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Tackling disability discrimination takes more than wheelchair ramps

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Dribblers please sit on the left”; the underbelly of disability segregation and acceptance.

Civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who took a stand against racial segregation on buses in Alabama. Disabled people face an 'us and them' ethos. Photograph: Corbis

By Matthew Harper – Guardian Blog

You’re in a restaurant; dressed up, with friends, family, maybe a partner and halfway through your slap-up meal there’s a tap on your shoulder and “do you mind moving? it’s disgusting, no its just … you’re dribbling – it’s putting me off my food”. Had that said to you? Or been the one saying it? Or even just thinking it?  Continue reading →

Disability cuts will hurt deeply

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My daughter is brain damaged. Cuts to disability funding will devastate families like ours and cost society more in the long run

Cuts to social programs including those for the disabled by Conservative UK Prime Minister Cameron are sending shock waves through the disability community and their caregivers.

Stacie Lewis

By Stacey Lewis, Guardian.co.uk – A year and a half ago, my daughter, May, was born severely brain damaged. After a healthy pregnancy, her injuries sent me into a paralysis of fear.

Staff at the hospital reassured us. When we left the special care ward, there would be a team of professionals, equipment, funding and respite care. We would not be alone. Continue reading →

Harper reacts with police violence to public protest

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They old can’t kill the young forever, Tienanmen Square


(Last 31 seconds of police charge on Queen St. at Spadina)

It is a shame on Canada that Prime Minister Harper doesn’t want to hear the voices of Canadians. Neither did the Communist leadership in China at Tienanmen Square.

Harper reacted to the G20 protests the same way the Chinese government did with military might. Harper got ready with in $1 billion in police buildup.

The police attacked the crowd on Queen Street West near Spadina. Up until then people had been walking and protesting, carrying their signs. Those would be Charter Rights in Canada.

After singing O’Canada, a few people sat in the middle of the street and the police charged the crowd. (8:30 in the video) Then the violence began. Don’t take our word for it. The video is crystal clear (after the story break)

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NJN on your iPhone

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The results are surprisingly good

NJN Network on iPhone

Please give NJN Mobile a try and tell us what is working for you and what is not.  There is nothing special you need to do – just bookmark our site in your mobile browser and check it out.

When I first got an iPhone using it for web access was horribly slow. Pages were taking 1-2 minutes to appear. Moving to the next page was painful.

As the demand for smart phone access has increased, new software has improved smart phone access.

Two weeks ago we installed a widget that translates web pages into smart phone pages. Since then we’ve tweaked the software and think it’s working very well.

On 3G service, our main page loads in 6-10 seconds which isn’t that much slower than on a computer. Instead of a picture thumbnail, we show the date and headline.  The front page loads faster and you can see the newest stories for the day.  Update – with faster speeds using thumbnails is feasible.

The pages are sized to fit the iPhone and the text is readable.

YouTube videos play but Flash videos don’t. That’s an Apple limitation. Video on smart phone is painfully slow. You are at the mercy of bad connections and too much data.

Benchmarking NJN Network against other news sites, CBC takes about 15-30 seconds from the front page and then 10-20 seconds for the next pages.

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