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- DRO Legislative Update: February 3, 2012
- 2012 Legislative Session: Bills of Interest to the Disability Community
- 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.
Written by Disability Rights Oregon Executive Director Bob Joondeph and special guest bloggers, The DRO Blog incorporates thoughtful (and sometimes humorous) analysis, trend-spotting, policy updates and more.
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- What does being a person mean?
- 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?
- High stakes, power struggles as Oregon Legislature takes up Kitzhaber's health reforms | OregonLive.com
- The battle to reshape Oregon's health care system is heating up in the Legislature, where the Senate is scheduled to pick up Friday where lawmakers left off last session. The changes they adopt could affect your doctor's office sooner than you think. Rather than wait for federal health reforms to kick in, Gov. John Kitzhaber last year spearheaded a law to revamp the state's Medicaid program further and faster. The Legislature passed initial changes, and this month will consider more details to go into effect in July. This next round must be approved to qualify for as much as $2.5 billion in federal reform funds.
- This Just Isn't Working | Shooting Raises Question: Stop Sending Cops to Suicide Calls? | Portland Mercury
- "The police need to get out of the suicide business," says Jason Renaud, a co-founder of Mental Health Association of Portland, saying it's a myth that suicidal people are at higher risk of harming others. "If you always send police, that is effectively criminalizing mental illness." Morgan's death even had the Oregonian wondering whether the bureau should resurrect its "old model of having a Crisis Intervention Team of specialized officers available at moment's notice"—precisely echoing a Portland Tribune article last January.
- Nike designer Tobie Hatfield creates special sole for prosthetic blade | OregonLive.com
- The Nike Innovation Director said amputee athlete Sarah Reinertsen inspired him three years ago to find a better running surface for Reinertsen's prosthetic blade. Reinertsen is an amputee triathlete, the first female above the knee amputee to complete the Ironman® World Championship in Hawaii, a feat completed in 2005. Hatfield recently finished work on the Nike Sole, which features an integrated layered sole including an outsole, midsole and thermal plastic urethane called Aeroply, made of recycled Nike Air Bag units, serving as moderator between Nike Sole and the Össur Flex-Run's carbon fiber blade.
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