People with disabilities are hearing the words ‘institutionalization’ and ‘Olmstead’ daily. This shift in the way policymakers openly discuss the segregation of people with disabilities naturally follows nationwide budget cuts to home and community-based services. If people with disabilities cannot get the services and supports they need to live independently in their homes and communities, […]
Upshur and other regional counties already have a shortage of subsidized housing units that are accessible for seniors and those with disabilities, according to the 2025 Statewide Housing Needs Assessment by the West Virginia Housing Development Fund.
A Montana veteran is urging awareness after he was confronted by a person saying he couldn’t park in a handicap spot even though he had disabled veteran plates on his truck.
The Disability Rights Center-NH’s investigation into deaths in New Hampshire’s disability care system is still ongoing, DRC officials said. The investigation was launched in November and the DRC tentatively hoped to have a report released this summer. However, Deodonne Bhattarai, a DRC spokesperson, said the agency’s current goal is to complete the investigation by the […]
A former Monroe County public administrator was sentenced to prison for stealing from people with disabilities.
Democratic lawmakers are calling for an independent audit of an assessment tool used by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration amidst a surge in Medicaid disability waiver denials. The agency denied 6% of disability waivers this year following the rollout of interRAI in January — far higher than the previous sub-1% denial rate. The […]
As many as 300,000 low-income Hoosiers could be subject to Indiana’s new Medicaid work requirements, state officials estimated Tuesday. But key parts of the compliance and exemption process remain unfinished. The first deadline is less than two months away. Although the mandate takes effect Jan. 1, 2027, anyone applying for or renewing coverage that month […]
A bill signed by Gov. Mikie Sherrill seeks to expand access to microtransit for seniors and disabled residents statewide.
When Rob Stone finished high school in Bethesda, Maryland, in 2018, he was asked to identify three goals for his life. Stone loves art and baseball. He’s cheerful, sports a cheeky mustache, and he’s always up for an adventure. Stone has a rare genetic movement disorder, dystonia-parkinsonism, that limits his mobility and speech. Setting specific […]
After a 125-mile trip on his powered wheelchair, Carl Schulze rolled up just before noon Thursday to the Wisconsin Capitol. The resident of Fox Crossing, near Neenah, made the journey to make a point: How Medicaid has helped him and thousands of other Wisconsin residents with disabilities — and how that help is being threatened […]
