- Community Integration
Disability Rights Florida Monitors Facility Housing Unaccompanied Migrant Children
July 11, 2019
In a new video, Disability Rights Florida attorney Peter Sleasman describes what led these children to end up in U.S. custody and what he observed during the P&A’s monitoring of the Homestead facility.
General - Community Integration
When Nicholas’ Services were Cut, Disability Rights Ohio Helped Get them Restored
July 8, 2019
Nicholas was excited when he received an Individual Options (IO) waiver so he could live in his community with his brother and sister-in-law.But then he and his family had difficulties finding service providers that could give him the 24/7 care he needed. When his county's Board of Developmental Disabilities…
General - Community Integration
NDRN Joins Amicus in Community Integration Case
July 5, 2019
NDRN and eight other national and local disability and civil rights groups filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs on the claim that the City must provide comprehensive transition services to facilitate moving people from institutions into community-based independent living arrangements.
Amicus Brief - Community Integration
Clear2Connect Coalition Comments on FCC Efforts to Modernize the Internet Protocol for Captioned Telephone Service
May 14, 2019
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has begun to consider ways to change the Internet Protocol for Captioned Telephone Service by allowing automated speech recognition (ASR) services.
General - Community Integration
Disability Rights Florida Publishes Monitoring Report on Homestead Shelter
April 12, 2019
The report focused on determining if any of the children placed at Homestead were individuals with disabilities and if so, to determine if those children had been or are at risk of being subject to abuse, neglect, or other violations of their rights.
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