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Dec 12, 2023

COVID provided a do over for employers on the ADA, will they realize it?

The unspoken legacy of COVID, could be a change .

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Feb 7, 2022

The Disability Penalty or Why Your “Specialization” Is a Liability?

Credit: AffectTheVerb

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Sep 29, 2023

Remarks on the Acceptance of the Judith Heumann Champion of Justice Award at Disability Rights…

To say I am honored to be the recipient of the Judy Heumann Champion of Justice award is an understatement. Thank you to Megan and all the…

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Apr 8, 2022

Accessible. I do not think it means, what you think it means.

As an advocate who travels in a lot of spaces, I always have to remind myself that what non-disableds mean by “accessible” and what #DisCo…

Accessible. I do not think it means, what you think it means.

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Feb 25

The passing of Joanne Bland.

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Aug 26, 2024

How My Mother Taught me the Magic of Loving My Reflection

Originally published in 2016 on “The Body is Not An Apology”

How My Mother Taught me the Magic of Loving My Reflection

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Jan 18, 2024

Redheads Shouldn’t Wear Red (and other lies I was told) or Why I’m Still Mourning André Leon Talley

(Note: This piece was originally written over a year ago. But it became too hard to publish. This last summer a number of Mr. Talley’s…

Redheads Shouldn’t Wear Red (and other lies I was told) or Why I’m Still Mourning André Leon Talley

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Mar 7, 2023

The Best Thing You Can Do With A Pedestal is to Take a Sledgehammer to it.

My favorite, Justin Dart quote, was “ learn to love the humanity in people, even the ones you hate.” ( and that is such a story for another…

The Best Thing You Can Do With A Pedestal is to Take a Sledgehammer to it.

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Mar 5, 2023

Disabled Elders Pave the Road We Use t

The official statement is here. But I am Irish and we don’t do things, “officially.”

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May 17, 2022

Remarks by Rebecca Cokley at the NY Women’s Foundation Celebrating Women Breakfast

Hi, my name is Rebecca Cokley. I am a redheaded woman, with a glorious abundance of freckles, wearing a black jumpsuit, and a pair of shoes…

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Rebecca Cokley

Rebecca Cokley

Rebecca Cokley is a philantropic buffalo, 3 x Obama Appointee, writer, pundit, & activist who doesn’t believe anyone should wait over 30 yrs for civil rights.

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