News from October 2007

West Virginia: Exhibit Highlights Disability Rights

http://sundaygazettemail.com/section/News/200710295
By Eric Eyre
Staff writer

A national bus tour exhibit about the disability rights movement will make a stop this weekend at the South Charleston Wal-Mart on Corridor G. West Virginia leads the nation with more than 27 percent of residents reporting they are disabled, according to national health surveys. Nearly 10 percent of West Virginians have [...]

Indiana: Everybody Counts on the Freedom Bus

http://www.post-trib.com/news/619890,adabus.article
By Michelle L. Quinn
Post-Tribune correspondent
MERRILLVILLE — Life since the Americans with Disabilities Act has improved in a way that a road full of potholes spot-filled with asphalt is improved: It’s better but still fundamentally flawed.
People with disabilities have better access to buildings and have their own washrooms and parking spaces, said Jim Ward, president of [...]

Massachusetts: Bus on Journey for Disability Rights

http://www.masslive.com/metrowest/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-11/119269385953160.xml&coll=1
By Diane Lederman
AMHERST - About 50 people, some in wheelchairs, some on crutches or with service dogs, gathered yesterday to welcome the Road to Freedom bus to Stavros Center for Independent Living.
James Ward, president of the National Coalition for Disability Rights, has been traveling around the country in his red, white and blue bus since [...]

Public Radio: Freedom Bus in Amherst, MA

Campaign To Toughen ADA Visits Amherst, Massachusetts
By Paul Tuthill, WAMC Public Radio Bureau Chief
http://publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1167730

AMHERST, MA (2007-10-17) A national campaign to strengthen the Americans with Disabilities Act , called The Road to Freedom, rolled into the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts this afternoon…WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill reports…..
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Connecticut: Youth Advocates and Freedom Bus

By Mark Zaretsky
NEW HAVEN — If you’re someone without a disability, you may think that when Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, it took care of problems people with disabilities may have with accessibility and opportunity. But a traveling “freedom tour” landed on the New Haven Green Sunday, and dozens of Connecticut [...]

Connecticut: Road To Freedom Visit a Success!

The fifty—state Road to Freedom Tour visited Connecticut last week, and due to the outstanding effort of several dozen individuals and organizations it was an unqualified success. The three-stop visit was coordinated by the Disability Advocacy Collaborative.
The Tour concluded with a rousing welcome at the State Capitol the afternoon of Monday, October 15 attended by [...]

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