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Legislative board blunts cuts to programs serving seniors and people with disabilities | OregonLive.com
Advocates for the elderly and people with disabilities crowded the Capitol on Thursday. They praised the vote but noted it represents only a temporary fix -- ...
Disability.gov: Countdown to the 20th Anniversary of the ADA: Day 4 - The Dawn of a New Day
The ADA is a nondiscrimination law. But, much more than that, it is a clarion call for transforming attitudes about disability. The ADA proclaims that all ...
Aid-services reprieve for Oregon caregivers still leaves questions | statesmanjournal.com | Statesman Journal
But even though the Legislative Emergency Board shifted money within the Department of Human Services budget, most of the restorations are only through ...
Outside consultants find gaps in Portland police review of James P. Chasse Jr.'s death in custody | OregonLive.com
Nearly four years after James P. Chasse Jr.'s death in Portland police custody, outside consultants have completed a review for the city that found ...
OSH superintendent candidate names revealed | statesmanjournal.com
All three candidates made favorable impressions during Tuesday’s interviews, said Robert Joondeph, executive director of Disability Rights Oregon, an advocacy ...
Disability.gov: ADA 20th Anniversary - Changing Lives, Building Futures
As we celebrate the ADA’s 20th anniversary and the progress we have made, let’s also think even bigger when it comes to the remaining barriers facing people ...
John Callahan is "Walking Now" | Willamette Week | Monday, July 26th, 2010
What’s becoming abundantly clear to those who knew John is what they have always known: He was prolific. Ten books, thousands of cartoons. An animated TV show. ...
Mental Illness Accounting for More Military Discharges - ABC News
Multiple Deployments Linked to Increased Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
U.S. Beacon of Disability Rights Lags on Jobs: Albert R. Hunt - BusinessWeek
“The ADA has helped disabled people think about their status as a measure of civil rights and equality, not simply as a medical or social welfare policy,” ...
Advocacy group sues N.C. over group home care :: WRAL.com
An advocacy group used Monday's 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act to file suit against North Carolina, alleging improper care of mentally ...
Human Rights Watch Blasts Treatment Of Mentally Disabled In Immigration Cases - Houston News - Hair Balls
Human Rights Watch's report notes that while every non-citizen with mental disabilities is not entitled to remain in the United States, "everyone is entitled ...
Are disabled still at risk in disasters? - CNN.com
For years, our nation's emergency management community simply has not done a good enough job planning for and meeting the needs of people with disabilities.
20 Years After the ADA, Is Life Better for Those With Disabilities? | The Rundown News Blog | PBS NewsHour | PBS
As the mother of a 28-year-old son who uses a wheelchair, and has visual, speech and memory impairments, I have seen first hand the roadblocks that remain for ...
OPB News · Lawsuit Seeks Lifetime Medical Care For Veterans With PTSD
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder has forced thousands of soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan to medically retire from the military. A class-action ...
Elisabeth Rhyne: A New Financial Access Frontier: Persons With Disabilities
According to Harvard Law professor Michael Stein, 650 million people around the world, nearly 10 percent of humanity, have a disability, and over 80 percent of ...
Anniversary of ADA brings presidential order to hire more disabled workers
Under a new executive order from President Obama, federal agencies will step up efforts to hire 100,000 disabled employees over the next five years.
New Yorkers with Disabilities Battered by Recession as ADA Turns 20 | Public News Service
"People with disabilities are three times more likely than people without disabilities to be living in poverty - deep poverty - on a long term-basis."
The growing benefits of broadband for Americans with disabilities - The Hill's Congress Blog
First and foremost, it is critical that new and existing technologies are available and affordable to all Americans. According to the FCC’s recently released ...
Chasse case: Lawsuit 'a very rough form of justice' | OregonLive.com
"In almost four years of review, no police officers were held accountable. No indictment, no crime, no personal accountability ... ," said Jason Renaud, a ...
Healthcare Costs Becoming More Transparent | The Lund Report
An all-claims all-payer data base will reveal the true cost of healthcare services charged by hospitals and providers
The Mental Health Effects of the Oil Spill - Newsweek
“We lived through Katrina here, we knew the devastation that could occur: both the short term and long term effects,” says Joseph E. Bisordi, MD, chief medical ...
Commanders Have Ignored Major Mental Health Issues, Army Report Concludes : NPR
A "hard-hitting and transparent report," which Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, hopes will "inform and educate, spark discussion, ...
AG settlements mean greater access to theaters for deaf, blind - BostonHerald.com
On the heels of the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley will today announce ...
New Yorkers With Disabilities Face Barriers to Voting: Advocacy Groups Sue for Discrimination
The suit, which was filed on the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), is brought by United Spinal Association and Disabled in Action ...
National Federation of the Blind Commends Amazon on Unveiling of New Accessible Kindle
Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: "We commend Amazon on the unveiling of a new Kindle that blind and print-disabled ...
Deaf patients sue Summit Medical, claim bias | tennessean.com | The Tennessean
Specifically, the suit that a disability advocate filed on behalf of the plaintiffs against Summit Medical accuses the Hermitage hospital and its outpatient ...
Hall fights 'barriers of attitude' - UPI.com
Twenty years after ADA was signed into law, he says he still encounters occasional accessibility barriers. "I travel a lot. I've encountered a lot of ...
Federal aid for Oregon remains a 'maybe' | statesmanjournal.com | Statesman Journal
State awaits vote today on help for education and Medicaid possibly worth $250 million
Reid expected to table Medicaid extension - The Hill's Healthwatch
If, as expected, Reid refiles for cloture, a vote on the Medicaid FMAP (federal medical assistance percentages) extension will be delayed until Wednesday at ...
Is Emotional Pain Necessary? : NPR
What underlies a lot of this discussion is: Is it harmful to interrupt a normal grief process by medicating?
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