The Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania recognizes that many school districts fall short on delivering the promise of a Free Appropriate Public Education to students, but eliminating the Act I special education exception …
Month: November 2015
Missy Elliott on Anxiety Struggles | Billboard
The night before the game, Elliott endured a panic attack and ended up with "IVs in my arm, everything," she tells Billboard. "Nobody knew." She says it was God that helped her finally get onstage and own the stadium. “I said …
Inquest finds inadequacies in prison's mental health services …
Serious failures by the official bodies involved in the care of a potentially suicidal 18-year-old from Tower Hamlets, who killed himself at Belmarsh prison, have been highlighted in a damming verdict by an inquest jury.
Disability rights advocate: Abandoned, neglected and …
Disability rights advocate: Abandoned, neglected and brokenhearted after Canadian Assisted Death decision. Editor's note. The following letter was composed by disability rights activist Steven Passmore. Right Honourable …
Judged Incompetent to Stand Trial, People with Mental Illness Still …
Some of Pennsylvania's most vulnerable citizens—people facing criminal charges who are not competent to stand trial because of mental disabilities—have begun a class action lawsuit over the state's provision of mental …