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Emma’s Squeaky Shoes: A Disability Awareness Business Story

01/28/14 - Disability Awareness Training, Disability in the Media, jjslist.com, Uncategorized - 8 Comments

An article titled “Restaurant Apologizes After Child With Disability Asked to Remove Shoes” written by Today.com contributor Kirthana Ramisetti, January 14, 2014, tells of a mother standing up for her child. Catherine Duke and her two daughters, Ana and Emma, recently went to Panera Bread…

Yes, Laurie, There Really Is a Way. And it’s not Santa Claus.

04/02/11 - Uncategorized - 0 Comments

My friend and fellow disability advocate Laurie and I communicated recently about whether the disability community really puts its money where its mouth is when it comes to patronizing disability-aware businesses. “Do I shop at our local Walmart, for example, over the local Target, because…