By Maria Samuels – WDOMI Executive Director For the first time, there is an accessible absentee ballot option available to qualified people with disabilities. For Westchester County, this applies to the June 23rd Democratic Presidential Primary only. Due to a lawsuit by… Read More »HISTORY MAKING ACCESSIBLE ABSENTEE BALLOTS AVAILABLE – For June 23rd Primary Only
By Maria Samuels [pullquote] “Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” – Rikki Rogers OVERCOME THE THINGS YOU ONCE THOUGHT YOU COULDN’T DO, BY DOING IT DIFFERENTLY. [/pullquote]By now,… Read More »OUR DISABILITY IS OUR STRENGTH
This is the first of 2020 tributes to the icons of the Disability Rights Movement. Here’s to the misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of… Read More »HELLO JUDY!
by Carole Conklin – WDOMI staff When was the last time you took a walk through a garden and stopped to appreciate the beautiful scenery of plants and colorful flowers and breathe in the aroma of their scents? Since… Read More »A Walk in the Garden
by Carole Conklin – WDOMI staff When was the last time you took a walk through a garden and stopped to appreciate the beautiful scenery of plants and colorful flowers and breathe in the aroma of their scents? Since losing… Read More »A Walk In The Garden
Emmanuel Segarra-Otero, Fair Housing Investigator from Westchester Human Rights Commission, talks about housing laws and protected classes at our May Monthly Housing Workshop. At a recent event, a person in the audience vented his frustration at me. He was angry… Read More »TACKLING WESTCHESTER’S HOUSING CRISIS – ONE APARTMENT AT A TIME By: Maria Samuels
DISABILITY RIGHTS LEADER FATHER OF INDEPENDENT LIVING MACARTHUR FELLOWS (“GENIUS GRANT”) RECIPIENT GOOGLE DOODLE HONOREE “The greatest lesson of the civil rights movement is that the moment you let others speak for you, you lose.” – Ed Roberts Every field,… Read More »A HERO FOR THEN, NOW AND ALWAYS: ED ROBERTS
Sometimes our staff wants to share a personal story about someone who affected them. Magdalena, a healthcare program coordinator, does the first entry in what we hope is a series about a few of the many memorable people that our… Read More »41 DIARY FROM THE FRONTLINES “Marco’s Story” by Magdalena Klodnicka
WDOMI’s RAFFLE Strive for 35 50/50 Drawing to be held in October of 2019 CASH PRIZE! $5 To Enter – Must be 18 or Older to Play! Must include your full name, phone number and email address. If winner cannot… Read More »WDOMI’s RAFFLE Strive for 35
As Fall approaches I look back at the commemoration of the 28th anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act with a mixture of pride and jubilation at how far we’ve come and frustration and anger that we still have a… Read More »ADA at 28 years old – Victories and Continued Struggles By: Melvyn R. Tanzman