Beechwood Continuing Care, and Daniel P. O’Neill, its CEO & President, have been named Employer of the Year by Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State.
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Special Olympics Special Smiles Founder To Keynote Statewide Clinical Conference In November
For the past 40 years Dr. Steven Pearlman has devoted much of his private practice as well as his teaching, to the treatment of children and adults with physical and intellectual disabilities. The Clinical Professor of Pediatric Dentistry at Boston University’s Goldman School of Dental Medicine will deliver the Keynote Address November 16th at the CP of NYS Multi-Disciplinary Clinical Care For Patients With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities Conference in Saratoga Springs.
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Date Set For Conference On Clinical Care For People With I/DD
Don’t miss this clinical conference for health professionals who provide services to people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.
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Dancing With The REAL Stars
New York City Ballet (NYCB) Artists Ashley Laracey and Adrian Danchig-Waring conducted a dance workshop for children with disabilities on Saturday, July 21, at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs. Accompanied by NYCB Musician Nancy McDill, the two world-renowned dancers led 19 participants in ballet-based warm-up and movement combinations inspired by the NYCB’s Romeo + Juliet, and included a lively performance for family and friends. Following the event, there was time for a photo and autograph opportunity with the artists.
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Protect Yourself, And Others
If you haven’t thought about ticks yet this spring, it’s time.
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Health Disparities Forum Scheduled for April 24 in Albany
A forum on Health Disparities, entitled “Health in NY State: Addressing Barriers to Health Across Populations,” will be held at the University at Albany on April 24. Find more on this important event HERE.
Affordable Housing Pilot will Help Families in Monroe County, NYC
The pilot program will target 240 families who are about to become homeless or are already in the shelter system or living on the streets.
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Here’s How, and WHY, The R Word Can Be So Painful
He’s been involved in the campaign to “Spread the Word to End the Word,” and if there’s any positive element to this ugliness, it’s that no one had used it on him in a long time.
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Feds Call For Alternatives To Guardianship
While guardianship is supposed to safeguard individuals, the report found that courts are frequently incapable of adequately monitoring these situations.
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Please Call Your NYS Assemblymember Today
As we head into the final days of state budget negotiations, we’ve initiated a push for the Legislature to include language that expresses its intent to include the additional installments of living wage funding for direct support professionals (DSPs) for the next four state fiscal years.
The Assembly and Senate one-house budget proposals included funding for the second installment of a six-year plan to bring DSPs to a living wage. The funding was also included in the Governor’s Executive Budget.
But due to the state’s fiscal constraints, neither house has been able to include the #bFair2DirectCare request for an acceleration of that program.
Nonetheless, including this “intent” language would be a big help. This language, which the Senate has advanced, pledged 3.25 percent increases to be funded every April 1 from 2019 through 2022. This is essentially the rest of the living wage program begun with the 2017-18 budget. Now we must convince the Assembly to agree to adopt that language and then advocate for it in final budget negotiations with Governor Cuomo.
This is where you can be a tremendous help. Assembly Mental Health Chair Aileen has prepared a letter asking Speaker Carl Heastie to advocate for the “intent” language. She’s circulating this letter among her colleagues in the Assembly Democratic majority and asking them to sign on.
The more Assembly Democrat signatures he sees on that letter, the more likely the Speaker will be to agree to the request.
Please contact your Assembly Democratic member and urge him or her to sign on to Assemblywoman Gunther’s #bFair2DirectCare letter to the Speaker.
- To find your local Assemblymember, go to the New York Families for Disability Rights (NYFDR) website at http://www.nyfamilyrights.org/advocate/contact-influencers/
It’s CRITICAL that these calls happen this week, as final decisions on the state budget are being formulated right now.