July/August
2000

EDITOR Mary Johnson

Selections from our July/August 2000 issue
online now:

Once again, for the first time, people with disabilities are recruited into the workforce.
Prof. Arnold Birenbaum says there's a kind of news coverage that hasn't changed since World War II.

Not Some Abstract But A Poem.
Poem by Bob Mauro.

Clip 'n' Copy
Sharon Wachsler provides a handy response to all those unsolicited "helpful suggestions." Cartoon.

Book Reviews:
Sally Rosenthal reviews Iris Rainer Dart's When I Fall In Love

Also: A Voice Unheard -- The Latimer Case and People with Disabilities.

The Labor of Shoes.
Poem by Johnson Cheu.

What a high-powered agent can do for you.
Mary Johnson thinks she has a clue why the Brooke Ellison saga unfolded as it did.

Cover Story:
10 years & 90 days:
Actor Clint Eastwood went on a campaign against the Americans with Disabilities Act, but advocates turned the tide at a Congressional hearing. Here's the other side.

The Natural Destiny of the Bloomington Baby
He would have just graduated from high school -- if he hadn't been killed. Lisa Blumberg says he changed our movement

Rolling in the Emergency Room
Why aren't hospitals accessible yet? asks Barbara A. Crowley.

"Warning bells went off . . . "
Myrna Felix had a close call in a hospital.

Editorial: Are we against cure?

Mail
Responses to our Bed Money story, more.

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