Update
The Senate voted down a United Nations (UN) treaty Tuesday that would have compromised parental rights regarding how best to care for children with disabilities.
Author: Bethany Monk Publication: CitizenLink Date: 12-4-12
Dec 232012
Sep 072012
The Department of Justice sent a letter to state Attorney General Pam Bondi this week, saying that in visits to six nursing homes around the state, investigators identified numerous children who didn’t need to be there and who “would benefit from moving home with their families or other community settings.” View Entire Article
Publication: CBS News
Sep 062012
President Bronislaw Komorowski has signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, chiming in with the Paralympic Games in London. The document, which was originally signed by Poland in the wake of the December 2007 UN General Assembly, establishes a series of standards concerning the effective protection of civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights, as well as basic freedoms of people with disabilities. View Entire Article
Publication: The News Pl
Jul 212012
Here is a video explaining and talking about Wisconsin’s Part in the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. A friend of mine sent it to me. The video was released in 2011 in time for the July 26, 2011 ADA anniversary. I’m asking people who see this post to please take a look at your state’s part in the creation of the ADA. Please inform me of such videos or other materials. View Video Article
Author: Timothy A Carey Publication: DisabilityVoice
Jul 202012
In the words of my friend Dan Johnson, “on July 26, 2012 we celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This video of the signing of the ADA by President George Bush is an excellent reminder of what can be accomplished when people with disabilities joined together with others to accomplish a goal. I hope you can take a few minutes to view the video and celebrate the passage of this historic legislation.” View Video Article
Author: Timothy A Carey Publication: DisabilityVoice
Jun 232012
At Misty Cargill’s funeral, the minister called her an advocate for other people with intellectual disabilities. She was — although a reluctant one. Cargill became an advocate when NPR did a story about her fight to get a life-saving kidney transplant. Misty, 30, died in her sleep on Saturday. View Entire Article
Author: Joseph Shapiro Publication: National Public Radio
Apr 222012
When Sawyer Rosenstein was 12, a punch from a bully changed his life forever, leaving him paralyzed, and at times, near death from the complications of his condition.
Now, six years after the assault, the New Jersey school board in the district where he was a student has agreed to a $4.2 million settlement.
“It feels really great to finally have just a sense of closure … that this really difficult part of my life is behind me,” Rosenstein, an 18-year-old freshman majoring in communication at Syracuse University, told msnbc.com. “I can actually focus on all of the successful things that I am doing now and all of the successful plans that I have for my future.” View Entire Article
Author: Miranda Leitsinger Publication: MSNBC
Feb 152012
Gulf war veteran Frank Eckl and his family were forced to make alternate dinner plans last November when a restaurant manager told them his service dog was unwelcome. Eckl and his dog Spruce were given the cold shoulder when they arrived at Don Julio’s restaurant in Cascade Township, Michigan. View Entire Article
Author: ADMIN Publication: Life With Dogs
Nov 052011
A Plainfield couple was arrested Tuesday afternoon in response to an incident in September, when a small child wandered off from their residence, town police said. Curtis E. Youngdahl, 40, and his wife, Jennifer L. Youngdahl, 41, of 15 Butternut Lane, were charged with one count each of Risk of Injury to a Child, according to police. On Sept. 15, police responded to a residence on Dow Road for a report of a missing child. An investigation revealed a four-year-old child was found wandering the neighborhood by residents, police said. View Entire Article
Publication: The Day Author: Alex Nunes Found at: Disability Scoop
Bloomberg says suit to add handicapped-accessible cabs unfair to ‘average’ riders, wastes gas, money
Oct 272011
ALBANY – Mayor Bloomberg Wednesday brushed off the feds’ effort to make more cabs handicapped-accessible – saying it would inconvenience able-bodied passengers. “Their suspension is much worse, so the average person riding in them finds them really uncomfortable,” Hizzoner explained. … View Entire Article
Publication: NY Daily News Author: Kenneth Lovett