Blog – Daniel Jonathan Fuller Memorial Fund

Today is the United Nations International Day of persons with disabilities

Statement by AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine on the U.N. International Day of Persons with Disabilities December 3, 2021 Since 1992, the United Nations has designated December 3 as…

UC Access

16 Aug 202016 Aug 2020

Received a note from Attorney William Goren concerning a disability rights advocacy group named UC Access. The purpose of the group is to ensure that the University of California campuses…

Do Not Hesitate to Claim Disability Identity

5 Aug 20205 Aug 2020

I just finished attending a virtual conference with the Association of Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD). The people of the group have so impressed me with their commitment to ensuring…

Exploring What Disability Means Today, and Could Mean Tomorrow

I am so grateful for the New York Times printing a number of articles in today's paper pertaining to the American With Disabilities Act (ADA). Today is the 30th anniversary…

July 13, 2020 – Complications for Emotional Support Animals in Iowa

William Goren - an attorney I admire who has a blog regarding disability rights laws and cases recently came across a case from the Iowa Supreme Court that complicates Emotional…

July 5, 2020 – Daniel’s 29th Birthday

5 Jul 20205 Jul 2020

Daniel was born on July 5th, 1991 - a joyous day for us all!! We miss him more than words can say. George Fuller, MPA, MA CEO, Daniel Jonathan Fuller…

July 4, 2020 – Happy Birthday America

Happy Birthday to our incredible America!! George Fuller, MPA, MA CEO, Daniel Jonathan Fuller Memorial Fund

June 27, 2020 – We remember Helen Keller’s Birthday

27 Jun 202027 Jun 2020

Helen Keller was born June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama. At the age of 19 months Helen was blinded, and became deaf. The cause of her loss of hearing and…

June 23 – Report Discrimination Immediately

23 Jun 202024 Jun 2020

A task that can be completed by a disabled student before arriving on a college campus is to determine who the Title II coordinator is at the school. In the…

June 21 – Haben’s Book

21 Jun 202021 Jun 2020

I believe anyone who is involved in postsecondary education, especially disabled postsecondary students, should read Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law. It is a memoir of Haben Girma,…