Limited Access for People with Disabilities on Inauguration Day
More than a million people are expected to descend on Washington, D.C., for the inauguration…
January 13, 2009
Susan LoTempio
Disability-Related Questions for Politicians
Health care. A shaky economy. Unemployment. Those are the hot-button issues being debated during this…
September 17, 2008
Telling Untold Stories at the Paralympics
Back in the 1970s when I was young and foolish, I made the delusional decision…
August 14, 2008
In Push for New Laws, the Blind Shouldn’t Be Left Behind
By Susan M. LoTempioIf the mission of good journalism is to give voice to the…
June 2, 2008
Covering Disabilities on the Campaign Trail
By Susan M. LoTempio One of the hot-button issues for Americans with disabilities is institutional…
May 14, 2008
Disabilty-Related Issues: Are They on the Governor’s Agenda?
By Susan LoTempio When David Paterson became New York's new governor following Eliot Spitzer's spectacular…
April 1, 2008
Paterson As a Person, Not a ‘Disability Case’
By Susan LoTempio With the overload of breaking news about New York's new governor, David…
March 24, 2008
Level the Playing Field for Coverage of Disabilities
I admit to zoning out during the sports report at the daily Page 1 meetings.…
December 19, 2007
Disability Day by Day: Profile of a Columnist
Helen Henderson has my dream job. She writes about people with disabilities and their everyday…
August 28, 2007
How the News MediaHandicap Those with Disabilities
It's a good month when the usual reporting on disability is balanced by even a…
June 18, 2007
Children with Disabilities: Beyond Ashley
Every summer for the past 100 years, Cradle Beach Camp has hosted children with disabilities.…
February 5, 2007
The Fire Next Time
I once lived on the 26th floor of an apartment building across the Potomac River…
September 22, 2006
From Fear to Storytelling: Covering Disability from Outside Your Comfort Zone
We know we're supposed to leave our biases at the door when we enter our…
July 20, 2006
“Service Station” an Oxymoron for Drivers with Disabilities
As I drove around recently on my weekly field trip to fill up the gas…
May 30, 2006
Enabling Coverage of Disability
The most frustrating part of my job as a readership editor is hearing people complain…
April 25, 2006
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