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Lisa Fine recently sat down with Maria Doughty for an episode of Great Women in Compliance. As the CEO of The Chicago Network, the premier organization of Chicagoland’s most influential...
By Tony Leys for KFF Health News.Broadcast version by Mike Moen for Minnesota News Connection reporting for the KFF Health News-Public News Service Collaboration Myrna Peterson predicts self-driving vehicles will be a ticket out of isolation and loneliness for people like her, who live outside big cities and have disabilities that prevent them from driving. Peterson, who has quadriplegia, is an enthusiastic participant in an unusual test of autonomous vehicles in this corner of northern Minnesota. She helped attract government funding to bring five self-driving vans to Grand Rapids, a city of 11,000 people in a region of pine and birch forests along the Mississippi River. ...
Bill Banning Paying Disabled Less Takes Effect This Month – Town Square Delaware LIVE townsquaredelaware.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from townsquaredelaware.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Iowa Developmental Disabilities Council has a wish list for the new legislative session. The group has just released its public-policy agenda, and is asking state lawmakers to increase funding for educational programs. The council's list includes three main priorities for the New Year: increasing employment opportunities for people living with disabilities, improving community living options, and addressing what the council's Public Policy Manager Carlyn Crowe said she worries could be a dropoff in special educational services for students with disabilities. ...
As winter approaches, New Yorkers with disabilities are preparing to tackle a tough time of the year. One of the biggest challenges is getting around when snow and ice hasn't been removed. And on slick roads, paratransit services might be unreliable. ...
A coalition of Nevada groups is behind a statewide effort to make Nevada an Employment First state. That would align the state with a U.S. Labor Department goal of meaningful employment, fair wages and career advancements for people with disabilities. ...
Since its inception, MRC Industries, a nonprofit that serves people with developmental or intellectual disabilities in Kalamazoo County, has paid its workers a subminimum wage. But no longer. MRC dropped its 14(c) certification in September.
Opinion | Disability activists keep pretending severe autism doesn't exist washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Employment First of Morgan County observes National Disability Employment Awareness Month mchnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mchnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.