[il-talk] Fw: DRC News Alert

Tue Apr 2 02:43:12 UTC 2013

Thanks for this link.  I want to study this objectively and carefully since
my first reaction to the stories were quite positive and I thought they were
well produced and written. 

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Thank for sending this. The story/stories have gotten a lot of backlash from
other disability rights groups and activists as well. Here is a link to
Stephen Kuusisto's Planet of the Blind blog post as well:
http://www.planet-of-the-blind.com/2013/04/why-npr-doesnt-understand-disabil
ity.html

On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Edwin <conibodyworks at gmail.com> wrote:

> Which is the link?  It sounds like an interesting topic.
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> This message includes a link to the text of a very interesting NPR 
> program about the economics of federal disability benefits.
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> Unfit for Work: The Startling Rise of Disability in America. The 
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>                   The Boston Globe examined the Senate’s failure in 
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>               Carpenter, Nichelle C., and Ramona L. Paetzold. "An 
> Examination of Factors Influencing Responses to Requests for 
> Disability Accommodations." Rehabilitation Psychology, vol. 58, no. 1,
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>               Chiu, C., F. Chan, D. Strauser, M. Feuerstein, N. 
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> Cardoso, J. O'Neill, and V. Muller. "State Rehabilitation Services 
> Tailored to Employment Status Among Cancer Survivors." Journal of 
> Occupational Rehabilitation, 2013, online ahead of print.
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>               Chiu, Chung-Yi, Fong Chan, Malachy Bishop, Elizabeth da 
> Silva Cardoso, and John O’Neill. "State Vocational Rehabilitation 
> Services and Employment in Multiple Sclerosis." Multiple Sclerosis 
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>               Denton, Margaret, Jennifer Plenderleith, and James Chowhan.
> "Impact of Retirement Type on Income for People with Disabilities."
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> Brussow, and Barb J. Giplin. "The Impact of IDEA Indicator 13 
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>               Myklebust, Jon O. "Disability and Adult Life: Dependence 
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>               Neuner, Ralf, Stefanie Braig, Maria Weyermann, Rainer 
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Ryan Parrey
PhD Candidate-Disability Studies
Graduate Assistant-Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Persons with
Disabilities University of Illinois, Chicago Board Member, Disability
Geography Specialty Group, AAG
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