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Soap Star Brings Struggles with Disability to Life On-Screen

Looking back on his childhood, JR Martinez fondly remembers his mother watching the daytime soap opera All My Children as a way to help her learn English. “Because my mother is from El Salvador…when she was pregnant with me, she would watch All My Children and that would be kind of her English 101," Martinez said.Read more

You Can Survive a Disaster: Seriously

By Norman Smith

Eighteen hours after the earthquake hit Haiti, Romel Joseph was pulled out the rubble of his music school.  Joseph, who is a violinist and is blind, was in his apartment over his music school when everything collapsed around him killing his pregnant wife.

 
The ADA Is 20: What Are The Experts Saying?

Here we are again, on the verge of celebrating another year of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  In fact it's the twentieth anniversary of the ADA.  Some of our readers with and without disabilities were not even born when the ADA passed; however, one thing is certain, there has been change.  Some believe that this law, which covered access to telecommunications, employment, transportation and public accommodations has been highly effective in changing the face of America.  The law provides for access to restaurants, movie theaters, phones, buses and trains.  Others feel that the law is a toothless tiger and can only be fixed with everyone's participation.  Here at ThisAbled, we wanted to see what some of our revered experts thought about the 20th Anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act.  Here is what they said:

 
“Think Beyond the Label” Promotes Hiring of People with Disabilities

When is it ok to label people with disabilities? When you are labeling everyone else of course! That is what the new National Ad campaign that promotes hiring people with disabilities is all about.

The organization Health & Disability Advocates is spearheading a collaborative of 30 states, which will launch on February 1 a national ad campaign promoting the hiring of people with disabilities. The $4 million campaign will appear on television, in print, on the Web, and on billboards through 2010. The goal of the humorous, edgy campaign is to change attitudes about hiring people with disabilities, raising awareness of the need for diversity in the workplace, and countering stereotypes about people with disabilities.

 
Local Advocate Attends NASDAQ Opening Bell Ceremony


Kelly Rouba, of Hamilton, participated in NASDAQ’s opening bell ceremony in Times Square on Thursday, July 8, in honor of Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month. Ms. Rouba, who was diagnosed with the disease at age 2, is now a national spokesperson and Board member for the Arthritis National Research Foundation (ANRF). At the ceremony, she was joined by the foundation’s Executive Director Helene Belisle and other youth with juvenile arthritis as well as medical professionals. Among them were Shaun-Marie Robbins (age 30), who lives in Hamilton and was diagnosed at 1 ½ years old, and Carrick Porter, a teenager who has juvenile arthritis and lives in Hopewell.

 
HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces New Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Contact: HHS Press Office
(202) 690-6343

Affordable Care Act Program to Provide Temporary Coverage for Americans Without Insurance Due to Pre-Existing Conditions Now Through 2014 When the New Insurance Exchanges Are Established.

 
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