Disability Action Network - DAN

12/09/2020

Hello folks!

To help everyone feel a little closer this holiday season, we at CRIL will be hosting some game nights!

Here is the Schedule:
November 24th - 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm
December 9th - 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm
December 21st - 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm
January 7th - 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Email aerin.watkins@crilhayward.org to register, or comment here!

[Image Description: A background of slats of wood, with various fall harvestables like pumpkins, squash, cranberries, sunflower and corn. In the top left is an opaque tree branch, with a circle on it. Inside the circle are three friends communicating virtually. Beside that is CRIL's logo in a dark red, and on the right side is a paint splat with "Happy Harvest!" written on it. Below that, text reads "Want to play games and celebrate your community?
Join us for a game night!
November 24th - 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm
December 9th - 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm
December 21st - 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm
January 7th - 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm"]

11/23/2020

Email aerin.watkins@crilhayward.org to register!

Update: Email aerin.watkins@crilhayward.org to register for tomorrow, or comment here!

11/18/2020

Sirio Persichetti can't speak and can't feed himself but the seven-year-old has taken the social media world by storm with his daily antics, proving that a disability is no barrier to inspiring others.

11/03/2020

Paid family and medical leave is a disability rights issue and helps provide people with disabilities the economic security they need to manage their health, care for loved ones, or receive care from their family.

09/07/2020

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Tweet from Allison Hitt

“Accessibility is not simply about accommodations. It’s about disability justice. It’s about normalizing the multiple ways that folks exist in & interface with the world. It’s so much more than a “nice” practice or legal requirement. It’s an ethical responsibility for us all.“
Dated 8/19/2020 }

06/30/2020

"...What is needed are executive orders and legislation to push schools and districts to help special education students get the support they need during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a list of recommendations from 15 disability rights groups sent last week to Gov. Gavin Newsom and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond."

The California Department of Education has provided guidance for districts, schools, teachers and parents of students in special education.

06/29/2020

What has your experience been?

“COVID-19 has impacted the disabled community in many ways,” England said. “I don’t think I could possibly capture it all. It has impacted the way they live, work, and play. It has impacted how they obtain services, where they obtain services, and has interrupted medical care. For some it has meant a complete change of life.”

*Editor’s note: Grady Duggan is a journalism student in SF State’s Journalism 575 Community Media this spring. Taught by professor Jon Funabiki, the class is a collaboration with El Tecolote. The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted everybody’s world, some more than others. Certain communities have b...

06/28/2020

Some forward movement for the juvenile detention system! A small step, but a step nonetheless.
"Under the terms of the settlement, the county will transition its three juvenile facilities from a corrections model to a treatment model, which will aim to ensure youths with disabilities are identified and housed in a safe and homelike environment, and given equal access to educational and rehabilitative programs.

Kern County has settled a class-action lawsuit filed by two disability rights groups that challenged alleged discrimination against disabled youth took place at the county’s juvenile detention facilities.

06/27/2020

SAVE THE DATE!

Image alternative text: (Spanish below) A flier designed with blocks of color on a white background in an offset grid pattern. In the top left square, is the logo of the Disability Action Coalition.

The square beside it reads: "ADA For The Next Generation
A virtual celebration and policy forum to commemorate 30 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act."

Below this text is a graphic of a 90's style boombox with a microphone coming from it. They are situated two squares: one with the event description inside it and the other with the date and time. The description reads:

"A diverse cross-disability celebration of our collective power, covering where we've been, what we've achieved, and where we need to go post-ADA! Celebrate with artists, advocates and activists from across California!" In the other, the date and time reads: "July 29th, 10 am - 2 pm."

Underneath these are two more squares, one reads:
"Register for the event at: DisabilityActionCoalition.org
For more information, email us at info@DisabilityActionCoalition.org or call us at (916) 304-3317"‬‬

The other box has two hands performing ASL and reads: "ASL & other Language translation available"

Un volante diseñado con bloques de color sobre un fondo blanco en un patrón de cuadrícula offset. En el cuadrado superior izquierdo, se encuentra el logo tipo de la Disability Action Coalition.

