Our public schools have already had to sound the alarm way too many times.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Time for a new, inclusive plan for students with disabilities
Planning to violate children’s rights today with a promise to make it up to them tomorrow is not a plan for equal access to education.
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, The Forecaster
Freeport man’s vision: Disabled will reside with dignity
The goal of Paul Linet’s nonprofit 3i Housing of Maine is to create affordable apartments, with a big focus on assistive technology, for people with physical disabilities.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
New children’s books by Maine writers, illustrators tackle disabilities, with uneven success
Each takes a different approach to stories about, in part, children with disabilities going to school.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Letter: DHHS committed to people with disabilities
In his recent letter (“Health and Human Services fails the most vulnerable,” May 6), Albert Edwards asserts that one of the true measures of a society is how it treats those unable to care for themselves. We agree, which is why the Mills administration has made unprecedented investments in services for individuals with intellectual and […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
Letter: Health and Human Services fails the most vulnerable
One of the true measures of a society is how well it cares for those who cannot, through no fault of their own, care for themselves. My brother-in-law is intellectually and medically disabled and lives with mental illness. He has lived with these challenges since birth. He relies on a well-trained workforce and person-centered plan […]
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Frank Bruni’s memoir offers a playbook on finding silver linings
Bruni woke up one day without vision in his right eye. As scary as that was, he writes in his memoir ‘The Beauty of Dusk,’ it also showed him the upside of vulnerability.
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Maine Voices: Don’t support theaters that haven’t lived up to diversity pledges
Artistic organizations are beholden to the desires of their audiences when it comes to programming.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Book review: The scope of ‘A Future Without Walls’ – how to fix a divided world – is huge
Perhaps too big and complicated for a single 244-page volume to carry.
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A determined teen faces his grimly altered life
In June 2020, Jack Weeks, 17, was instantly paralyzed in a diving accident. He is determined to work hard to keep getting stronger.