Photo by Jordan Elstad It’s safe to say that I didn’t have the greatest start to my college career. Within three weeks of my first semester here at Ramapo, I was in a car accident that left me with a broken vertebrae and broken ankle. Following the accident, I was […]
Tag: Disability
Women’s Center hosts talk on media representation
Cartoon courtesy of Wikia Over the years, television and movie producers have faced scrutiny for the lack of representation of minorities. Disabled individuals in particular have faced an extreme lack of representation in media. Characters with disabilities are scarce in movies and television programs, and even when they are featured […]
Disability Discrimination Act Still Increasingly Important 20 Years Later
Photo Courtesy of Wikipedia A couple of weeks ago, the shocking truth that an autistic worker worked around three days a week for close to a year without receiving a single paycheck was released. According to Fox2Now and USA Today, officials revealed that the parents of Caleb Dyl, an autistic […]