Spring brings forth buds; the rebirth of mother earth lifts our spirits. Summer celebrates the sun showing off the full flowering of beautiful blossoms. But growth, real natural growth happe… Read More

Dedicated to… you know who you are.By Big Noise and MagitatorIn the 60s Jim Morrison snarled at his audiences, “They have the guns, but we have the numbers.” In a nutshell… Read More

Updated 12/7/2011 11:33 AMIt is impossible for me to express the degradation I feel. A progressive group put on a one-day workshop Sunday. I was not allowed to go. My friends went; my husban… Read More

Tis' the season of conspicuous consumption; Black Friday is just around the corner. United States shoppers will spend ten BILLION dollars in the next 32 days. Just as the Occupy Movement… Read More

U.S. Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot in the head January 8, 2011. An internal Tucson city memo unearthed February 17, 2011, revealed that Mark Esktrum, a 28-year old veteran of the Fir… Read More

Hang in there with me on this one. It is a horrifying and complicated story.I just finished reading a 62-page Petition filed against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigrati… Read More

I received this as an email. It was so good, I had to put it on my blog.This is the story of our Mothers and Grandmothers and Great Grandmothers who lived only 90 years ago.Remember, it was… Read More

I hear that necessity is the mother of invention; for us, necessity took the form of poverty. We are fixing up our home, with the plan of putting it on the market in the Spring. For diffe… Read More

That small print will get you every time. Mike and I went through the drive through at McDonald's and asked for a Monopoly game thingy. The sweet young thing at the window said, "You didn'… Read More

I just read an article that said Johnnie Tuitel, a guy who has already flown over 500,000 miles, is now suddenly too disabled to fly alone. Johnnie is 47, has CP and uses a power chair for m… Read More

Updated: 10-11-10, 3:45 pmChristine O'Donnell's newest commercial says, “I am not a witch. I'm you... I'm just like you.” She's trying to separate herself from her Bill Maher mom… Read More

In 1937, the US Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This legislation allows people with disabilities to be paid less than the minimum wage. Prior to the 1960s disabled work… Read More

Excerpted Testimony of Curtis Decker, Executive Director, National Disability Rights Network to U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Full Committee Hearing, March 9, 2009The con… Read More

LAST REVISED 12/30/20081Frequently Asked Questions and AnswerUnder A.R.S.23-364(A), which became effective January 1, 2007, the Industrial Commission of Arizona was given the authority to en… Read More

Activists,It’s hard to believe that an act passed 73 years ago still has such a negative impact on the lives of workers with disabilities. But, it has and Springfield Area Disability A… Read More

If there was ever a cry for universal single-payer, this is it!Boyfriend With Health Benefits - Watch more http://feeds.feedburner.com/bignoise Read More

I hope for a happy exit and I hope never to come back.--the last entry in the diary of Frida Kahlo, 1954She too lived in pain because of disability. Someone once asked her what to do with he… Read More

I am writing this letter for my sixteen month old granddaughter, Sabine. Some letters are still hard for her to write.She’s very smart and , as is her mommy, Suzi (my daughter), despit… Read More

Wait a minute! I learned today that AIG (American International Group), the same company that took more than $170 billion in taxpayer bailout money… my money; your money through our F… Read More

I am home sick today; but still got three calls about the story below. While I can’t write much between my naps on my road to health, I felt I had to write something. My callers all us… Read More

by Cilla Sluga & Mike MeiselmanIt’s unusual to have such an in-depth conversation with a total stranger. But, we liked her almost immediately. She was tall, in her twenties and ha… Read More

“Sit down and be still,” might be the most commonly heard phrase in elementary schools everywhere. What are we teaching our children when we expect them (even those without dis… Read More

Involuntary sterilization in 2009: It seems nearly impossible to even conceive that such a thing could still be happening. Yet it is; with regularity; and with state approval. But we have a… Read More

I’ve been involved in the disability rights movement for a little over 30 years. If I had to say one thing about that time it is this: it is a good thing you can’t get thrown out… Read More

Ok, I am officially pissed; royally, utterly and angrily pissed off. Today, (February 6, 2009) the Wall Street Journal featured an article titled, "The Other Unemployment Rate". In part… Read More

Ok, I am officially pissed; royally, utterly and angrily pissed off. Today, (February 6, 2009) the Wall Street Journal featured an article titled, "The Other Unemployment Rate". In part… Read More