Poll worker training key to smooth voting experience for people with disabilities
Election inspectors are equipped with tools during training — known as disability etiquette — that they can use to assist voters with disabilities.
Election inspectors are equipped with tools during training — known as disability etiquette — that they can use to assist voters with disabilities.
Even with masking and other precautions, Elizabeth Ferry said that she – like other people with disabilities she knows – lived in fear during the pandemic, afraid that her aides would quit, and she would be unable to replace them.
Lori's Voice is an all-volunteer nonprofit founded to help young people with disabilities. Founder Lori Hastings remembers what it was like growing up a neurological disorder. Now, she's making sure other challenged youth have what they need.
This article begins a weekly series that will explore the challenges faced by those with disabilities along with the efforts across West Michigan to address the discrimination and inequity.
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