Remembering Judy Heumann and the never-ending quest to achieve universal accessibility
people with disabilities
Posted inSocial Services
Colorado is so short on workers for people with disabilities that it’s starting a marketing campaign to find more
Aging parents who care for adult children with intellectual and developmental disabilities are struggling to find room in day programs as a staffing crisis results in cut hours, long waitlists
Posted inPolitics and Government
Navigating Denver’s snow-covered sidewalks is dangerous, and often impossible, for people with disabilities
Unplowed and icy walkways impact all pedestrians, but they are even more challenging for people who use wheelchairs, walkers and other mobility devices to navigate.
Posted inOutdoors
Rocks? Sweet. Let’s roll in 4WD chairs designed to get people with disabilities deep into the Colorado forest
Track-chair program in Staunton State Park gives users a rare opportunity to experience the wilderness. Now the state park wants to push it across Colorado.
Posted inOpinion
Opinion: Care workers deserve more respect, and pay, than we give them
For the last 21 years, I have spent the majority of my days providing care for my son, who has autism. He has obsessive-compulsive disorder and is largely nonverbal. After washing and rewashing his hands countless times, resisting getting out of the shower, taking socks on and off, getting him out the door each morning […]
Posted inSun Investigation
Sexual abuse, misconduct allegations kept quiet for decades at world-renowned Colorado Center for the Blind
More than a dozen previously unreported instances of sexual misconduct and abuse spanning at least two decades at the Colorado Center for the Blind in Littleton have surfaced during an internal investigation of the school’s parent organization. Among the offenses were the alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl by a summer youth camp counselor […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: Employees with disabilities can get the job done
America needs workers. The latest reports from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics show more job openings than people to fill them. Yet, as desperate as they are for employees, employers continue to put barriers in front of job applicants with disabilities. They would do well to remember that individuals in the disabled community can […]
Posted inColoradans, Culture, News
For Denver judo athlete Robert Tanaka, Paralympic gold would fulfill a lifelong dream
Robert Tanaka got an unexpected welcome when he recently visited the United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum in downtown Colorado Springs. After checking in at the ticket counter, he walked into a large open atrium, where the assembled staff gave the 21-year-old albino athlete a standing ovation. A digital display, three-stories high, rotated a portrait […]
Posted inArts, Coloradans, News, Opinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: The Oscars took the collective breath away from people with disabilities. And not in a good way.
Perhaps you caught the Academy Awards on a Sunday last month, when glass ceilings crumbled amidst necessary and deserved representation of diverse artists. Nine of 20 acting nominees were BIPOC performers. The first female of color won an Oscar for directing. The first Black stylists won for best makeup and hairstyling. It’s no endpoint, but […]
Posted inColoradans, COVID, Economy, Education, News
Three Colorado college programs aim to help people with disabilities join the workforce. The state is opening doors, too.
GREELEY — On a recent Friday afternoon in Greeley, Brendan Balmes stops by Crabtree Brewing Company for a beer and to say hello to his boss, Jeff Crabtree. The 28-year-old works here as an intern, but the pandemic has put things on hold for now. That does not stop Crabtree from giving Balmes a pop […]