April 2012
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Apr 30th
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“Never underestimate your abilities. Be your own best advocate.”
– WomenWorking.com
Apr 30th
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Deaf Service Bureau of West Central Florida: Check... →
The Five Year Engagement and other newly released captioned movies that are playing at theaters now.
Apr 27th
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“We attract to ourselves what we hold inside. Every circumstance, every person,...”
– The Secret
Apr 26th
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“Tom Foley of the World Institute on Disability says it comes down to economics....”
– “What are the barriers to the Internet for people with disabilities?” Marketplace Tech
Apr 26th
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Famous Deaf People #9
LeRoy Colombo - Famous deaf lifeguard entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for saving 907 lives.
Apr 26th
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“Ethical thinking is cognitively expensive: it takes effort, focus, and time....”
– Margaret Heffernan AOL Jobs
Apr 26th
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“No matter where you are, no matter how difficult things might appear to be, you...”
– The Secret
Apr 25th
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Famous Deaf People #8
Marcus Titus - US National Swim Team
Apr 25th
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Newsweek: The 13 Most Useful* College Majors (As... →
newsweek: 1. Nursing 2. Mechanical Engineering 3. Electrical Engineering 4. Civil Engineering 5. Computer Science 6. Finance 7. Marketing and Marketing Research 8. Mathematics 9. Accounting 10. French, German, Latin, and other Common Foreign Languages 11. …
Apr 25th
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“The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 argues that the nation must assure...”
– NY Times
Apr 25th
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“The trustees said on Monday that the disability fund will be exhausted by 2016,...”
– NY Times
Apr 25th
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“The breakneck growth in the disability program is not simply about demography....”
– NY Times
Apr 25th
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Apr 25th
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Gimpunk: Being in a wheelchair in public is... →
lindseyelarson: I can deal with ignorance, for the most part. I can deal with the fact that when you’re in a chair you get a lot of looks. I get the eye contact with the “I feel sorry for you” half smile. I HATE that. I know they think they’re being nice but I don’t need their pity, I deal…
Apr 25th
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Thriving With Disabilities: Thriving With... →
thrivingwithdisabilities: I’ve been in pretty rough shape over the past couple of weeks, but I’m trying to post on something resembling a weekly schedule. This week is a simpler suggestion for coping: Be open about your disability. I don’t just mean visual cues people can see, like a cane or walker or wheelchair. I mean…
Apr 24th
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Where's the happy medium between being sympathetic...
~@iMustTweet
Apr 24th
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NPR Music: The 13 Most Useless College Majors (As... →
sad but true: 1. Fine Arts 2. Drama and Theatre Arts 3. Film, Video, and Photographic Arts 4. Commercial Art and Graphic Design 5. Architecture 6. Philosophy and Religious Studies 7. English Literature and Language 8. Journalism 9. Anthropology and…
Apr 23rd
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“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,...”
– Albert Einstein
Apr 23rd
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“Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.”
–  Thornton Wilder
Apr 23rd
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