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- Class Action Lawsuit Seeks an End to Segregated Sheltered Workshops
- PORTLAND, ORE. – Jan. 25, 2012 – Advocates for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities today filed a class action lawsuit challenging Oregon’s failure to provide supported employment services to more than 2,300 state residents who are segregated in sheltered workshops where they perform mundane tasks, such as folding UPS bags.
- Oregonians with disabilities file class action suit against the governor, state officials | OregonLive.com
- Michelle Cole, The Oregonian | The United Cerebral Palsy Association of Oregon and Southwest Washington along with eight individuals representing thousands of Oregonians with intellectual or physical disabilities filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday against Gov. John Kitzhaber and top managers at the Department of Human Services. Advocates hope the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Portland, will set a national precedent and end the practice of having people with disabilities to spend their days in "sheltered workshops," where they complete repetitive or rote tasks for a sub-minimum wage and without the opportunity for training or advancement.
- Comment on Proposed Changes in Special Education Administrative Rules
- On September 28, 2011, the U.S. Department of Education issued new regulations for Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). These new regulations, now in effect, specify requirements for early intervention (EI) services for children with disabilities under the age of three years and include requirements for the transition of these children to early childhood special education services (ECSE) under IDEA Part B. The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) has proposed new and revised Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) to align with these IDEA changes.
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- Supreme Court Decision Allows Disability Discrimination
- Freedom of religion trumps protection against discrimination. The lesson? Teach and promote disability rights in your congregation.
- Note From DC
- I'm not here for the politics but to help get the nuts and bolts of our work done.
Disability News Now combines unedited items from media outlets across the world into one, easy-to-use resource. Who knew that keeping up with the latest disability-related news could be so easy?
- Older Prisoners Mean Rising Health Costs, Study Finds - NYTimes.com
- The complications in handling the swelling number of aging prisoners range from making allowances for those with Alzheimer’s or dementia and finding sufficient ground-floor cells for inmates in wheelchairs to ensuring that older prisoners are not exploited or robbed by younger inmates. “Age should not be a get-out-of-jail-free card, but when prisoners are so old and infirm that they are not a threat to public safety, they should be released under supervision,” said Jamie Fellner, the author of the study. “Failing that, legislatures are going to have to pony up a lot more money to pay for proper care for them behind bars.”
- Court Blocks California From Closing Health Centers, Adult Day Health Care - AARP
- The decision affects low-income Californians who use the community-based facilities to monitor their medications and health status, which helps them stay out of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.
- Virginia to transform system of caring for developmentally disabled - The Washington Post
- Virginia will close all but one of its large institutions for the developmentally disabled and move thousands of people into their own homes, their family’s homes or group homes as part of a 10-year, $2.1 billion settlement announced Thursday with the U.S. Justice Department. After decades of legislative reports urging a shift toward community care, Virginia is one of the few states that still place people with developmental disabilities in large institutions.
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