The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is once again under attack in the Senate. The IDEA Flexibility Amendment would give school districts local control over educating disabled kids. . It was the failure of local school districts, after all, that necessitated a law in the first place, says the group Justice For All.
Local control opens the door to abuses which in years past resulted in segregation.
Hundreds more supporters sent written or electronic mail messages pressing the case for a statue. At Ragged Edge press time, the Park Service had not made a decision. I think a statue portraying Franklin Roosevelt using his wheelchair would not be a statue to disability in any way. We want the exhibit to show both the breadth of universal design as well as how it gets beyond the double standard of good design vs 'handicapped' design. The Citygate Associates study was immediately condemned by groups like Voice of the Retarded who last winter won the ear of the San Francisco Chronicle.