March 2012 Archives

Justice Department Makes the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design Available to Online Viewers Nationwide

by donnaMarch 28, 2012

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today made available online the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design (2010 Standards or Standards). These standards...

Segregated and Exploited: The Failure of the Disability Service System to Provide Quality Work

by donnaMarch 28, 2012

Press Release by NDRN In a report released on 1/18/11, the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) found a total failure of the disability service system...

EEOC Hears Experts and Individuals with Mental Disabilities

by donnaMarch 28, 2012

EEOC Press Release March 15, 2011 WASHINGTON—The greatest barrier to employment for people with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities are employers’...

Witnesses Discuss Integrated Employment For Workers With Significant Disabilities with Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

by donnaMarch 28, 2012

BNA Daily Labor Report By C. Reilly Larson At a Sept. 15 Senate committee hearing on boosting the employment rate of people with significant disabilities,...

U.S. Representatives Stearns and Bishop Introduce Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities Act

by donnaMarch 28, 2012

National Federation of the Blind Commends Action Washington, D.C. (October 4, 2011): Congressman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) and Congressman Tim Bishop (D-NY) today...

More information on Living in Community using Medicaid Waivers

by donnaMarch 28, 2012

The Children’s Freedom Initiative – a collaboration to ensure that children live in permanent, family homes and not in institutions and nursing...

Northern District Decision: Threat of Institutionalization Sufficient for ADA Claims

by donnaMarch 28, 2012

In a lawsuit challenging the reduction of Medicaid funded in-home private duty skilled nursing services, a district court held on September 27, 2011 that...

Georgia Senate Bill 507

by donnaMarch 28, 2012

In the 2008 legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly passed Senate Bill 507, a bill that is certain to impact the provision of services to Medicaid-eligible...

Call to Action to End the Use of Aversive Treatments and Updates

by donnaMarch 28, 2012

A letter was sent in September of 2009 to the Office of Disability, Department of Health and Human Services; the Secretary of the Department of Health and...

Safe Schools Initiative

by donnaMarch 28, 2012

July 8, 2010 was a historic day for Georgia public school students, as the State Board of Education voted unanimously to enact Rule 160-5-1-.35 which prohibits...