[il-talk] Fw: DRC News Alert

Tue Apr 2 21:09:39 UTC 2013

Here's another interesting analysis...

news.com/opinion/blogs/economic-intelligence/2013/03/29

On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Edwin <conibodyworks at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: il-talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Deborah
> > Kent Stein
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> > Disability News Alert, March 29, 2013
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> > This message includes a link to the text of a very interesting NPR
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> > Debbie
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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