Weekly Disability Reading List

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Links to three disability-related articles shared last week on NCCI social media. Don’t forget, you can always visit NCCI on Facebook and Twitter at the following links:

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Lending a helping paw
Kayla Breen, Press-Republican - July 13, 2019

Nice profile of a local service dog trainer.

Choosing Segregated Education - “Parental Choice” or “Parental Concession?”
Catia Malaquias, Starting With Julius - January 19, 2016

This article from Australia is still relevant to how students with disabilities are educated in the U.S. It’s interesting to dig into the reasons why segregated education still happens, and why some parents even choose it.

Disabled veterans find racist note on car: ‘Just because you are black and have a nice car does not make you handicapped’
Paulina Cachero, Yahoo! Lifestyle - July 11, 2019

Wow … racism and ableism in one note!