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Americans with Disabilities Act

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Five Crimes From "Bring Your Whole Crew" DMX Might Go Back To Prison For

    The super-rare T206 DMX mugshot, a favorite among collectors. ​Those of you waiting for Year of the Dog... Again... Again need wait no longer: DMX has been released from his latest stint in prison, which I think I'm supposed to call the dog pound? I'm not sure; the RFT hasn't got the 2011 edit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    [UPDATE] R.I.P. Disability Activist Max Starkloff, 1937-2010

    Jennifer SilverbergMax and Colleen Starkloff.​Update December 29: Funeral information at the end of this post. ---------- Max Starkloff, a longtime activist for disability rights and founder of Paraquad and the Starkloff Disability Institute, two local organizations that help disabled people ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    Max Starkloff: A Remembrance

    Jennifer SilverbergMax Starkloff and his beloved wife and business partner, Colleen​As I began researching my recent feature story about the twentieth anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, I heard the same thing from person after person: "You have to be sure to interview Max and Coll ... More >>

  • News

    December 23, 2010

    In Her Shoes: Readers react to our first-person account of how the ADA influences everyday life

    Jennifer SilverbergMax Starkloff and his beloved wife and business partner, Colleen​As I began researching my recent feature story about the twentieth anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, I heard the same thing from person after person: "You have to be sure to interview Max and Coll ... More >>

  • News

    December 9, 2010

    You think the Americans with Disabilities Act has leveled the playing field? Try walking in my shoes.

    Jennifer SilverbergMax Starkloff and his beloved wife and business partner, Colleen​As I began researching my recent feature story about the twentieth anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, I heard the same thing from person after person: "You have to be sure to interview Max and Coll ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    Access Denied: St. Louis Twenty Years After the ADA

    In this week's feature story, "Step Right Up," RFT Music Editor Annie Zaleski describes how the Americans with Disabilities Act has affected her life. Zaleski was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a toddler and was entering fifth grade when President George H.W. Bush signed the legislation into law.T ... More >>

  • Music

    November 4, 2010

    Local sign-language interpreters equalize and enhance the concert experience

    In this week's feature story, "Step Right Up," RFT Music Editor Annie Zaleski describes how the Americans with Disabilities Act has affected her life. Zaleski was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a toddler and was entering fifth grade when President George H.W. Bush signed the legislation into law.T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Can You Hear Me Now? Nope.

    ​Did you see that video of the time-traveling lady at the Hollywood premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film "The Circus?"You didn't?Check out the video here. Now, it does really look like the woman is adopting the all-too-familiar posture of someone exchanging inanities with her BFF by phone as sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Nation's Oldest Family Farm For Sale After Eleven Generations.

    After 378 years, the country's oldest family-run farm is for sale. The Boston Globe reports that New Hampshire farmer Will Tuttle has cited lagging demand for the farm's goods. "This is a different business now,'' Tuttle said. "Farming at any level is a labor of love, but now the future is so uncert ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    Mayor Slay Signs "Complete Streets" Bill

    Design WorkshopAn architectural rendering of the new, improved South Grand Boulevard, a model for other St. Louis "Complete Streets."​First they overhauled South Grand Boulevard. Then they banned cars from Lindell Boulevard for most of a day. Now, today, Mayor Francis Slay has signed the Compl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    University City Parking Meters Get Whacked

    ​That's no optical illusion. The parking meters along Delmar in the University City Loop are really that short.Evelyn Shields-Benford, director of public works for the city, tells Daily RFT that the meters were lopped off recently to meet ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliance after her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Presenting: The DisAbility Project in "Facts and Figures"

    This week's RFT feature story is about the DisAbility Project, a theater troupe here in St. Louis made up of actors who have disabilities. All week long on Daily RFT, we'll be posting video of the DP in action. All skits were shot during a performance on October 28 at the Saint Louis Art Museum ... More >>

  • News

    September 19, 2007

    City of Bad Shoulders

    Advocates for the disabled flag down Missouri’s highway builders and demand they pay greater attention to accessibility.

  • News

    October 4, 2006

    A ghost scares the pee out of Unreal. But then we meet an extraordinary parrot, and stick it to the Webster Groves PD.

    Week of October 5, 2006

  • News

    October 20, 2004

    Get Lost, Kid!

    The Cub Scouts tell the mother of a retarded boy her son's no longer welcome

  • News

    May 10, 2000

    The Olmstead Challenge

    The U.S. Supreme Court says it's time to end segregation: People with disabilities must be allowed to leave institutions and move into the community. Sounds great -- except the state's overwhelmed and the community's nowhere near ready.

  • News

    January 12, 2000

    SHORTCHANGED

    For years now, the Human Development Corp. has taken in millions of tax dollars to provide Head Start services for 2,500 of the city's low-income children. It has never come close. And the problems just begin there.

  • News

    December 16, 1998

    Three-Study Opera

    No one wants to talk about what it will cost to reopen Kiel Opera House and who should pay for it. But now comes yet another consultant -- paid $100,000 by St. Louis 2004 -- saying Kiel should not be reopened.

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