by Belo Cipriani | Jul 25, 2020 | Americans with Disabilities Act, Disability Awareness, The Disability Tribune
By David-Elijah Nahmod July 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the landmark civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in all areas of life, including employment, schools and...
by Belo Cipriani | Feb 5, 2020 | Americans with Disabilities Act, Disability in Literature
By Annette Bay Pimentel Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins has been a disability advocate almost her entire life. At age 6, she had already been excluded from her neighborhood elementary school in Phoenix because of her wheelchair. Her family was unsure how to fight the...
by Belo Cipriani | May 7, 2014 | Adaptive Technology, Americans with Disabilities Act, Belo Cipriani, Blind Technology, Employment, Writing
It was never tough for me to get a job when I was sighted. Even when I got laid-off from a start-up after the Dot Com bust, I was hired as a bartender, with no experience, at the first club I walked into with my pink slip. As a college student, I worked at a payroll...
by Belo Cipriani | Apr 16, 2014 | Americans with Disabilities Act, Belo Cipriani, Mobility/ Disability, Service Animal Disability, Travel
Nothing arouses my senses quite like a new city. In major metropolitan centers, there are a multitude of things that scream out, “Here! Come here. We’ve got something fascinating in store for you.” A street full of manic traffic informs me it’s a major thoroughfare...
by Belo Cipriani | Feb 19, 2014 | Americans with Disabilities Act, Belo Cipriani, Employment
As a recruiting manager staffing for clients such as Google and Apple, I was concerned about three things: experience, unemployment gaps, and the probability of the person becoming a long-term employee. I interviewed few disabled candidates and rarely considered their...
by Belo Cipriani | Jul 4, 2011 | Americans with Disabilities Act, Blind Technology, Mobility/ Disability, Travel
As it has for many, the meaning of the 4th of July has changed tremendously for me from the time I was a nerdy kid in San Jose to a writer in San Francisco. Images of barbecues and city parks have been replaced by feelings of patriotism when I listen for the...
