Like 48 million other deaf and hard of hearing people in the United States, Debra Fleetwood spent the first six months of the pandemic watching White House briefings without an ASL interpreter. A recent ruling will ensure that won’t happen again. Source: ForbesWomen – Allison Norlian “…a historic win stemming from a lawsuit filed in …
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Source: MSNBC Rachel Maddow tells the history of ADAPT and the activism of disabled Americans and points out the leadership role these activists have taken in challenging the new plan to take Medicaid away from millions.Duration: 21:09
OFCCP Publishes Proposal to Improve Job Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilitieshttp://www.dol.gov/ofccp/503/ The U.S. Department of Labor is proposing a new rule that would require federal contractors and subcontractors to set a hiring goal of having 7 percent of their workforces be people with disabilities, among other requirements. The department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs …
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Charter schools enrolled a lower percentage of students with disabilities than traditional public schools, but little is known about the factors contributing to these differences. In school year 2009-2010, which was the most recent data available at the time of our review, approximately 11 percent of students enrolled in traditional public schools were students with …
Court Agrees that Americans with Disabilities Act Applies to Employment Press Release – May 18, 2012National Disability Rights Network (NDNR) WASHINGTON – In the first case of its kind, the U.S. District Court in Oregon validated the claim that people with disabilities have the right to work and receive employment-related services in integrated settings.
A Strong Workforce is an Inclusive Workforce: What Can YOU Do?Donna Martinez May 19, 2012 And apparently the US District Court in Oregon is in agreement! From NDRN: Breaking News Yesterday, the U.S. District Court in Oregon issued a 16-page Opinion and Order in the case Lane v. Kiltzhaber, 3:12-cv-00138-ST. The Lane complaint claims that …
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Health Care Providers Settle with Justice Department Over Complaints of HIV DiscriminationDepartment of JusticeOffice of Public AffairsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, May 11, 2012
Working as a Nurse With a Disabilityby Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson What are your options if you aspire to be a nurse and are disabled? What would you do if you were already working as a nurse and became disabled? Whether you are living with obvious disabilities such as limb differences or paralysis, or less visible …
Settlement: Disabled Must Be Included in Disaster PlansBy Rick Orlov, Staff WriterPosted: 04/25/2012 08:41:57 PM PDTUpdated: 04/25/2012 08:45:42 PM PDT
A Chance to See Disabilities as AssetsBy PEGGY KLAUSNew York TimesPublished: February 4, 2012 MANY people know of Berkeley, Calif., as the birthplace, in the 1960’s, of the Free Speech Movement. Fewer people know that Berkeley also played a major role in the disability rights movement. It was here, also in the ’60s, that Ed …
