Statment on ableism, racism, and xenophobia deployed together

By Theresa Metzmaker | December 5, 2025 |
[Image Description: Quote graphic with text: "The same thinking that uses the R-Word as a weapon calls an entire community garbage." Below: "A Statement on Ableism, Racism, and Xenophobia from MDRC" with Michigan Disability Rights Coalition logo. End Image Descripion.]

Statement from Michigan Disability Rights Coalition On Thanksgiving, the President of the United States called Governor Tim Walz “seriously retarded.” When asked days later if he stood by it, he said: “Yeah. I think there’s something wrong with him. Absolutely. Sure.” To my disability community: I know you felt that. We ourselves, or the people…

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Make Your Voice Heard – Hearing Loss

By nc | November 20, 2021 |
A person with dark brown skin smiling in a tan and white polka dot shirt wearing glasses and white headphones sitting in a black wheelchair typing with a lounge space blurred in the background.

This past week, I had the opportunity to participate in the Hearing Loss Association of America’s (HLAA) Annual Virtual Convention. HLAA’s mission is to “open the world of communication to people with hearing loss by providing information, education, support and advocacy.”   While all the sessions were very interesting, I thought the sessions on access…

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