My Voice, My Vote is a new website for young adults with disabilities who want to learn about the voting process and make a difference in their communities. The site includes resources for voters in Minnesota and across the country, including the many different ways one can vote and what it means to be a good citizen. The website includes an open-captioned video on the voting process. It also includes an ASL video, “Voting: You Decide”.
More information on the website and the videos can be found at http://www.myvoicemyvote.org
King County voters with disabilities now have the option of casting a truly secret ballot using an accessible voting unit. Federal law requires one …
Jun 23, 2008 … Voting has become more accessible for people who are disabled, however, it remains unacceptably inaccessible for most people who are blind, …
wiseadvice.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/accessible-voting-ill-vote-for-that
Accessible Voting Without Computers … The Vote-PAD is composed of one custom ballot sleeve for each sheet of a ballot. The sleeves are bound together …
http://www.vote-pad.us/
“King County is home to 259,843 people with disabilities, according the the 2000 census”
Check out this newsletter from the Alliance of People with disAbilities
http://your.kingcounty.gov/elections/access/documents/connectAbility_fall06.pdf
The Family Village is a global community that integrates information, resources, and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive and other disabilities, for their families, and for those that provide them services and support. The community includes informational resources on specific diagnoses, communication connections, adaptive products and technology, adaptive recreational activities, education, worship, health issues, disability-related media and literature, and much, much more!
I would be happy to visit your school, classroom, or meet with students to tell my story of Dyslexia which has affected my family. My goal is to create a positive learning environment, and ultimately for each of us to understand the equal value of all people: abled, disabled, and differently abled.
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