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It seems like every few weeks we get news of yet another horrible disaster happening somewhere: earthquakes, hurricanes, oil spills, tornadoes, tsunamis, nuclear meltdowns, wild fires, floods . . . It’s truly overwhelming, and if you’re anything like me, you…
On April 7 this year, Wells Fargo presented CTP with a check for $15,000. Over the years, Wells Fargo has been a steady and generous supporter of CTP in many ways, providing not only funding support, but internships and permanent…
Know any children artists out there? Specifically children with one or more parents with a disability? Well, The National Center for Parents with Disabilities (a program of Through the Looking Glass) is calling for original art entries from children aged…
You’ve heard of a win-win situation, right? Well this is a win-win-win-win situation. How can you not like it? Let’s back up a minute and start with the need, the gap to be filled, the problem to be solved. Broadband…
Pete Eckert is totally blind and he is a visual artist–a photographer. In 2008 he competed head-on with sighted photographers and won Grand Prize in the Artist Wanted: Exposure 2008 international photography competition. How does he do it? Pete explains…
The World Institute on Disability (WID) has released a second DVD in the series called Access to Medical Care. The new release, Access to Medical Care: People with Developmental Disabilities, is a 25-minute DVD that educates medical providers, families…
It’s fitting that the Ed Roberts Campus (a tribute to the late Ed Roberts, one of the primary leaders the Independent Living Movement) would itself represent yet another milestone in that movement. For the first time, a building specifically designed…
CTP’s Executive Director, Joan Breves’s relative has just published Money Smart, a better approach to money management. The author Ted Hunter has offered CTP 25% of sales if you buy his book thought this link (until November 12th). Neil Jacobson…
Update – This job has been filled. Computer Technologies Program (www.ctpberk.org) is seeking a part time lab instructor for its Network and Technical Support program. CTP is a 35 year old non-profit organization that primarily serves adults with disabilities. The…
First CTP was a few classrooms at the old Vista College, now known as Berkeley City College. Then came our own building on Milvia Street, until it was judged to be seismically unfit. The image of flying wheelchairs and canes…