Ohio study finds many polling places with access problems

Ohio is a swing state , you know. From the Columbus Dispatch in Ohio: Dozens of Franklin County polling sites failed to meet accessibility ...

Things that crack me up #43

Image description: A color photo posted to Flickr by zombie squirrels shows a Sea World, San Diego, sign with art deco stylings. The text o...

Palin's speech about kids with disabilities

Did Palin's speech last Friday in Pittsburgh meet my low expectations for details on actual concerns of people with disabilities? Palin...

Vote early

Two years ago, I wrote something about how I thought absentee voting as a standard practice for disabled citizens, or as a plan for all cit...

Disability Blog Carnival #48 is up at Barriers, Bridges and Books

The latest Disability Blog Carnival, on the theme of "Capacities and Capabilities" is up over at Barriers, Bridges and Books . Go...

Palin to speak today on disability issues

I haven't really blogged yet about my opinion on veep candidate Sarah Palin and her claim that having an infant son with Down Syndrome g...

Things that crack me up #42

Image description: A color photo posted to Flickr by まてぃあすMattias shows a complicated sign for priority seating on a Tokyo commuter train. ...

McCain can't use a computer because he's disabled

About a month ago ABC news' correspondent Jake Tapper reported on John McCain's choice to not use computers. Barack Obama's cam...

Things that crack me up #41

Image description: A color photo posted at Flickr by sobriquet.net shows a blue sign from a train or train station with white lettering tha...

Things that crack me up #40

Image description: The color photo posted at Flickr by drewm shows a closeup of a sign, apparently for disabled access parking. There's...

Friday Music: Kristen Hersh

Kristen Hersh began performing in the college-radio band Throwing Muses at age 14. She's been writing music, performing and touring her ...

Slumgullion #47

Michael Bérubé is back in action at his place: I’m not going to rely on concepts like ‘intrinsic human worth,’ but I can try to learn a lit...

Disability and Freethinking, Part 2

Ruth Geller at Humanist Network News writes about Harriet McBryde Johnson and her atheism . Check it out, and the discussion in comments of...

A handy guide to your presidential candidates and their senatorial records on disability

Provided by the Ohio Legal Rights Service . (Link leads to a chart showing the positions of both McCain and Obama on a wide variety of disab...

Slumgullion #46

A random collection of links, starting with blog posts on Palin and disability: Sarahlynn at Yeah, But Houdini Didn't have These Hips w...