Reposted from Disability Scoop Original Post By: Shaun Heasley People with disabilities are more than twice as likely to be victims of violent crime, according to new federal data. A report released this month by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics finds that between 2011 and 2015, people with disabilities ages 12 and older… Read more »
Reposted from the Vera Institute of Justice Think Justice Blog Original Post By: Ashely Brompton and Vedan Anthony-North In 2010, aiming to provide affordable and comprehensive healthcare to people who otherwise would not have access to essential services, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law. But in an effort to “repeal and replace” the… Read more »
Reposted from The New York Times Original Post By: Erica L. Green and Sheryl Gay Stolberg WASHINGTON — The letters have come in to her office by the hundreds, heartfelt missives from college students, mostly men, who had been accused of rape or sexual assault. Some had lost scholarships. Some had been expelled. A mother… Read more »
Reposted from The Miami Herald Original Post by Elizabeth Koh For years, inmates with disabilities in Florida have doubly struggled to navigate its prison system, lawyers say. Inmates with hearing problems have said they were denied interpreters or hearing aids that would help them understand orders or announcements in their facilities. Inmates who are blind… Read more »
Reposted from Diverse Issues in Higher Education Original Post by Ya-Marie Sesay WASHINGTON — Students with disabilities deserve access to higher education to achieve their dreams and goals like everyone else. That is the message several panelists delivered Thursday at a session on the Improving Access to Higher Education Act. As part of the House… Read more »
Reposted from WCVB Original Post by Erika Tarantal Cambridge, MASS — NuVu, an innovation school in Cambridge, recently served as an incubator for high school students developing solutions for people with special needs. The school hosted a learning session, called a studio, to create products for Lee Cusack, who has cerebral palsy. Julia Frangioni and… Read more »
Reposted from NPR Original Post By: Alex Smith By the time Stephenie Hashmi was in her mid-20s, she had achieved a lifelong dream — she was the charge nurse of one of Kansas City’s largest intensive care units. But even as she cared for patients, she realized that something was off with her own health. “I… Read more »
Reposted from the Federal Communications Commission’s Press Release WASHINGTON, June 13, 2017 – Recognizing innovative communications technology designed for people with disabilities, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai today announced winners and honorable mentions of the sixth annual Chairman’s Awards for Advancement in Accessibility (Chairman’s AAA). “Communications technology has awe-inspiring power to open doors that have too… Read more »
Reposted from the Dallas Morning News Original Post By Melissa Repko When there’s an emergency, a deaf person’s primary way of calling 911 is still a clunky machine that looks like it should’ve gone the way of the fax machine and typewriter. For Aaron Bangor, the lead accessible technology architect at AT&T, the archaic-looking device — called a teletypewriter… Read more »
Vera mourns the loss of Amy Judy, a senior program associate in our Center on Victimization and Safety (CVS), who passed away this past weekend. Amy had been at Vera for almost two years, but has been a part of the Vera family for well over 15 years, lending her expertise to shape CVS’s work… Read more »