Posts filed under: healthcare

May 11, 2011
Boston Herald
Beverly Hospital settles case on deaf patient care
Federal authorities say Beverly Hospital has agreed to a three-year program to improve its services for hearing-impaired patients and patients’ family members.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), healthcare, hearing impaired, public policy

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

May 3, 2011
The Hill (Washington, D.C.)
Disability-rights group protests at Ryan’s office over Medicaid
Several hundred demonstrators with disabilities gathered outside Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) office Tuesday to protest his budget’s proposed reduction in Medicaid funding.
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Filed Under: healthcare, long-term care, public policy, Social Security

April 5, 2011
WBUR-FM (Boston)
Rescue Monkey Becomes Helping Hand After Man’s Accident
Six years ago, Ned Rogers was a 22-year-old college student in Arizona when he was in a catastrophic car accident that left him a quadriplegic and severely brain damaged.
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Filed Under: healthcare, long-term care, parenting, physical accessibility, physical disability, profile, service animal

March 1, 2011
KXAN-TV (Austin, Texas)
Rally puts faces to disability cuts
Services that help the disabled have been put on the chopping block up at the state Capitol, spurring a march and rally Tuesday morning.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), healthcare, long-term care, Olmsted decision, public policy

March 1, 2011
The Texas Tribune
Disability Advocates: "No Cuts! No Cuts!"
Josue Rodriguez sat in his motorized wheelchair on the south steps of the Capitol today and urged an audience of hundreds of disability advocates to continue fighting for their freedom. "What we need are vital services that keep us independent," the El Pasoan said.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), healthcare, long-term care, Olmsted decision, public policy

Feb. 22, 2011
The (Fredericksburg, Va.) Free Lance-Star
Community care urged for the disabled
Charles Cooper had never heard of Down syndrome in 1958, when his 2-week-old son was diagnosed with the disability. Cooper trusted the doctor when he said his son would do best in an institution. So Cooper went to a Fredericksburg judge and signed commitment papers. But then he visited some of the training centers. And Cooper decided that his son deserved better.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), healthcare, Olmsted decision, public policy

Nov. 22, 2010
NPR
Olivia Welter, Other Severely Disabled Adults Win Round In Court Battle
A U.S. District Court judge in Illinois has certified a class action lawsuit on behalf of eight people with severe disabilities who have either aged-out of a medical program for children or who are in danger of soon reaching the age cut off.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), healthcare, long-term care, Olmsted decision, public policy

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

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