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 [...]
Special Olympics founder dies
The disabled community lost a good friend when Eunice Kennedy Shriver died at the age of 88. Ms. Shriver decided to help her disabled sister which suffered from Down’s Syndrome by creating a sporting event that helps everyone. That sporting event turned into what is now well known as Special Olympics.
HUD offering housing assistance
Agency seeking comment on how to allocate vouchers to support independent living
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today joined President Obama’s commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Olmstead decision by announcing that it will offer rental assistance to 4,000 non-elderly families with disabilities, including 1,000 vouchers specifically targeted [...]
Handicapped parking spots not for the disabled in Oregon
Gordon Pike, a quadriplegic since a 1969 injury while in Vietnam, found that he was not allowed to park in the disabled parking spots. The Portland Police have brought in volunteers to police parking in the city and decided to go after Mr. Pike. After arbitrarily deciding that Mr. Pike’s parking permit was not invalid [...]
Disabled can’t use new buses
The town of Skelmersdale has recently purchased several buses from Wirral in England. The new buses were the double decker style and were supposedly much more comfortable and the customers really liked them. However, after putting them on the roads it was discovered that there was no way to get a wheelchair onto the bus. [...]
Justice Department sues apartment management
The Justice Department said today that it is suing a Fitchberg Mass. apartment complex for ADA violations. The problem comes from a request from a disabled person that asked to be moved to an open apartment that would ease the disability. The report did not say but we assume that the initial apartment was probably [...]
Emergency Laws to Protect the Disabled
For those that work for companies we have a link to the law and how you are to be treated. The disabled are usually the first to be tossed out the door and companies try to find excuses to do this. The law explicitly states that companies cannot toss out or layoff disabled people just [...]
SSDI bump coming
For those that are on SSDI, or Social Security Disability there is a surprise coming to you at the end of May. President Obama signed a bill to help those on SSDI get through both the economic crash and pay for MediGap. This bill allows the recipient to get between $200 and $250 per person [...]
Swine Flu and SCI
We normally don’t point out articles that are not specifically tied to the disabled community, but Swine Flu is an exception. This bug has gone from complete obscurity to front page fame in just a few days. The scary part of this flu is it’s capability of killing those in the 10 – 45 year [...]
Stem cells found to help partially paralyzed
The Times of India have a story about how stem cells help the partially handicapped. Most studies are wrapped around fixing or repairing a broken spinal cord which includes complete loss of control of the arms and legs. This study was to determine how stem cells helped those that were not as badly hurt, and [...]
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