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Remembering Judy Heumann

Post written by Dina Abramson, SAFE Disability Services Project Advisory Council (PAC) Member Judith Ellen (Judy) Heumann was born in 1947 to German Jewish parents. Her grandparents and great-grandparents died in the Holocaust. Judy contracted polio when she was eighteen months old and used a wheelchair for most of her life. She was denied a…

Learning Cultural Norms

We know our cultural norms and we know the cultural norms of the larger society. But I wonder, when are they going to learn ours? – Anita Evans, retired middle school administrator Learning Cultural Norms Louder and More Animated Does Not Mean More Dangerous Anita Evans is a Black retired middle school administrator living in…

My Rights My Life: Healthy Relationships and Safer Sexuality Curriculum

My Rights My Life Is an inclusive and accessible healthy relationships and safer sexuality curriculum for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It contains 30 weekly, one-hour classes on healthy relationships, consent, dating, boundaries, Internet safety, safer sexuality, and other topics. SAFE Disability Services staff is available to provide training on how to facilitate…