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The show “This Close” is set to open its second season. It begins as one of the main characters, who is deaf, is rushed to the hospital. The episode invites the audience into the frustrating world of a deaf person trying to get his or her point across in a…
The U.S. District Court in Georgia reported they found the state negligible when it comes to protecting people with developmental disabilities. The Peach State is not holding up their end of the bargain they made with the U.S. Department of Justice to improve the services offered in non-institutional settings to…
Renken Dentistry is giving people with disabilities something to smile about: career opportunities. Josh Renken has owned his practice since 2003 and just last year, after expanding his practice to Texas, instituted a vocational program for people with developmental differences. Inspired by his daughter, who has a developmental difference, this…
Social media companies have left people with disabilities behind when it comes to designing apps. The world of social media can do wonders for people with disabilities. It opens a world of communication that this population have been deprived of. However, with the fad in technology leaning toward flair and…
It has been 45 years since Hank Aaron became baseball’s all-time home run leader, a tittle he held for more than three decades. At the age of 85, “Hammering Hank” still has an impact on the game he loves. On Aug. 2, the 44 young Black players who were selected…
The United States Congress has taken matters into their own hands when it comes to fixing the sexual abuse in Olympic sports. A 235-page report, created by U.S. senators Richard Blumenthal and Jerry Moran, sums up an 18-month long investigation pertaining to sexual abuse in sports. It shows different crimes…
The NBA does it again. For the fourth time this off-season, one of its franchise’s has hired a woman to be an assistant coach. The Memphis Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins named Niele Ivey to his coaching staff, making her the ninth active female assistant coach in the NBA. For the…
After finding the back of the net in Aug. 4’s win over D.C. United, Alejandro Bedoya, who roams the midfield for the Philadelphia Union soccer team, took the microphone to send a message to Congress about gun violence. “Congress, do something now. End gun violence!” Bedoya shouted into the microphone….
The “Squad” continued to face hateful rhetoric this week as the 4 Congresswomen were the subject of a gun shop billboard. The billboard was an advertisement for Cherokee Guns. It had the pictures of the four Reps. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib, recently targeted by Trump’s…
Eight months after John Coughlin, renowned Olympic figure skater killed himself, a female competitor claims he assaulted her. Ashley Wagner has come forward as the second Olympic figure skater to give her account of his abuse, according to The New York Times. These allegations raise serious issues in figure skating…
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