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Adventure Team Challenge brings able-bodied and disabled together for a race in the Rockies

​Imagine biking up a steep Colorado peak, rafting through the Rapids of the Colorado River and then rappelling down a jagged and imposing cliff. Now imagine doing that blind or without the use of an arm or both of your legs. That's exactly what many of the participants will be doing in this we ... More >>

Pit bulls as service animals: Denver quietly changes its policy

​For more than two decades, Denver has tenaciously defended its pit bull ban. Years of lawsuits, protests and bad press have done nothing to unmoor Denver's political leadership from their conviction that this particular breed of dog is far too dangerous to allow within city limits. No except ... More >>

Pit bull service-dog rules go into effect as Aurora looks to adjust its "bully breeds" ban

​New federal guidelines tightening the traditionally loosey-goosey definition "service animals" go into effect today. From now on only dogs (and, um, in some cases, miniature horses) that have been "individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disabi ... More >>

Pit bull service-dog ban in Denver violates federal law, says attorney suing city

​Denver City Council's decision not to provide a service-dog exemption to its longtime pit bull ban isn't just bad public policy, in the opinion of Jennifer Reba Edwards, attorney and founder of the Animal Law Center. It's also illegal -- which is why her firm is suing the city, as well as Aur ... More >>

Theresa Richter is a Harvey Park neighborhood icon: Kenny Be's Hip Tip

Neighborhood Icon #4 of 76: Harvey Park.​ The color scheme of the Harvey Park logo shown above pays homage to the colorful, nationally renowned jazz-age orchestra leader and his sprawling Black and White Ranch, on which the southwest Denver neighborhood was built...

A dance that portrays life in a wheelchair earns the ire of a woman who uses one

Neighborhood Icon #4 of 76: Harvey Park.​ The color scheme of the Harvey Park logo shown above pays homage to the colorful, nationally renowned jazz-age orchestra leader and his sprawling Black and White Ranch, on which the southwest Denver neighborhood was built...

Patric LeHouillier, Colorado Springs lawyer, to pay $50,000 for discriminating against seeing-eye dog

Could you say no to this guy? Apparently, Patric LeHouillier can.​A Colorado Springs attorney accused of violating the Americans with Disabilities act by not allowing a disabled woman and her seeing eye dog into his office will have to shell out $50,000 as part of a consent decree approved by ... More >>

$1.5 million federal grant to help adults with disabilities in Colorado find jobs

An image from the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing website​ The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (known affectionately as "hick-puff") didn't win any popularity contests this past summer when it unveiled changes in the way Medicaid payments would b ... More >>

Q&A with the Don'ts and Be Carefuls

​In 2008, the whole dance punk phenomenon, with few exceptions, seemed worn out and irrelevant to anything genuinely exciting. But it was in the spring of that year that The Don'ts and Be Carefuls started putting together its songs and playing its first show shortly after solidifying its line-up. ... More >>

From the week of August 27, 2009

​In 2008, the whole dance punk phenomenon, with few exceptions, seemed worn out and irrelevant to anything genuinely exciting. But it was in the spring of that year that The Don'ts and Be Carefuls started putting together its songs and playing its first show shortly after solidifying its line-up. ... More >>

From the week of August 27, 2009

​In 2008, the whole dance punk phenomenon, with few exceptions, seemed worn out and irrelevant to anything genuinely exciting. But it was in the spring of that year that The Don'ts and Be Carefuls started putting together its songs and playing its first show shortly after solidifying its line-up. ... More >>

Colorado's new Medicaid funding plan will leave disabled adults on the outside

​In 2008, the whole dance punk phenomenon, with few exceptions, seemed worn out and irrelevant to anything genuinely exciting. But it was in the spring of that year that The Don'ts and Be Carefuls started putting together its songs and playing its first show shortly after solidifying its line-up. ... More >>

Day Four: When Is Dinner Gonna Be Ready?

