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By Michelle Diament August 14, 2009 via Disability Scoop Advocacy groups and White House officials are fighting back after Sarah Palin and other critics recently charged that proposed health care reform would be bad for people with disabilities. Last...
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By Ari Ne'eman May 21, 2009 via Huffington Post As we speak, Congress is deliberating on vast and important changes to the system of health care in the United States. This issue is one of crucial importance to all Americans, but of particular interest...
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August 23, 2009 via 1010wins For Chris Noel, hailing a yellow cab in Manhattan that he can get into is like hitting the lottery. The odds are daunting. New York City has just 239 yellow taxis equipped to transport riders like Noel, who uses a wheelchair...
Filed under: wheelchair, people with disabilities, bolted ramps, London mandate that all cabs be accessible, Taxis for All campaign, accessible taxicabs, NYC, roll-ins, spinal injury, Accessible Dispatch System pilot program, paratransit a poor alternative, New York City
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via Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology June 29, 2009 COAT Applauds Representative Markey for Introducing the 'Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009' WASHINGTON, June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire...
Filed under: AAPD, people with disabilities, inclusion, AFB, American Foundation for the Blind, captioning, accessible user interfaces, accessible telephone and television systems, digital technologies, ACB, Karen Peltz Strauss, communications technologies, NAD, Rosaline Crawford, the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009, Eric Bridges, communications access, American Association of People with Disabilities, American Council of the Blind, CSD, H.R. 3101, COAT, video description, National Association of the Deaf, receiving emergency alerts, hearing aid compatible telephone products, Mark Richert, Jenifer Simpson, Representative Edward Markey, enforcement measures for accessibility, Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology, telecommunications access, real-time text digital standard, new broadband and Internet technologies, Communication Service for the Deaf, access to text messaging
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via United States International Council on Disabilities July 21, 2009 The United States International Council on Disabilities (USICD), representing a broad constituency of Americans with disabilities and disability organizations, praises Monday's...
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June 22, 2009 by HUD via RealEstateRama Agency seeking comment on how to allocate vouchers to support independent living WASHINGTON, DC - June 22, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today joined President...
Filed under: people with disabilities, HUD, Department of Housing and Urban Development, commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Olmstead decision, vouchers, MFP, people transitioning out of nursing homes, housing assistance, NOFA, supporting independent living, Year of Community Living, people at risk for institutionalization, Notice of Funding Availability, Department of Health and Human Services, HHS’ Money Follows the Person, rental assistance
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via The Boston Globe at Boston.com Globe Editorial June 9, 2009 PUBLIC HEALTH officials have long recognized - and tried to eliminate - the sharp disparities in health among racial and ethnic minorities. But there is another group as well that ranks well...
Filed under: people with disabilities, health disparities, access to healthcare, Disability Policy Consortium, risk of developing diabetes, not enough to comply with the ADA, lack of cultural competency, higher risk of obesity, medical model for providing care is insufficient, persistence of disparities in health outcomes, diagnosis of late-stage cancer, Massachusetts universal access to healthcare, at-risk behaviors, barriers to good health
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via abledbody April 29, 2009, 10:07 am Bookshare, the online library for people with print disabilities, today announced a new program that will significantly increase college students' access to digital books and textbooks. The Bookshare University...
Filed under: blind, print disabilities, people with disabilities, BookShare, K-12, Chafee Amendment, digital books, visually impaired, HarperCollins, Jim Fruchterman, copyright exemption, online library, Hachette Book Group, college students, Benetech, pool resources, post-secondary students, digital textbooks, equal educational experience, Scholastic, cost-effective approach for schools
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via cnet news by Matt Hickey March 27, 2009 4:00 AM PDT AbledBody helps disabled navigate gadget world Assistive tech for the disabled is an important topic people may not give much thought to, even though an estimated 54 million Americans are considered...
Filed under: people with disabilities, smartphones, new touch technique, gadgets, The Illustrated Guide to Assistive Technology, Suzanne Robitaille, Apple iPhone app that manages diabetes, at work, original news, assistive tech, trends, at home, expert opinion, sourced news, growing disability market, consumer tech-focused site, BookShare
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By Penny Reeder On the morning of March 31, President Obama's Special Assistant for Disability Policy, Kareem Dale, spoke at NCD's annual meeting in Washington, DC, about the Administration's progress toward meeting the needs, and measuring...
Filed under: Kareem Dale, Employment, people with disabilities, annual meeting, National council on Disability, NCD, Seth Harris, Kathy Martinez, integration, No Child Left Behind, IDEA, full funding, special education, inclusion
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By Penny Reeder Washington, DC: On Tuesday, March 31, the National Council on Disability released a report on the state of employment for people with disabilities in the federal government. The report, which is available in accessible formats at the organization's...
Filed under: engineering, people with disabilities, incentives, sciences, communications strategy, HR departments, ODEP, self reported data, annual meeting, Susan Parker, National council on Disability, federal employment, security, recommendations, veterans’ preference system, Government Accountability Office, OPM, NCD, administration, Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy, GAO, budget, Office of Personnel Management, effective recruitment program, supervisor practices, protection, medical, public health, CAP, business, Schedule A, Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program, program management/analysis, employment trends, compliance and enforcement, accounting, barriers to hiring and advancing people with disabilities
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