Disability Justice
Statement about racist “meme”
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Today (February 6th) was a day of joy, vision, and creative love at the Michigan Disability Rights Coalition MDRC staff came together from across the state and remotely for a full day dreaming session about what it means to raise funds for our organization in ways that align with our mission, vision, and values. This…
Read MoreStatment on ableism, racism, and xenophobia deployed together
![[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.]](https://mymdrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/a-statement-on-ableism.jpg)
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…
Read MoreMake Your Voice Heard – Hearing Loss
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…
Read MoreThe Future of AT in Employment
Using AT to gain employment and support work over a lifetime has been a goal of our community for as long as we have been around. We have seen huge gains in the variety and flexibility of technology we can use as AT for employment in the last few decades. But, I think there may…
Read MoreAT for Gardening: Containers and Beds
By Aimee Sterk, LMSW, MATP Staff I’ve been a gardener for years and a vegetable gardener for at least a decade. I joined a vegetable garden farm share program about 20 years ago and loved the fresh veggies from down the road and began exploring some easy options to grow some myself. My farm share…
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