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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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Global Voices: Why do we ignore those with disabilities when making development decisions?
They found an emaciated Dorcas Mburu tied up in the corner of a room. For years, Dorcas Mburu’s 80-year-old mother had kept her locked in the house, humiliated by her own daughter’s existence, and the mental disability from which her daughter suffered. After years of neglect, villagers of Kabuku in Kenya broke down the front door to save the woman.
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Kailua man completes paddleboard race despite disability
The Kaiwi Channel is one of the most difficult channels to cross on a paddleboard. On Sunday, some of the world’s top athletes took on the challenge in the 15th annual Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard World Championship.
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Labeling people is a sensitive issue, especially for those with developmental disabilities. It is not an easy thing to change which is why there’s a major campaign to eliminate the “r-word.”
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Disability advocate promotes public transit across the state
With a white cane in hand and a guitar slung over his shoulder, Frank Strong Jr. is touring Iowa in support of local bus service.
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I SPOKE at an AIDS conference not long ago, and after the talk, someone asked me how I had contracted H.I.V. “Well,” I replied, “sexually.” Staring at my crutches, which I have used since I got polio as a child, she exclaimed, “But how?”
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Brooklyn amputee’s sue spree against businesses that aren’t handicapped accessible
Zoltan Hirsch, a double amputee in a wheelchair, says he’s trying to make New York City more handicapped accessible one lawsuit at a time. But some wonder whether Hirsch — who has filed 87 federal claims in the last year seeking damages and legal fees — is crusader or con man.
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Proposal to allow fees at ISD, ISVI causing a stir
Legislation that could require parents of blind or deaf children to pay additional school fees is causing a stir amongst advocates for those with special needs.
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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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Lawsuit takes aim at Medicaid-program changes that reduce access to home care for elderly
Health-care providers on Wednesday lambasted state changes to a Medicaid program that make it harder for patients, particularly the elderly, to get in-home care for such everyday activities as eating, bathing and going to the bathroom.
