Greetings!
Great news! Things are still busy, but I’m hoping that with the brand new Twitter feed, I can now offer a little more detail as to everything going on here in Washington DC.
Day in Washington Disability Policy Podcast – Episode Summary: Day in Washington looks at disability policy issues. Today’s podcast/blog post is a...
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Tags: advocacy, Americans with Disabilities Act, anniversary, case, Community Choice, community choice act, Disability News Articles, Disability Policy Podcast, disability rights, discrimination, e.w., elaine wilson, georgia, hbcs, home and community based services, independence, institution, integration, l.c., Law, lawsuit, lois curtis, mental illness, mental retardation, most integrated setting, Olmstead
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Greetings!
Things are still busy, but I’m hoping to prioritize Day in Washington and make sure to keep everyone up to date on events here in Washington DC. Today’s podcast/blog post is from a guest host on an issue we’ve covered in the past – looking at the public perception of “Death before Disability.”...
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Tags: activism, better dead than disabled, death, dianne, Disability News Articles, Disability Policy Podcast, disability rights, elliot in the morning, euthanasia, iron lung, n.r. brown, not dead yet, nrbrown, odell, polio, suicide, terri schiavo
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On March 3rd, 2009 I posted in Day In Washington about Kirk Jenkins’ lawsuit against the National Board of Medical Examiners. He had been denied an accommodation for the Medical Licensing Exam and filed a lawsuit. Kirk lost his initial lawsuit because the circuit court didn’t consider him "disabled enough" under the ADA....
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Tags: access, ADA, ada amendments act, ADA Restoration, ADAAA, advocacy, Americans with Disabilities Act, appeals, circuit, day in washington, disability, Disability Policy Podcast, disability rights, discrimination, kirk, kirk jenkins, Law, lawsuit, Legislation, licensing exam, medical board, national board of medical examiners, podcast, policy
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My apologies as this week has been amazingly busy with work. Our expert committees are in town and I will be meeting with them on Friday so the week has been filled with preparations. I hope to get the full podcast up tonight or tomorrow at the latest. It has an international flavor and...
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Tags: access, accessibility, activism, advocacy, american association of people with disabilities, Announcements, congress, day in washington, Disability Policy Podcast, disability rights, Disability411, DisabilityNation, disabilityvote, Education, Employment, Obama, Personal, policy, president, voting
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The Disability Blog Carnival is a blog event. A Blog Carnival is similar to a magazine, in that it is dedicated to a particular topic, in this case – “Disability Studies, Disability Rights, Disability Culture” and is published on a regular schedule, often weekly or monthly. Upon learning about a carnival, bloggers...
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Tags: activism, ADA, ada amendments act, advocacy, blog, blog carnival, community choice act, day in washington, disabilities, disability, disability blog carnival, disability culture, disability policy, disability rights, disability studies, IDEA, Legislation, penny richards, policy, rights, temple university, tropic thunder, Uncategorized
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Day in Washington: The Disability Policy Podcast explores and discusses various aspects of disability policy. Each episode will cover a specific issue within disability, and/or a disability-related news article. These 5-10 minute podcasts offer an easy to understand introduction to disability policy and resources for those interested in further study. You can find the text...
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Tags: ADA, ada amendments, ADA Restoration, ada restoration act, Americans with Disabilities Act, civil rights, congress, disability, Disability Policy Podcast, disability rights, disabled, Harkin, Hatch, House, Hoyer, Legislation, legislative, policy, Senate
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