Tennessee Disability Coalition News Blog

Congress designated each October as National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM).  The theme for the NDEAM 2008 is:
America’s People.
America’s Talent.
America’s Strength!
The poster is emblazoned on an image of Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The 60-foot Mount Rushmore face carvings of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln were sculpted by Gutzon [...]

The annual ADA Celebration held by the TARP Center For Independent Living was held at Memorial Park in Paris, Friday (July 25th); recognizing the 18th Anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
This year’s event in Paris featured live performance by the Tommy Akers Band, a motorcycle show, cakewalk, & other fun activities. [...]

I join the TN Disabiltiy Coalition, AAPD and others with and without disabilities in congratulating Carol Westlake, Executive Director of the TN Disability Coalition, for her recognition by the AAPD for her commitment to people with disabilities as a national disability rights advocate.
Carol is on her way to DC [...]

In honor of the ADA and our nation’s Second Independence Day there will be celebrations across the state during the week of July 21st.
Below is a sampling of those events. Tto the right is a photo of Justice Dart with the first President Bush for the ADA signing, click the photo to enlarge.
Paris, Tennessee
ADA [...]