by ODS | Apr 9, 2024 | News, ODS
Overcoming ableism, doctor realizes dream of medicine: https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/higher_education/overcoming-ableism-doctor-realizes-dream-of-medicine/article_a2b24d90-c5df-11ee-859a-fba85335f838.html
by ODS | Feb 27, 2024 | News, ODS
https://patch.com/new-jersey/newarknj/new-jersey-makes-progress-disability-access-8-encouraging-stories
by ODS | Nov 20, 2023 | News, ODS
Meet Marcela Marañon, the First Latina Wheelchair User to Climb Mt....
by ODS | Jun 28, 2022 | News, ODS
Lizzo has changed a lyric in her new song, “Grrrls,” after listeners pointed out it was an ableist slur. Find out more about this story at:...
by ODS | Mar 1, 2022 | News, ODS
In a major triumph for deaf representation in Hollywood, the ensemble of “CODA” clinched the top prize Sunday at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards. After receiving two SAG nominations, the heartwarming Apple TV+ dramedy about a child of deaf adults (CODA) won them...
by ODS | May 18, 2021 | News, ODS
“Two years of ‘no.’ Two years of nobody wanted to take a chance on me, being seen as a liability, or just being instantly Googled, they would find my name, see my wheelchair and say absolutely not,” said Kress. Find out more at:...
by ODS | Apr 15, 2021 | ODS
Tom Pisano has been working on both a medical degree and doctoral degree in neuroscience to help to study and treat conditions like his own. When he started making rounds in his wheelchair, he worried his patients would consider him less capable than his Robert Wood...
by ODS | Jan 22, 2021 | News, ODS
Youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman who, at age 22, spoke the 2021 inaugural poem, worked through life to this point with an auditory processing disorder, hypersensitivity to sound, and as a child she also had a speech impediment....
by ODS | Sep 11, 2020 | News, ODS
Please take a moment check out this amazing and inspirational story. A registered nurse in NYC and an advocate for others, who has made unbelievable strides for people with spinal cord injuries.
by OASA | Aug 7, 2020 | News, ODS, RBHS Registrar
As the RBHS schools continue to plan for students to return to in-person educational experiences, we realize that some students may have concerns with returning. To facilitate students’ requests for considerations before they return, RBHS has created a form at the...
