During the pandemic, social distancing made it challenging for many to enjoy the company of others. Freedom Resource Center took that challenge and adapted the way we bring people together…
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Navigating the world in search of services can be difficult. Especially when you are facing multiple barriers. Freedom Resource Center is here to work with you to make sure you…
By Betsy Kravitz, a Business Development Specialist with the Office of Disability Employment Policy As a person with bipolar disorder, mental illness feels like a balancing act. In order to stay…
Vouchers for special needs students have been endorsed by the Trump administration, and they are often heavily promoted by state education departments and by private schools, which rely on them…
In 1952, after Ed Roberts contracted polio, the doctors told his family he’d probably spend the rest of his life as “a vegetable.” Later, Roberts joked, “If I’m a vegetable,…
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) – An Uber driver in Washington, D.C. refused to transport a blind passenger because she travels with a guide dog. The incident was caught on camera. The Uber driver…
Once a our government does something extraordinarily good. One such event took place in 1990, as Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act. President Bush signed it into law on…
Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett have become the first Brits to win the men’s wheelchair doubles title at Wimbledon. “It’s an amazing feeling,” Reid, 24, said. “I was trying to…
In a medical model program, if a wheelchair athlete were to fall out of their wheelchair while playing their sports someone would “run over, pick them up and put their…
Gessler, of Grand Forks, was visiting Willmar Jan. 2 when she ran into a problem trying to find lodging for the night. Though she made reservations with a local motel,…