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Indiana Disability Rights Sues State for Failure to Provide Communications to Blind Beneficiaries
August 7, 2019
The lawsuit, filed in Indiana federal district court, alleges that Christopher and Sarah Meyers, siblings who are blind, lost their benefits when the DFR forced them to rely on other people to intercept and read their private information.
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Disability Community Highlighted at Senate Hearing on Census 2020
July 16, 2019
During a Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs hearing entitled "2020 Census: Conducting a Secure and Accurate Count," Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) asked the Census Bureau Director, Dr. Steven Dillingham, questions related to people with disabilities.
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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.
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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 - Veterans
NDRN Provides Overview of VA’s Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment
June 24, 2019
NDRN partnered with the VA to hold a webinar for the P&A/CAP Network to provide an overview of the VR&E at the VA.
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