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Op-ed: Violent beating of a man with a disability illustrates the need for safety & self-defense

Family spokesman David Boyd and others hold a news conference Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, in Crystal Lake, IllA recent beating of a young man with a disability in Chicago (1) has captured national attention, yet hate-motivated violence is not the only threat people with disabilities face. Bureau of Justice Statistics (2) show that people with disabilities are twice as likely to experience violence as those without disabilities to be victims of all types of Read more

By Meg Stone, ago
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Unplugged the Sequel: Subway Savior

You know it, you’ve ridden it so many times you don’t care to remember: the MBTA, with all of its quirks and intricacies. There are those funky stops where you have to go up to go down or some such nonsense. Let’s face it, you can get to a lot of places in this great city of ours but if you’re not fully focused, you could end up headed toward Jamaica Plain when you Read more

By Kassi Soulard, ago

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