Posts filed under: housing

June 7
WLBT-TV (Jackson, Miss.)
Home of Your Own Program helps people with disabilities
As part of National Homeowners Awareness Month, the University of Southern Mississippi's Institute for Disability Studies is helping people with disabilities get available resources in purchasing a home.
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June 6
Houston Chronicle
Kids choked, stripped, beaten at facilities
Workers at a center for distressed children provoked seven developmentally disabled girls into a fight of biting and bruising as staffers laughed, cheered and promised the winners a precious prize: after-school snacks.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, healthcare, housing, long-term care, public policy, restraints

June 6
The Boston Globe
Lynn man takes awareness on road
For most people, the prospects of undertaking a cross-country trip is daunting. Not for Matt Eddy of Lynn, who set out yesterday morning on his second coast-to-coast trek to raise money and awareness for the disease he lives with, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and to set a Guinness World Record for fastest cross-country trip by wheelchair.
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Filed Under: Olmsted decision, disability awareness, housing, long-term care, physical disability

May 29
Houston Chronicle
State says it can staff mental facilities
State officials expressed confidence Thursday they will be able to address “extremely serious staffing concerns” and a 60 percent turnover rate among workers who provide direct care to Texans with mental disabilities in the Lubbock State Supported Living Center.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, healthcare, housing, intellectual disability, long-term care, psychiatric disability, public policy

May 20
The Wall Street Journal
Disabled Face Hard Choices as States Slash Medicaid
Tandem forces of shrinking state budgets and rising health-care costs have collided and struck a small brick ranch house in this rural town, home to Barbara Hickey.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Olmsted decision, healthcare, housing, long-term care, public policy

May 10
KPCC-FM (Pasadena, Calif.)
Disability rights advocates split over closure of Lanterman center
The Lanterman Development Center in Pomona cares for people who are developmentally disabled. It’s named for Frank Lanterman — the Republican lawmaker who was the driving force behind changes in California’s care of the mentally disabled in the 1960s. He fought to improve care at state-run facilities. Now the one that bears his name is due to close. At a recent Sacramento hearing, advocates for the disabled were split over the closure.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Olmsted decision, healthcare, housing, long-term care, public policy

March 30
Twin Cities Daily Planet (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Minnesota: Saying "sorry" for treatment of persons with disabilities
Manny Steinman was only a child during the eight years he spent at Faribault State Hospital, but some things he'll never forget.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Olmsted decision, criminal justice, housing, long-term care

March 29
Concord (N.H.) Monitor
Disability waiting list mustn't return
There was cause for celebration only a few short months ago, when the state's waiting list for people who qualify for services for the developmentally disabled was finally eliminated. But the joy was short-lived and replaced by trepidation.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Olmsted decision, developmental disability, healthcare, housing, long-term care, public policy

March 26
The Annapolis (Md.) Capital
Guest Column: People with disabilities remain an underutilized resource
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act that gave millions of previously forgotten citizens the legal right to more fully participate in American life.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disability awareness, employment, healthcare, housing, long-term care, public policy

March 23
KOMU-TV (Columbia, Mo.)
Missourians With Disabilities Rally For Rights
Hundreds of Missourians rallied Tuesday against cuts to disability services and promote equality for Missourians with and without disabilities.
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Filed Under: housing, politics, public policy

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