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- U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Case Summaries:
- U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Social Security Gerace v. Astrue 07-CV-28 Judge Telesca Background: The plaintiff was 34 years old in 2003 when he applied for disability benefits due to injuries to his lower back and left...
- Research articles 2008-09-23
- Daniel Rubin: For disabled, 'a major step backward'
- You might not want to slog through the 1,000 pages of regulations, cost estimates, commentaries and impact statements the government released last week in proposing revisions to the Americans With Disabilities Act. Let Steve Gold, the public-interest lawyer who forced Philadelphia to cut curbs into sidewalks, break it down for...
- Research articles 2008-06-25
- inbox: letters to the editor
- Disability Insurance Planning: Don't Expect Claims Process to Be Easy The article "Disability Insurance Planning for Professionals" by Lawrence B. Keller and Harry Wigler (December 2007) was very informative. Let me add some reallife experience to the discussion. The authors hint at the leverage that the insurance companies have in...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- HRSDC: Housing for Homeless People With Disabilities Opens Doors.
- CALGARY, ALBERTA, Oct 19, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Mr. Art Hanger, Member of Parliament for Calgary Northeast, on behalf of the Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today recognized the official opening of Calgary's Kootenay Lodge, a transitional housing facility for...
- Research articles 2007-10-19
- Determinants of government aid to Katrina survivors: evidence from survey data
- 1. Introduction Natural catastrophes like Hurricane Katrina are unfortunate natural experiments for evaluating otherwise unobservable events such as the effectiveness of government disaster aid. Katrina was arguably the greatest natural disaster in modern U.S. history. The damage stretched across 90,000 square miles an area roughly the size of Great...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- COAT Members Urge Action by Wireless Industry to Improve Disability Accessibility
- To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORSContact: Jenifer Simpson of AAPD, +1-202-457-0046, or Brenda Battat of HLAA, +1-301-657-2248, or +1-301-657-2249 TTY, or Adrianna Montague-Gray of AFB, +1-212-502-7675 WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumers with disabilities are taking their concerns about lack of accessibility of cell phones to the Federal Communications Commission FCC this month,...
- Research articles 2007-08-14
- DisabilityInfo.gov Introduces New State and Local Resources Map to Assist Visitors in Locating Disability-Related Information Close to Home
- To: LABOR EDITORSContact: Jennifer Kaplan, +1-202-693-5052, or Richard Manning, +1- 202-693-4676, both of U.S. Department of Labor WASHINGTON, July 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The federal government's one-stop Web site for disability-related information and resources -- DisabilityInfo.gov -- today unveiled a new feature, a state and local resources map, designed to assist...
- Research articles 2007-07-18
- Court delves into mind of Wisconsin school slayer
- BARABOO, United States AFP — As the United States struggled to understand why a Korean-American student massacred at least 30 people at Virginia Tech University, testimony in a leafy rural Wisconsin courthouse plumbed the mind of another school shooter. A portrait emerged this week of a disturbed and lonely...
- Research articles 2007-04-18
- National Council on Disability Calls for Federal Legislation to Prohibit Telecommunications Discrimination for People With Disabilities
- To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Mark S. Quigley of National Council on Disability, +1- 202-272-2004 or +1-202-272-2074 TTYWASHINGTON, Dec. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Council onDisability NCD today released a policy paper calling on Congress and theAdministration to end telecommunications and information servicesdiscrimination for people with disabilities."The Need for Federal Legislation and...
- Research articles 2006-12-28
- Jonathan Ross's gag about Heather's leg was funny because it was forbidden
- Amputees have been getting a terribly bad press of late. Until recently, people missing a limb here or there were rather admired for the fortitude with which they struggled on through life; one was reminded quite automatically -- upon encountering one of them hobbling down the aisle in Waitrose,...
- Research articles 2006-11-04
- National Council on Disability Statement Regarding the Voting RightsAct Reauthorization
- WASHINGTON, May 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- National Council on Disability NCD chairperson Lex Frieden today released the following statement regarding the Voting Rights Act reauthorization: NCD wishes to express its strong support for reauthorizing the provisions of the Voting Rights Act VRA set to expire in 2007. NCD is an...
- Research articles 2006-05-08
- National Council on Disability Statement Regarding the Voting Rights Act Reauthorization
- WASHINGTON, May 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- National Council on Disability NCD chairperson Lex Frieden today released the following statement regarding the Voting Rights Act reauthorization: NCD wishes to express its strong support for reauthorizing the provisions of the Voting Rights Act VRA set to expire in 2007. NCD is an...
- Research articles 2006-05-08
- Disability Organizatons to Announce Opposition to Judge Samuel Alito (1/2)
- News Advisory: WHO: ADA Watch/National Coalition for Disability Rights, Alliance of Disability Advocates, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, National Council on Independent Living, World Association of People with Disabilities, and others WHAT: Disability organizations will announce their opposition to the nomination of Third...
- Research articles 2005-12-13
- Shaping IDEA regulations.(Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
- In response to input from members, ASHA is advocating for the following issues throughout the regulatory process. Working on behalf of members, ASHA submitted comments during a comment period prior to the development of regulations by the U.S. Department of Education ED and in response to...
- Research articles 2005-09-27
- ED hears member concerns on IDEA '04.(Department of Education, Individuals With Disabilities Education Act)
- The U.S. Department of Education ED concluded a series of meetings around the country on developing final regulations for the recently reauthorized Individuals With Disabilities Education Act IDEA with a July 12 meeting in Washington, DC. The meeting, which was held...
- Research articles 2005-08-16
- Pelosi: President Still Considering Disability Cuts as Part of Plan to Privatize Social Security
- WASHINGTON, May 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the President's Social Security plan, which the White House acknowledged yesterday, would drastically cut benefits to Americans with disabilities: "Just two weeks ago, President Bush assured Americans that disability benefits would not be cut...
- Research articles 2005-05-13
- National Council on Disability Releases Latest Edition of NCD Bulletin -- April 2005 (2/2)
- WASHINGTON, May 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the latest electronic edition of the NCD Bulletin, a monthly publication of the National Council on Disability part two of two: NCD Seeking Written Testimony on Impact of ADA NCD is collecting written testimony from people with disabilities, their families, and their...
- Research articles 2005-05-05
- Fence Post.(News)(Letter to the Editor)
- Pope left lesson on value of human life We are so grateful to have lived in the period of time when Karol Wojtyla was pope. He was a messenger of hope to people of all faiths. His beginning and ending message of...
- Research articles 2005-04-07
- Initiative to help injured troops gets startup funding
- DOD has startup funding For a new initiative for service members injured in the global war on terrorism, a senior official said recently. "We're looking at possibilities for internships and other types of trial employment", John M. Molino told attendees at the 17th DOD Disability Forum. "We're also looking...
- Research articles 2005-04-01
- IDEA.(Other Programs Needing Oversight)
- * IDEA. Disability advocates also will keep a close eye on the Department of Education ED as it develops regulations to implement last year's Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (RDP, Nov. 25, p. 177). ED is seeking recommendations on IDEA regulatory issues, and will hold...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
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