The US Department of Justice has issued final regulations for Titles II and III.
By Jennifer Perry
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Easter Seals Project ACTION invites you to participate in an ESPA Talks – Paratransit Online Dialogue July 26 – August 6, 2010. Twenty Years of the ADA
We received this notice from Medicare Rights Center: Medicare Rights Center to Participate in President Obama’s Town Hall Meeting to Discuss Health Reform with Older Americans President and CEO Paul Tobin welcomes activists who have come to Hofstra University to discuss the impact of the ADA with distinguished panelists and members of the community. [...] | LETTER TO THE EDITOR I’m writing in response to your March/April 2010 Letter From The Editor “Revolutionary Generation.” I’d like to share my thoughts with you and, hopefully, instill confidence in you that the ADA is making a difference. | Legislative News By Peggy Hathaway The new health care reform legislation provides that people with disabilities and other preexisting conditions can purchase health insurance. How is it expected to work? New Yorkers won’t have the old lever-operated mechanical voting machines to kick around this fall. If you live in the five boroughs and need to try the new system, here’s what you do, according to our friends at CIDNY: | ADA at 20 Revised federal accessibility guidelines make more sense for builders, enforcers and people with disabilities By Kleo King ADA at 20: Still Evolving After All These Years. ADA transportation standards continue to change to reflect the needs of the public. [...] There’s a new movement afoot to make all of America’s streets safe and useful for all Americans.
By Terry Moakley By Peggy Hathaway Some people are fed up with health care reform (HCR) and think it may be just as well that Congress is deadlocked. The truth is, now is the absolute worst time to tune out from HCR, which in danger of becoming victim to petty partisan politics as the 2010 elections approach. If given a choice between doing what’s right for all Americans in terms of reform and doing what’s right for themselves in order to get re-elected, don’t kid yourself, our representatives in Congress definitely need our input to make the best choice.
From our friends at United We Ride: www.UWRdialogue.org It took more than nine years and two federal lawsuits, but Francis Wenke and his wife Diane are finally getting justice. [...] | LEGISLATIVE NEWS By Peggy Hathaway, Vice- President for Public Policy In 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the civil rights of people with disabilities were violated if they had to be in an institution in order to receive needed services and supports. Commonly known as the Olmstead decision, the ruling requires states to provide community-based services to people with disabilities in most instances. | LEGISLATIVE NEWS By Andrew Morris, Director of Legislation United Spinal Association submitted comments to the National Institute of Health (NIH) in support of ethical embryonic stem cell research. The NIH had issued proposed guidelines in response to an Executive Order that President Obama signed in March of 2009 that reversed the Bush administration’s ban on embryonic stem cell research funded in any part with federal funds. From PasstheClassAct.org: NOW – The Senate is debating the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (HR 3590). The CLASS Act is in Title VIII of this bill. An amendment will be introduced soon to strip the CLASS Act from the bill and we cannot let it pass. Only two days left in the United We Ride National Dialogue! New York City transit users with disabilities loose a friend as Howard Roberts moves [...] Spinal Cord Advocates is a healthcare advocacy site that collects news, shares opinions and makes taking action on issues important to people with spinal cord disabilities easy as pie. [...] |
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