Host Joan Willshire speaks with Alicia Lane, Government Relations Director for the Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing, to learn about their current legislative initiatives.
Host Joan Willshire explores efforts to address sub-minimum wage employment for people with disabilities, talking with Brian Begin of the Institute on Community Integration (ICI) at the University of Minnesota, and Jillian Nelson, Policy Director of the Autism Society of MN.
504 civil rights legislation is under attack!
This episode Of Disability Viewpoints cohosted by Joan Willshire talks about the importance of the Civil rights legislation that was created under the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. She talks with Steve Schmidt, a supervisor attorney at Disability Law Center, and David Perry, a writer, historian, and journalist.
This is the transportation bill I’m running at the Minnesota Legislature. I will keep you updated as the bill progresses. Check out the background links for more information.
Host Joan Willshire explores the issues and opportunities for actors with disabilities following the success of the motion picture Wicked. With artist and actor Alison Bergblom Johnson and two members of Keystone Interpreting Solutions’ Deaf Community Support Center: Timothy Riker and Amanda Smith.
Joan Willshire interviews Kyle Shelton, the director of the University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies about rural transportation in Minnesota.
