Posts filed under: housing

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

March 19
Austin (Texas) American-Statesman
Report: State facility for people with disabilities lacks psychiatrists, trained therapists
Nine months after Texas and the U.S. Department of Justice entered into a settlement to improve health care and more quickly investigate reports of abuse and neglect at state institutions for people with mental disabilities, the facility in Corpus Christi doesn't have staff psychiatrists, has therapists who are ill-equipped to work with people with complex needs and doesn't have a clear zero-tolerance policy for abuse and neglect.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, healthcare, housing, intellectual disability, long-term care

March 15
Olympia (Wash.) Newswire
Compromise Would Save Disability Program, But Cut 1,200
After weeks of negotiations on proposals that were far apart, the House and Senate have crafted a compromise bill to save the $339-a-month cash grant and medical coverage that the temporarily disabled receive through the state’s General Assistance-Unemployable program. But 1,200 people are expected to be cut from the GAU rolls on Sept. 1.
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Filed Under: Social Security, healthcare, housing

March 12
The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie pledges to restore $2M to move disabled to new housing
The Christie administration today pledged to restore a $2 million budget cut made last month, paving the way for 14 people with developmental disabilities who were waiting to leave institutional care for community housing to relocate as soon as possible, a state official confirmed.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Olmsted decision, developmental disability, healthcare, housing, long-term care, public policy

March 12
KTKA-TV (Topeka, Kan.)
Disability advocates aim to get 'unlawful' cuts reversed
Many disability advocates claim the state has made some unlawful budget cuts to some of its most vulnerable people. Attorneys for Interhab, a company that provides in home developmental disability service, filed a petition Friday to reverse the cuts made by the state. More than 2,000 children and adults with disabilities are affected by the $10 million that was taken away.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, employment, housing, intellectual disability, public policy

March 1
The New York Times
Judge Orders New York City to Move Mentally Ill Out of Large, Institutional Housing
New York State must begin moving thousands of people with mental illness into their own apartments or small homes and out of large, institutional adult homes that keep them segregated from society, a federal judge ordered on Monday.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Olmsted decision, healthcare, housing, long-term care, public policy

Feb. 27
The Maryland Gazette
Disabilities advocates urge to reduce waiting list

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Filed Under: developmental disability, healthcare, housing, long-term care, public policy

Jan. 14
The Portland Oregonian
Disability retrofit: Big task, but help's out there
Remodeling a home can be daunting even under ideal circumstances. But combined with the stress of a sudden injury, the need to care for an aging family member or sensory loss due to a disease, the prospect of a big retrofitting project can be overwhelming. Insurance rarely covers everything, so decisions on which changes are crucial and which can wait will have to be made -- and often, made quickly.
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Jan. 14
Napa Valley (Calif.) Register
Lawsuit over disabled apartment access resolved
Many apartments at Napa’s Hawthorn Village will be renovated to make sure they are fully accessible to people with physical disabilities.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), housing

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