By Damian Paletta WASHINGTON POST President Trump’s first major budget proposal on Tuesday will include massive cuts to Medicaid and call for changes to anti-poverty programs that would give states new power to limit a range of benefits, people familiar with the planning said, despite growing unease in Congress about cutting the safety net. For […]
By Alexandra Ulmer QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s paraplegic president-elect Lenin Moreno will become a rare head of state to use a wheelchair when he takes office next month, stirring hope for disabled people worldwide. Leftist Moreno, a 64-year-old former vice president, lost use of his legs after he was shot two decades ago during a […]
Associated Press August 21, 2016 SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Latest on an effort to have voting rights restored in California for people with developmental disabilities: 1 p.m. A former producer at National Public Radio who was disqualified from voting after suffering severe brain trauma has asked a California judge to restore his right […]
Nearly twenty percent of the population could lose disability coverage. By S.E. Smith Esquire.com Recognizing that they don’t have the votes for a full repeal of the Affordable Care Act, Republicans opted for a reconciliation bill that effectively picks the ACA apart, turning it into legislative Swiss cheese. At this point, it seems to provide […]
By ERIC TURNER, Associated Press August 29, 2016 WASHINGTON–Justice Department lawyers investigating police agencies for claims of racial discrimination and excessive force are increasingly turning up a different problem: officers’ interactions with the mentally ill. The latest example came in Baltimore, where a critical report on that department’s policies found that officers end up in […]
Matthew Hamilton Times Union September 5, 2016 ALBANY, NEW YORK–For Dustin Jones, hailing a taxi is more than just flagging down a cab on the street corner or punching in his coordinates on his phone. So Jones, a wheelchair user and founder of the disability advocacy group United for Equal Access New York, has made […]
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press August 29, 2016 WASHINGTON–Justice Department lawyers investigating police agencies for claims of racial discrimination and excessive force are increasingly turning up a different problem: officers’ interactions with the mentally ill. The latest example came in Baltimore, where a critical report on that department’s policies found that officers end up in […]
