Law Center
How Does Your Housing Authority Communicate with Consumers Who Cannot Read English?
Our own Marc Dubin, Esq. has written an interesting piece on what can happen if there is a communication problem with the landlord. Even though there are federal laws in place to protect consumers from unscrupulous landlords, they will be taken advantage of unless they know their rights. This is an important thing to remember, [...]
Barrier Free Initiative
Everyone that is disabled runs into situations where we cannot find a place to park or because of stairs, broken elevator, extra doors or other impediment cannot access a business or public building. Most large companies are getting better about making it easy for the disabled to get into the store by removing all stairs [...]
Olmstead Act turns 10
Ten years ago the Olmstead Act was put into law. This act removed the last of the “ugly” laws that controlled where and how disabled people lived in the state of Georgia. A lawsuit then started where land owners and home owner associations tried to make their rules against the disabled the official law of [...]
Tampa jailer given leniency after abusing quadriplegic
On January 29, 2009 a Tampa jailer dumped a quadriplegic on the floor because he would not get up to do a fingerprinting. Fortunately for the man in the wheelchair the whole incident was caught on tape so he could prove the abuse he experienced. After the tape was leaked to the media, the Tampa [...]
US finally signs UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities
The United Nations passed a special convention for the rights of people with disabilities. During the Bush administration disabled advocacy groups all over the US asked the president to sign the convention but he refused during his 8 years in office. The convention outlined the basic rights of all disabled people on the planet and [...]
Senator Kennedy Dies
One of the longest sitting senators in history has died. Mr. Kennedy was always a champion of the disabled and pushed legislation through for the disabled in education and was instrumental in getting the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) pushed through the senate. Many of us would not have a place to call home or [...]
Medical insurance changes on the way
The Department of Health and Human Services has developed a website to educate the public on the new medical insurance bill going through congress now. Pundits on the left and right have been discussing this bill for the last two months but no one has taken the time to actually write down what to [...]
States adding disabled to list of those to help in emergencies
For the first time in California, a disaster drill that was held in Riverside included disabled people. Up to this point, the state assumed that disabled people would either be helped by their caregivers, sent to hospitals or somehow make it out of the area before the disaster overwhelmed state and federal officials. The Riverside [...]
Consumer Reports refuses to test disability products
Consumer Reports has been reporting on the quality of products for many years. The public has come to respect the magazine as an unbiased place to go when you are going to purchase a product or service. One thing you will find missing from the magazine and website is a write-up of any products used [...]
In emergencies, the disabled still forgotten
Spinal Cord Resources Network has been reporting on the total inability of counties, states and federal agencies to help the disabled in times of emergencies for years. After working closely with Florida officials we had made some headway but much work had to be done. We had hoped that other groups working with other states [...]
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