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I wanted to share a few of my experiences in working and volunteering with Yumi Ross. Over the past 12 years, we have worked together on a number of initiatives and throughout all of these I’ve seen Yumi’s passion for Highland Park, her incredible work ethic and professionalism, and her strong sense of working towards the good of our community. We first met each other in 2009 when we were both served on D112 s Strategic Planning Team and then again on the five-year plan for our school district.
A few years ago, we both joined the D113 Education Foundation where Yumi is currently the Co-President, and we ve been serving our high schools together ever since. In my opinion, Yumi has been a great leader who both works hard but also inspires all members to do their best work. I believe that she would be an excellent councilman and work tirelessly to represent community members and business owners. I also know that she will be honest, approachable, fair, colla
A Woman With Developmental Disabilities Was Abused in Arizona. The State Promised Changes. It Has Not Made Them Yet.
A woman with DD living in a state home was raped and had a baby. A task force was made to come up with changes to protect people like her. Most of those changes have not happened yet.
Jan. 20, 5 a.m. EST
This is Hacienda HealthCare. It is in Phoenix. This is where a woman with DD was raped. She had a baby here two years ago. (Matt York/AP)
Inside Arizona’s Division of Developmental Disabilities
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By Jeff Turner
Dec 28, 2020
A report put out by Disability Rights Nebraska revealed blind spots in how Nebraska has taken care of people with disabilities since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. “This report documents our investigation for the last nine months, particularly focusing on congregate living facilities,” said Legal Services Director of Disability Rights Nebraska Tania Diaz.
Disability Rights Nebraska, is, as is stated on their website, A protection and Advocacy system for people with disabilities in our state. This includes intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities and people with mental illness. Founded in 1970, as a subset of the Citizen Advocacy Program, Disability Rights Nebraska is mostly federally funded - with only a few hundred thousand coming from the state of Nebraska. They normally monitor institutional facilities to ensure people with disabilities work in equitable conditions, but with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, they, like
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