Under this model, the state would pay private insurance companies to cover and manage home and community-based services for an estimated 450,000 low-income seniors and adults with disabilities. … is the Executive Director, Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly; Peri Jude Radecic is the Chief Executive Officer, Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania; and Antoinette Kraus is the State Director, Pennsylvania Health Access
Category Archives: Disability
Government criticised for failure to ratify UN Convention on disability …
The Government has been criticised for a delay in ratifying the CRPD, the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. The convention gives a committment that people with disabilities can enjoy their rights on an …
Comcast fires veteran with panic disorder after he asks to use …
According to a recent lawsuit, Inman had asked his employer to accommodate his disability by allowing him flexible medical leave when panic attacks occurred, and Comcast had done so. Inman has a service dog, a German …
Defend Mental Health & Learning Disability Services : The Pensive …
The Belfast Health Trust is currently undertaking a consultation on how mental health and learning services are provided in the community. Shamefully, If allowed this will see the: • Closure of the three cross-community day …
NEA President Under Fire From Disability Rights Advocates …
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