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Links to three disability-related articles shared last week on NCCI social media. Remember that you can always visit NCCI on Facebook and Twitter at the following links:
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Alert - Progress On The New York State Budget
NCCI Blog - March 15, 2022, with updates
Budget negotiations are never fun. But there is real hope for the disability community in the NYS Legislature’s budget — if the Governor will agree.
Covid is making more people disabled and exposing America's tattered safety net
Eric Michael Garcia, MSNBC - March 10, 2022
An important look at the growing phenomenon of Long COVID, and how it might affect the disability community.
This Young Woman Was Accused Of Making A Man Look "Look Dumb And Feel Uncomfortable" After She Took Her Prosthetic Leg Off To Prove A Point
Krista Torres, BuzzFeed - March 15, 2022
Everyday ableism sometimes works like this. Someone is insulting to a disabled person, and when the disabled person complains or argues, they are the ones accused of being rude for making the ableist person feel bad.