Posts filed under: developmental disability

Aug. 18, 2011
The Acorn (Agoura Hills, Calif.)
Disability doesn’t hold him back
Tye Horn sets goals and achieves them. Horn, who has mild developmental disability, was hired as a parking lot attendant at Home Depot in Newbury Park when he was 19. After pushing carts for nearly a decade, he set his sights on moving inside and becoming a cashier.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, employment

Aug. 17, 2011
The New York Times
New York Moves to Crack Down on Abuse of Disabled
Moving to end the state’s lax oversight of the developmentally disabled, the Cuomo administration on Wednesday announced an agreement with the State Police to establish guidelines for reporting possible crimes against the disabled to law enforcement authorities.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, healthcare, housing, long-term care, public policy

June 5, 2011
The New York Times
A Disabled Boy’s Death, and a System in Disarray
Jonathan Carey did not die for lack of money. New York State and the federal government provided $1.4 million annually per person to care for Jonathan and the other residents of the Oswald D. Heck Developmental Center, a warren of low-rise concrete and brick buildings near Albany.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, healthcare, long-term care, public policy

May 22, 2011
USA Today
One in six children have a developmental disability
The number of children with developmental disabilities has increased by 17% in 12 years, driven largely by big jumps in diagnoses for autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, research shows.
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Filed Under: autism spectrum, developmental disability, learning disability

May 10, 2011
The Record (Bergen County, N.J.)
New Jersey to create housing for 600 people with disabilities
The Christie administration on Tuesday announced a plan to create 600 community residential beds for people with developmental disabilities by June 2013.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, healthcare, housing, long-term care

Nov. 16, 2010
KARE-TV (Minneapolis)
Pilot curriculum teaches kids about disabilities
A new pilot curriculum at Plymouth Creek Elementary has first-graders learning more than just reading, writing and arithmetic.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, disability awareness, education, K-12

Oct. 19, 2010
Georgia Public Broadcasting
Feds Settle with Ga. Over Mentally Ill Residents
The Justice Department has reached an agreement with Georgia over a long-running case involving what critics say is the unlawful segregation of residents with mental illness and developmental disabilities in state psychiatric hospitals.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), developmental disability, healthcare, Olmsted decision, psychiatric disability, public policy

Aug. 29, 2010
The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Disabled Oklahoma City man thrives in own home, guardian says
James Bowman, of Oklahoma City, is one of the 5,100 Oklahomans living with roommates who also have disabilities and receive medical and physical services from a contract provider in their homes.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, healthcare, housing, long-term care

June 22, 2010
Arkansas News
Disability advocacy group seeks closure of Booneville center
An advocacy group for the disabled called on Gov. Mike Beebe today to close the Booneville Human Development Center because of inadequate patient care, including the recent death of a resident who choked on a sandwich.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), developmental disability, end-of-life care, healthcare, long-term care, Olmsted decision, public policy

June 22, 2010
The Journal News (White Plains, N.Y.)
'People' before disabilities
New York will finally update the name of the state office charged with ensuring fair treatment and quality-of-life to people with various developmental disabilities, not just by taking the "r" word out of the title, but by adding "people" to it.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, intellectual disability, language, public policy

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