Legislation closing loophole held up in committee process.
A federal class-action lawsuit claims New York City’s subway system has broken the law by failing to make stations wheelchair accessible.
“It is an absolute travesty that for so long, many New Yorkers have been excluded from our transit system,” said one of the legislators.
Barbara Crosier, Vice President, Government Relations for CP of NYS, has been named recipient of the fifteenth annual Legislative Disabilities Awareness Day “Dr. Henry Viscardi, Jr.” Advocacy Award.
Public Transit for New York’s Disabled Riders Is Maddening
Leaders from the Golisano Institute for Developmental Disability Nursing at St. John Fisher College in Rochester has formed a partnership with a college in Ireland.
In 1964 the New York State Elks Association and CP of NYS established the Home Service Program. This joint venture was designed to benefit children and adults with disabilities and their families. The New York State Elks adopted the Home Service Program as an Elks Major Project and have generously funded the program to this day. During this wonderful 55 year partnership, the Elks have donated more than $27 million dollars to support the CP of NYS Home Service program.
The attached vignette is the first of many examples of how the Elks’ support has helped improve the lives of thousands of people with disabilities and their families. Please read more HERE.
…“the fear of prolonged and intimidating investigations, false allegations, and unavoidable violations of policy negatively affected (staff) practice and contributed to staff turnover.” They also learned that organizations suffered “serious staffing challenges and increased costs of overtime and administrative management of compliance.”
Presenters will cover topics from dementia in people with disabilities, to colonoscopies for adults who have intellectual disabilities, and the obstacles to accessing dental care faced by people with disabilities. Many of the sessions will also focus on successes in the field.
“Mental health service needs have worsened, as have substance use disorder needs, and developmentally disabled needs.”
