An Australian rental property company has created a business model that caters to young adults with intellectual disabilities and their family caregivers helping them learn independence. ” An article on Australian news outlet ABC.net.au explores why the arrangement appeals to certain tenants. “The Kemira model is so new it’s not easy to categorise. It straddles three categories: aged care, independent living, and disability accommodation,” writes journalist Norman Hermant.
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SCOTUS Tightens Rules on Intellectual Disability, Death Penalty
The Supreme Court rules that the state of Texas cannot rely on a dated definition of intellectual disability in deciding who receives the death penalty. In the opinion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote, “Adjudications of intellectual disability should be ‘informed by the views of medical experts.” Read more
Purple Table Reservations: Dining to Accommodate Diners with Disabilities
A restaurant in Massachusetts is offering a different kind of reservation: one to better accommodate diners with disabilities. Read more
“Coming of Age with Down Syndrome”
NCDJ board member Amy Silverman talks about her daughter Sophie, who has Down Syndrome, going through puberty to podcast “The Longest Shortest Time.” Silverman is the author of My Heart Can’t Even Believe It: A Story of Science, Love, and Down Syndrome. Read more
Photographer’s Work Aims to Shatter Cliches
A photographer from North Wales is using their work to change the world’s perspective on disability. The unique photos show people with disabilities sharing something about their own dreams or ambitions. Read more
Bias in Transplants for People with Intellectual Disabilities
People with intellectual disabilities are fighting bias at U.S. organ transplant programs, The Washington Post reports. Now, advocates are fighting for federal and state laws to clarify that this bias should not be allowed when considering a patient’s transplant eligibility. Read more
Chicago Attack: Four Charged in Crime Against Disabled Man Plead Not Guilty
In Chicago, the four people charged with attacking a disabled man and broadcasting it on Facebook Live have pleaded not guilty in court. Read more
Connecticut Governor Unrolls Housing Expansion Plan for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Molloy included money for the expansion of a housing program for people with intellectual disabilities in this year’s proposed state budget. Read more
Colleges See Increased Enrollment of Students with Disabilities
Universities are implementing more inclusion programs for students with disabilities, like Bergen Community College’s Turning Point program for students with intellectual disabilities or Fairleigh Dickenson’s COMPASS program. Read more
Intellectual Disability and the Death Penalty
A new report from Harvard Law suggests that in so-called “outlier counties”, those with intellectual disabilities are more susceptible to be sentenced to the death penalty. Read more