Posts filed under: public policy

May 24, 2011
The New York Times
Wheelchair Access in Taxis Is Focus of U.S. Investigation
The United States attorney’s office in Manhattan has opened an investigation into whether the lack of wheelchair-accessible taxicabs in New York City amounts to a violation of parts of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), public policy, transportation

May 23, 2011
Reynolds Center
Are there judges in your area who rarely deny disability claims?
Economic policy reporter Damian Paletta had a front-page story in The Wall Street Journal last week that quickly stirred outrage and prompted investigations. He reported on a Huntington, W.Va., judge who has approved Social Security disability benefits in 100 percent of the 729 cases appealed to him in the first six months of fiscal 2011. In the previous fiscal year, he decided 1,284 cases and awarded benefits in all but four.
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Filed Under: public policy, Social Security

May 23, 2011
The Pueblo (Co.) Chieftain
City schools didn't violate girl's rights, judge rules
Pueblo City Schools didn't violate the rights of a special needs student, who at times was unable to control herself, by repeatedly confining her in a restraint device, a judge has ruled.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), education, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, K-12, public policy, restraints

May 21, 2011
The Tennessean
Thousands in TN fall through health cracks
The peach pages that come in the mail and the letter that follows put thousands of Tennesseans in a deep blue funk so severe that some wonder if they can keep on living.
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Filed Under: healthcare, public policy, Social Security

May 17, 2011
The Washington Post
Megabus, feds reach settlement in disability case
The Justice Department has settled a case under the Americans With Disabilities Act with two intercity bus companies, Megabus USA and Megabus Northeast, forcing them to pay more than $70,000 in damages.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), public policy, transportation

May 12, 2011
WAMU-FM (Washington, D.C.)
Wheelchair-Accessible Taxis Arrive In D.C.
After much delay, people living with disabilities can now ride in a wheelchair-accessible taxi in the District.
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Filed Under: public policy, transportation

May 11, 2011
ProPublica
More Than Half of Recent War Vets Treated by VA Are Struggling With Mental Health Problems
More than half of all Iraq and Afghanistan veterans treated in Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals since 2002 have been diagnosed, at least preliminarily, with mental health problems, according to statistics obtained by the advocacy group Veterans for Common Sense.
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Filed Under: hidden disability, military, psychiatric disability, public policy, veteran

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 9, 2011
News Record (Elizabeth, N.J.)
Community Access Unlimited Applauds State Plan For Stipends For People With Disabilities
The members and staff of Community Access Unlimited applauded a state plan to provide people with disabilities and/or their families an annual stipend to help pay for the cost of providing services. New Jersey has proposed the $10,000 to $15,000 stipend in light of the state’s inability to provide people with disabilities sufficient access to community living, as required by law.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), long-term care, Olmsted decision, public policy

May 6, 2011
WNYW-TV (New York)
S.I. Condo Board Balks at Wheelchair Lift for Girl
A 4-year-old girl with cerebral palsy needs a wheelchair lift to get in and out of her home on Staten Island. Her parents have the money to put it in, but they met opposition from the condominium board for Richmond Mews in Bulls Head.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), housing, long-term care, physical accessibility, public policy

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