El cuadrado al lado dice: "ADA para la próxima generación Una celebración virtual y un foro de políticas para conmemorar los 30 años de la Ley de Estadounidenses con Discapacidades ".

Debajo de este texto hay un gráfico de un boombox de estilo años 90 con un micrófono proveniente de él. Están situados en dos cuadrados: uno con la descripción del evento dentro y otro con la fecha y la hora.


La descripción lee:
"¡Una celebración diversa entre discapacidades de nuestro poder colectivo, que abarca dónde hemos estado, lo que hemos logrado y dónde debemos ir después de la ADA! ¡Celebre con artistas, defensores y activistas de todo California!" En el otro, la fecha y la hora dicen: "29 de julio, 10 am - 2 pm".

Debajo de estos hay dos cuadrados más, uno dice:
"Regístrese para el evento en: DisabilityActionCoalition.org
Para obtener más información, envíenos un correo electrónico a info@DisabilityActionCoalition.org o llámenos al (916) 304-3317 "

El otro cuadro tiene dos manos que realizan ASL y dice: "ASL y traducción de otros idiomas disponibles"

06/26/2020

Ever since the beginning of this pandemic, we've known group housing would be the most vulnerable- that includes prisons.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article243312821.html

Advocates for disabled California prison inmates are asking the state to require guards to wear body cameras, citing dozens of new court declarations describing alleged abuses that they should compel the corrections department to carry out policy changes.

06/25/2020

This pandemic is the perfect time to address housing inequity!

For millions of Californians, making rent is impossible during the coronavirus pandemic. There are temporary protections against eviction in place, but what happens when those protections expire?

06/12/2020

Hello folks!

Join us on Zoom for our LGBTQ+ Social & Support Group! We will be meeting virtually every third Thursday of the month, from 3:30 pm to 5 pm!!

Register here: https://bit.ly/LGBTQatCRIL

05/12/2020

"With many older adults and people with disabilities living in public housing, advocates say they need more money to prevent coronavirus infections, buy cleaning supplies and hire more staff."

With many older adults and people with disabilities living in public housing, advocates say they need more money to prevent coronavirus infections, buy cleaning supplies and hire more staff.

05/11/2020

"For millions of disabled people and their families, the coronavirus crisis has piled on new difficulties and ramped up those that already existed. Many are immunocompromised and therefore more vulnerable to infection, but terrified of new coronavirus-era hospital guidelines they fear could put them at risk."

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Even before the coronavirus hit, cystic fibrosis meant a cold could put Jacob Hansen in the hospital for weeks. He relies on hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes to stay healthy because he also has cerebral palsy and can't easily wash his hands from his wheelchair, but t...

05/10/2020

"The U.N.’s leader said Wednesday the world’s 1 billion people living with disabilities are among the hardest hit by the coronavirus and called for them to have equal access to prevention and treatment of COVID-19."

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.'s leader said Wednesday the world's 1 billion people living with disabilities are among the hardest hit by the coronavirus and called for them to have equal access...

05/09/2020

"Disabled people including myself have long campaigned for accommodations to help us live our lives. The COVID-19 pandemic shows that these are not as impractical as we have always been told. Supermarkets, restaurants and pharmacies (even outside cities) can deliver; remote working, medicine and education are possible for many; and social lives can be rewarding without requiring us to leave home."

The pandemic’s disruption shows how much academia could learn from the disability community.

05/08/2020

“The share of COVID-19 related deaths in care homes - where older people with disabilities are overrepresented - ranges from 19 per cent to an astonishing 72 per cent”.

The COVID-19 pandemic is intensifying inequalities experienced by the world’s one billion people with disabilities, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in launching a report issued on Wednesday that calls for a disability-inclusive recovery and response to the crisis.