http://www.diversityinc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/blind-since-birth-kathy-martinez-fights-for-disability-community/ DiversityInc: Diversity and the Bottom Line Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.diversityinc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/blind-since-birth-kathy-martinez-fights-for-disability-community/comment-page-1/#comment-829 Anonymous Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:55:04 +0000 #comment-829 “I had a stroke” due to high blood pressure on December 13, 2006. I am working on my recovery. I am walking and thinking just fine. I have trouble talking and using my right hand. I have what’s called “aphasia”. It is a communications impairment that makes talking difficult. I go to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University, University of Chicago and Rush U. Medical insist in my recovery. I have a problem with Fedsral Fair Housing and I’m tryed to find aptment with limid income.

]]> http://www.diversityinc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/blind-since-birth-kathy-martinez-fights-for-disability-community/comment-page-1/#comment-828 Anonymous Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:21:24 +0000 #comment-828 Kathy Martinez is an extraordinary human being, filled with love, dignity and personal power. She’s usedher immense talents and overcome tremendous obstacles to be a very respected disability rights leader and now, senior Obama leader on disability policy. All of us with disabilities owe her our greatest thanks and appreciation for her continuing commitment to educate people one at a time and by policy, millions more, to respect the talent and humankind of all people, especially people wiith disabilities. Rock on, sister!!

]]> http://www.diversityinc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/blind-since-birth-kathy-martinez-fights-for-disability-community/comment-page-1/#comment-827 Anonymous Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:19:06 +0000 #comment-827 Very inspirational story!

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