If you’re an elderly or disabled Greenwich resident, rent assistance may be on the way. Connecticut’s Renter’s Rebate Program is now allowing for eligible Greenwich residents who are 65 or older, or disabled and under age 65, and receiving disability … Continue reading
Category Archives: disability rights
The communique released at the end of the UN high-level panel (HLP) meeting on the post-2015 development agenda failed to mention disability, repeating in Bali the same omission notable in last month’s official communique from the Monrovia meeting. It was … Continue reading
In February of 2009, New Haven Ballet began a “shared ability” choreography project for children ages 10-17 who have physical disabilities and students from New Haven Ballet. Now in its third year, the goals of the program include increasing New … Continue reading
QUITO, Ecuador — Like many upper-class Ecuadoreans, Lenin Moreno rarely noticed people with disabilities. A successful businessman and politician, he was too busy being an overachiever. All that changed in 1998. After buying bread at a Quito grocery store, Moreno … Continue reading
Some young disabled athletes are having their own Oscar Pistorius moments — not by breaking barriers in the Olympics, but by battling sports officials over whether and how they should be accommodated in competitions with able-bodied athletes. During his ascent … Continue reading
Disabled voters with permanent absentee ballot status will no longer have to apply repeatedly to receive a ballot. A new law taking effect Tuesday allows people with the status to automatically receive an absentee ballot for each election, primary and … Continue reading
New website cracks down on abusive caregivers New website cracks down on abusive caregivers | Video Library | The News-Press. … Continue reading
Some 4,200 athletes from 164 nations competed in 20 sporting events in the recent Paralympic Games. Yet the U.S. host broadcaster, NBC, decided to air only four hour-long highlights packages on its sports channel, compared to its wall-to-wall coverage of … Continue reading
As students with disabilities transition out of high school, a new government report finds the path to independence is overly complicated. Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, kids with disabilities are eligible for a broad range of services through … Continue reading
AS A STUDENT AT HARVARD Law School, Michael Ashley Stein was aware of how privileged he was. But as someone with a disability (a rare illness had left him in a wheelchair at 14), he was also deeply conscious of … Continue reading