The US Department of Justice has issued final regulations for Titles II and III.
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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
| 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. | 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
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. 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 [...] Eleanor Smith, founder of Concrete Change, believes all new residences can be—and should be—made basically accessible to people with disabilities, including those who acquire disabilities as they age. And the time to require it is now! By Tamar Asedo Sherman Visitability is a simple concept: every home should have one entrance with no steps and a door that is wide enough for a wheelchair to pass through (at least 32 inches wide) with a half bath on the first floor (that also has a 32-inch wide door) and enough space for a wheelchair to get in and turn around. That’s [...] In May, New York City honors one of the pioneers of the disability rights movement. By Amy Meisner-Threet Most people involved in the disability rights movement since the 1970s know the name Frieda Zames—not just in New York, where Zames lived all of her life, or even the United States, but all over the world. She was not large in stature, but her spirit and influence were huge. I did not have the privilege of knowing Frieda in life, but I have heard her name since I entered the disability community. I spoke at length with her partner of 32 years, Michael [...] A United Spinal Member is appointed to the nation’s highest accessibility post. By Dominic Marinelli and Tom Scott In November 2008, United Spinal member David M. Capozzi, was named the new executive director of the United States Access Board, the independent Federal agency created in 1973 to help enforce the accessibility of federally funded facilities and encourage accessible design practice through public outreach, technical assistance, training, published guidance, and research. “I am honored to be your Executive Director and will work hard to meet and exceed your expectations,” Capozzi, a native of Buffalo, New York, said in remarks to the Board following [...] Can the right bed do the right things for your quality of life? Rosemarie Rossetti, PhD is convinced that it [...] Disability rights activists make some news getting arrested for the cause. But is anyone in Washington listening to the call for more affordable adaptive housing? By Amy Meisner-Threet, MSW “I’d rather go to jail than die in a nursing home.” That was just one of many chants heard resounding in the nation’s capital as more than 200 protesters, including this reporter, from ADAPT (Americans Disabled for Attendant Programs Today) came together for political action September 12 to 16. We descended upon Washington, DC, from all over the United States with a clear message: We need accessible, affordable, integrated housing! That’s “we,” as in [...] The situation on the Gulf Coast of Texas for people with disabilities in the wake of Hurricane Ike. United Spinal Board member Lex Frieden reports in from [...] Justice for All’s Anne Sommers relayed this breaking news yesterday evening from the disability rights group ADAPT. 11 Disability Activists Arrested at McCain Headquarters after Staff Refuses to Accept Disability Housing Platform From Bob Kafka, National Organizer, ADAPT: Civil Rights done in a different way. 500 ADAPT activists have set up DUH City on the HUD Plaza in DC. WITHOUT A PLACE TO LIVE IT IS HARD TO GET A JOB. Low income people with disabilities are about 15 percent of medium income. ADAPT has developed a housing platform that they want Obama and McCain to endorse. As I write this ADAPT [...] |
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