by Dan DeMarle | Oct 3, 2023 | Americans with Disability Act (ADA), Disability, Employment, Transition, Uncategorized
Companies that recognize and value the importance of hiring and retaining employees with disabilities know what is needed to provide a culture and workplace that is accommodating and inclusive. Those companies, such as Starbucks, IBM and Northrop Grumman are committed...
by Dan DeMarle | Sep 3, 2023 | Disability, Legislation, Legislative Advocacy, Uncategorized
Disability advocates are hailing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a case that they feared could lead to severe restrictions on the rights of people who rely on Medicaid and other government programs. The high court issued an opinion late last week in a case known as...
by Dan DeMarle | Aug 21, 2023 | Disability, Legislation, Legislative Advocacy, Uncategorized
ite House on Tuesday. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS) With a sweeping new executive order, President Joe Biden is looking to ease pressure on the nation’s beleaguered home and community-based services system. The White House described the order, which Biden signed...
by Dan DeMarle | Aug 16, 2023 | ADA, Americans with Disability Act (ADA), Disability, Greece, School Districts, Uncategorized
GREECE, N.Y. A freshman in high school, advocating for herself and others with disabilities, is making big changes in Greece. She has pushed the school district to change the way some students will be evacuated from school buildings during an emergency. Giana Bisnett...
by Dan DeMarle | Aug 13, 2023 | College, Disability, Uncategorized
Recently released data from the U.S. Department of Education found most college students do not receive special services from their school. A measure announced Tuesday by Republican U.S. Rep. Marc Molinaro is meant to change that. Molinaro is backing a...
by Dan DeMarle | Jul 31, 2023 | Americans with Disability Act (ADA), Disability, Recommended Reading, Section 504, Special Education, Uncategorized
“They were not medical problems to rehabilitate. We were not medical problems. I was never going to undo the damage polio had done to my nerve cells and walk again, nor was this my goal. The disabled veterans coming home from the Vietnam War were never going to grow...
