Democrats with Disabilities

07/02/2024

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01/23/2021

The White House website has been revamped to allow users “to enlarge the font and toggle back and forth to ‘dark mode’ for an easier viewing experience.”

“A statement on the site says it is working toward conforming to an established set of accessibility guidelines in an effort to help make make website content accessible to all users, including those with sensory, cognitive and mobility disabilities.”

The website now also include gender-inclusive and gender-neutral pronouns and prefixes. Biden’s White House has also brought back “La Casa Blanca,” a Spanish language White House website.

Image description: photographed from behind, Joe and Jill Biden are walking up the drive toward the White House. Members of the military are holding flags as they and others line the driveway. The image is from Inauguration Day.

The Biden administration has made a handful of changes to the White House website, from adding gender-inclusive pronouns to its contact form to restarting Spanish-language communications.

12/13/2020

Image description: a woman with thick, dark hair is pictured from the shoulders up. US flags can be seen in the distant background.

"As the leader of the NEA, Eskelsen García had the opportunity to steer the organization toward equity and access for students with disabilities but failed to do so," the letter read.

11/25/2020

Open organizing meeting Join us to discuss the power of the disability vote. Learn about volunteer opportunities to turn out the disability vote for the GA Senate runoff election. IMPORTANT YOU MUST EMAIL [email protected] to receive the Zoom meeting link and/or to request any reasona...

11/19/2020

“Deaf Americans are debating which sign should represent Joe Biden, who until now has been signed B-I-D-E-N. There's also chatter of picking a sign for Kamala Harris — a rarity for vice presidents.”

Deaf Americans are debating which sign should represent Joe Biden, who until now has been signed B-I-D-E-N. There's also chatter of picking a sign for Kamala Harris — a rarity for vice presidents.

11/19/2020

"In the middle of the Trump pandemic, in which untold millions of people who survive the disease could end up disabled for life, the Trump administration announced Friday that it's finalizing rules meant to do nothing but make it harder for disabled people to receive Social Security, and to endanger the Social Security benefits of disabled people who are already approved. In the first regulation, it's changing the appeals process by replacing impartial, independent administrative law judges (ALJs) with internal agency lawyers, making it much more difficult for people to navigate the process."

Image description: Donald Trump is pictured from the shoulders up and at a microphone.

In the middle of the Trump pandemic, in which untold millions of people who survive the disease could end up disabled for life, the Trump administration announced Friday that it's finalizing rules meant to do nothing but make it harder for...

11/08/2020

The Illinois Immigrants with Disabilities Survey is due Friday, November 13! The Disability and Immigration Taskforce of Illinois (DITI) is circulating a survey for immigrants with disabilities living in ILLINOIS. They’d like to learn more about the issues facing everyday immigrants with disabilities across the state. There will be a drawing for four respondents to win a $50 gift card.

The link to the page with the survey is below. The survey is available in English, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, and Polish.

Please help share! And if you know of anything similar that could be shared with the group, please share!

Mission: Empowering, supporting, and advocating for immigrants, refugees, and asylees with disabilities and their families.

11/08/2020

The amazing Judy Heumann!

Text: Thank you President Elect Biden for mentioning disabled people. Disabled people around the world noticed immediately. This administration will represent ALL the people of the US. We are so proud to be playing a role in the election of the Biden Harris Team.

11/08/2020

Woohoo! We did it!

Image description: the text “All of Us United” and a collection of diverse faces, including President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris, in the shape of the United States.

11/06/2020

Georgia voters! If you voted absentee: check the status of your ballot now! If it was rejected...you have until Friday, 12/6 to fix it.

And so nauseously optimistic right now!

11/04/2020

Image description: waiting is hard, but democracy is worth waiting for.

Please consider following Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls! They’ve done a lot to highlight stories and issues centering individuals with disabilities.

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