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NYC Glue<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@shonin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>shonin</span></a></span> Have raised this issue in Riverside Park, NYC and they all get so Olmsteady on me. Frisbee thrower rights are threatened! Will send this link their way. If they only converted 5% of the lawns.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Olmstead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Olmstead</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Frisbee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Frisbee</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiversideParkConservancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiversideParkConservancy</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiversideParkNYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiversideParkNYC</span></a></p>
ahimsa<p>Another quote:</p><p>"Like Abbott and himself, Kafka said that many ADAPT members have spinal injuries that require daily assistance. 'There’s somebody that helps when he has physical needs,' Kafka said. 'That’s why we believe he should be more sensitive to us.'</p><p>Yet Kafka said that little concrete progress has been made to improve the lives of disabled Texans since their first meeting with the governor, who keeps rejecting the group’s subsequent meeting requests..."</p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disabled</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Olmstead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Olmstead</span></a></p>
CenDemTech<p>👏 This Saturday, June 22, is the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Olmstead v. L.C., an incredibly important moment in <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/DisabilityRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityRights</span></a> history. <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/Olmstead25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Olmstead25</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/Olmstead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Olmstead</span></a> held that unjustified segregation of people with disabilities constitutes unlawful discrimination under the <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/ADA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADA</span></a>. Since this decision many disabled people have been able to live more independent lives in their communities. Bazelon Center w/ more: <a href="https://www.bazelon.org/the-olmstead-case/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bazelon.org/the-olmstead-case/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>