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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.
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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.
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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.
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Joan Willshire interviews Kyle Shelton, the director of the University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies about rural transportation in Minnesota.
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Here’s the episode with Steve Simon Secretary of State, talking about Voting rights, and the right to vote for those who have been previously incarcerated and have now served their time can now Vote.
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As we celebrate the Americans with Disabilities Act turning 34 years old on July 26th, we must also celebrate the disability icon in the state of Minnesota: Margot Imdieke Cross.
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An exciting mobile disability project is traveling around the state, addressing the issues of inclusion for people with developmental disabilities. It’s a powerful exhibit showcasing hundreds photograph from early 1900s to the present Of the long, winding road many people with developmental disabilities, had to travel from institutional settings to know being able to live working in a play in the community of their choice.
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In January 2019 Governor Tim Walz signed an executive order, creating the One Minnesota Council on Inclusion and Equity. A multi-phased Intersectionality study was conducted and focused on the Intersectionality of race and equity, in communities. It included developmental disabilities that lead to social discrimination and disparities across delivery systems and program areas.
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Host Joan Willshire talks with MDH Covid Community Coordinator Rachel Garaghty for an update on the virus and vaccines,
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