a shortage of state group living facilities in Illinois, one family is partnering with a non-profit to retrofit their home into a safe, independent living space for their autistic son, creating a future for him when his aging parents can no longer take care of his daily needs.

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  • Special Report: Abandoning our mentally ill

    March 19, 2006 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    With the promise of community care, psychiatric wards were unlocked 30 years ago. Today, the sickest patients live in squalor.

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