​In 2008, the whole dance punk phenomenon, with few exceptions, seemed worn out and irrelevant to anything genuinely exciting. But it was in the spring of that year that The Don'ts and Be Carefuls started putting together its songs and playing its first show shortly after solidifying its line-up. ... More >>

Day Three: Burger King on Colfax and Kalamath

​In 2008, the whole dance punk phenomenon, with few exceptions, seemed worn out and irrelevant to anything genuinely exciting. But it was in the spring of that year that The Don'ts and Be Carefuls started putting together its songs and playing its first show shortly after solidifying its line-up. ... More >>

Day Two: White Elephants

​In 2008, the whole dance punk phenomenon, with few exceptions, seemed worn out and irrelevant to anything genuinely exciting. But it was in the spring of that year that The Don'ts and Be Carefuls started putting together its songs and playing its first show shortly after solidifying its line-up. ... More >>

Day One: New Socks

​In 2008, the whole dance punk phenomenon, with few exceptions, seemed worn out and irrelevant to anything genuinely exciting. But it was in the spring of that year that The Don'ts and Be Carefuls started putting together its songs and playing its first show shortly after solidifying its line-up. ... More >>

Balloon Bonanza

​In 2008, the whole dance punk phenomenon, with few exceptions, seemed worn out and irrelevant to anything genuinely exciting. But it was in the spring of that year that The Don'ts and Be Carefuls started putting together its songs and playing its first show shortly after solidifying its line-up. ... More >>

Freudian Typo

​In 2008, the whole dance punk phenomenon, with few exceptions, seemed worn out and irrelevant to anything genuinely exciting. But it was in the spring of that year that The Don'ts and Be Carefuls started putting together its songs and playing its first show shortly after solidifying its line-up. ... More >>

Voice Over

Is the government paying for a miracle or a myth?

Artists Get Crackin'

Nutcrackers are front and center in Nuts to You.

PHAMALy Plays Together

PHAMALy finds ways to turn physical challenges into art.

In Sickness and in Wealth

Medicaid patients could be facing death by a thousand cuts.

Best Place to Smell the Roses

Sensory Garden
Denver Botanic Gardens

Speak and Be Heard

Special-education students are learning that their own best advocates may be themselves.

Best New Arts Complex

The King Center for the Performing Arts

One for All

Charter schools are perfect for special-education kids. That's the problem.

Shine On

For more than twenty years, Philip Hamon has championed local music. Now he's got his own act together.

Broken Trust

A caretaker wins in court but loses the two women whom she considered family.

Ready, Willing and Disabled

The state's treatment of the developmentally disabled isn't broken. So why does Colorado want to fix it?

Movin' On Up

The city takes a wild ride on the Colfax Center Deli's wheelchair ramp.

Horse Sense

One group's unbridled plan would help mustangs, prisoners and disabled kids help each other.

Spread Alert

A peanut allergy puts the Auraria Daycare Center in a sticky spot.

Free Rides

Denver considers a new law to keep "handicap" tags from overrunning downtown's parking spaces.

Why Me, God?

An Iliff divinity student sues the school over disability access.

The Wheels of Justice

A lawsuit on behalf of handicapped state prisoners moves toward a settlement.

LETTERS

A lawsuit on behalf of handicapped state prisoners moves toward a settlement.

A TREAT FROM BUNUEL

A lawsuit on behalf of handicapped state prisoners moves toward a settlement.

MOUTHING OFF

A lawsuit on behalf of handicapped state prisoners moves toward a settlement.

THE PLAN THAT FELL TO EARTH

CITY BUREAUCRATS SEE THE SPECTER OF DIA IN A GLITCH-RIDDEN "RECLASSIFICATION" PROJECT.

SEPARATION ANXIETYARE DISABLED PUPILS IN A CLASS BY THEMSELVES?

CITY BUREAUCRATS SEE THE SPECTER OF DIA IN A GLITCH-RIDDEN "RECLASSIFICATION" PROJECT.

SEPARATION ANXIETY

CITY BUREAUCRATS SEE THE SPECTER OF DIA IN A GLITCH-RIDDEN "RECLASSIFICATION" PROJECT.