Monthly Archives: December 2015

Happy New Year’s Budget Season

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Adrienne

Listen (29 min) Due to 12 years of budget cuts, people with developmental disabilities are taking care of aging parents by themselves, dying alone in single occupancy residences (SROs), and facing a host of other problems.  They rallied in six … Continue reading →

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Follow Budget Hearings from Home

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Adrienne

HOW CAN I MONITOR THE  LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS IF I CANNOT ATTEND? People can monitor California  legislative policy and budget hearings in several ways including live cable  televised broadcasts (limited to cable services that offer it); live audio;  and live internet … Continue reading →

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Fading Scars: My Queer Disability History

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Adrienne

Listen (29 minutes) We bring you highlights from Corbett Joan O’Toole’s reading from her new memoir, Fading Scars: My Queer Disability History.    A transcript is available here. Arriving in Berkeley among the first wave of people with disabilities, Corbett O’Toole … Continue reading →

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