Tag Archives: equality

Are Deaf Women entitled to Reproductive Choice?

By Disability Independence Group, Inc. | Posted on March 20, 2015

Disability Independence Group files suit against Planned Parenthood for failing to provide sign language interpreters or programs for Deaf Girls and Women On August 2, 2013, Maura Mena went into a Planned Parenthood location in Miami, Florida.   As a pregnant woman, Maura did not know what her options were at that point and was… Read More »

Introducing Animal Partners –

By Disability Independence Group, Inc. | Posted on February 25, 2014

A core individual freedom is a one’s natural right to make decisions affecting his or her health or body. This freedom is an integral part of the dignity and control for persons with disabilities as well. One of the major goals of the Disability Rights movement is that each person with a disability has… Read More »

Why

By Disability Independence Group, Inc. | Posted on February 22, 2014

“Why?” is the most common question asked when I said that I was going to  change my practice into a non-profit disability rights advocacy center. My reasons are each and every person with a disability that I have represented over the past eighteen years. With every single person, the issue was not about money,… Read More »