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Tag Archives: Supreme Court
Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, December 1 –Friday, December 5
Human Interest: Navigating the stage with a disability (The Wall Street Journal) At a New York Festival of Song concert in November, the organization’s co-founder, pianist Steven Blier, zoomed onto the stage in his battery-operated wheelchair. “This takes a minute, … Continue reading
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Tagged ADA. Americans with Disabilities Act, Liftware spoon, memory improvement activity, mental health, musicians with disabilities, powered prosthetic leg, prehabilitation, Sigmund Freud, smartphones and neck injury, spoon for users with tremors, stroke, stroke rehabilitation, Supreme Court, TBI, traumatic brain injury, TV remote control interface for users with visual impairments
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, July 7 – Friday, July 11
Policy: Supreme Court rules on disability caregivers (Disability Scoop) The Supreme Court ruled last week that personal home care employees cannot be forced to pay dues to a union. According to the ruling, these employees, some of whom care for … Continue reading
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Tagged autism spectrum disorder, brain-machine interface, children with ASD, conservatorship, Department of Defense, direct brain recording, Disability and Abuse Project, FingerReader, guardianship, iPad, memory deficit, National Right to Vote Foundation, National Right to Work Foundation, paraplegia, reading device for blind, speech disabilities, speech synthesizer, Supreme Court, text-to-speech software, traumatic brain injury, U.S. Supreme Court, union dues, US Department of Justice, veterans, Voting Rights Act of 1965, wheelchair
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, June 2 – Friday, June 6
Policy: In shift, Supreme Court moves away from ‘mental retardation’ (Disability Scoop) A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling clarifying what constitutes intellectual disability also marked a major milestone in efforts to put an end to use of the term “mental … Continue reading
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Tagged accessible 911, Android wayfinding app for blind, autism, blood pressure, continuous positive airway pressure therapy, CPAP, elementary school students with autism, emergency systems, Hello Navi, hidden physical disabilities, intellectual disability, invisible disabilities, mental retardation, National Council on Disability, navigated brain stimulation, NBS, obstructive sleep apnea, occupational therapy, OT, poststroke rehabilitation, sign language system for Google Glass, Signglasses, sleep apnea, stroke, Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court
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HHS Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnership Hosts Interactive Webinars on the Health Care Law
The Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) was signed into law by President Obama in 2010 and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 28th, 2012. The law affects all Americans and makes sweeping changes that take place over the … Continue reading
NARIC Spotlight: What is “Olmstead” and how does it affect me?
Today, June 22, is the 10th anniversary of the Olmstead decision, a landmark civil rights case decided by the Supreme Court. The court decided in favor of the plaintiffs, two women with psychiatric and developmental disabilities, that inappropriate institutionalization was … Continue reading
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