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30-year wait to underground utility lines is nearly over | Historic Asian American bookshop closing

Disability rights

Posted inObituaries

Remembering Judy Heumann, leading voice for disability rights

by Family of Judy Heumann March 06, 2023, 3:02 p.m.March 8, 2023

Heumann helped launch Berkeley’s Center for Independent Living, sued to become New York’s first teacher to use a wheelchair and held senior roles in the Clinton and Obama administrations.

Posted inObituaries

Remembering Hale Zukas, daring visionary of the disability rights movement

by Joan Leon and Pam Mendelsohn Dec. 06, 2022, 1:16 p.m.December 12, 2022

Wry, tenacious and determined, Zukas designed Berkeley’s first curb cuts, brought wheelchair-accessible buttons to BART elevators and engineered accessibility improvements around the globe.

Posted inCommunity

A year after life-changing award, Berkeley inventor for the blind is writing a memoir

Avatar photo by Alix Wall Nov. 13, 2022, 8:00 a.m.November 14, 2022

Joshua Miele won a MacArthur “genius” prize in 2021. Set up in a new workshop, he’s planning a listening party for the sounds of the aurora borealis and is learning to use his celebrity for good.

Posted inBusiness

Berkeley’s Center for Independent Living, which launched the disability rights movement, turns 50

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Oct. 24, 2022, 9:19 a.m.October 24, 2022

Famous for pushing Berkeley to install the country’s first curb cut, the center has also broken ground with its peer counseling program and now helps around 1,000 people per year.

Posted inCrime & Safety

How seniors and people with disabilities can prepare for wildfires

Avatar photo by Kate Darby Rauch Sept. 28, 2022, 1:17 p.m.September 28, 2022

Issues with mobility, hearing, vision, frailty and intellectual or developmental disabilities make emergency preparedness more challenging. Preparation can help and may save lives.

Posted inSchools

She fought on behalf of her blind son. Now BUSD will make online learning tools more accessible

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich July 21, 2022, 4:58 p.m.August 4, 2022

The National Federation of the Blind hopes a settlement the mother reached with BUSD will become a blueprint for other school districts.

Posted inObituaries

Remembering Marilyn Golden, disability rights activist who lobbied for ADA

Avatar photo by Alix Wall Oct. 08, 2021, 6:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

Marilyn Golden, a key figure in the drafting and passage of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, died at her home in Berkeley on Sept. 21.

Posted inCommunity

Berkeley inventor of blind adaptive technology wins MacArthur ‘genius’ prize

Avatar photo by Alix Wall Sept. 29, 2021, 2:55 p.m.August 4, 2022

Joshua A. Miele won a prestigious MacArthur Foundation fellowship for his pragmatic inventions that help blind people navigate the physical and digital world.

Posted inSchools

Berkeley Unified will settle suit claiming it failed students with reading disorders

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich July 30, 2021, 9:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

Berkeley Unified has agreed to settle a 2017 lawsuit alleging it failed to provide an appropriate education for students with dyslexia.

Posted inArts

‘Never in our wildest dreams’: The documentary ‘Crip Camp’ nominated for an Oscar

by Sara Kassabian April 12, 2021, 9:31 a.m.February 20, 2023

‘Crip Camp’ shows how a summer camp in upstate New York galvanized a generation of activists and influenced Berkeley’s disability rights movement.

Power lines with sunset in the background
Posted inCity

Berkeley residents with disabilities say their needs ‘not built into’ PG&E shutoff policy

Avatar photo by Natalie Orenstein Nov. 05, 2019, 4:00 p.m.October 24, 2022

Frustrated with the official handling, some people in the disability community organized their own emergency response efforts during recent blackouts.

Posted inCity, Fire, Nature

Berkeley reaches out to vulnerable residents during shutoff, but evacuation call prompts criticism

Avatar photo by Natalie Orenstein Oct. 10, 2019, 1:56 p.m.August 4, 2022

Hundreds of Twitter users accused the city of telling residents with disabilities to fend for themselves during the outage. Berkeley says that doesn’t reflect what’s happening on the ground.

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