Monroe Community Hospital Executive Director Todd Spring did awful things.  The County Executive finally took action and fired him last Friday.  Last night the Monroe…Read More

As a wheelchair user for the past 23 years, I take my wheelchair pretty seriously. If I bump my chair into objects, I say ouch….Read More

The real story behind the muck-raking article that appeared in the D&C on Sunday August 29, 2010, began about six months ago. At that time,…Read More

While Maggie Brooks has been busy alleging that CDR is the target of Medicaid Fraud investigations by the Attorney General, her own Probations department, which…Read More

*Update* Center for Disabilities response to the Executive’s proposed Defecit Reduction Plan (DRP) We’re all getting used to budget cuts. It used to only happen…Read More

New Yorkers with disabilities were appalled last night when Governor Paterson vetoed not one, but two critical pieces of disability civil rights legislation. One bill,…Read More

The original news article on this issue and our statement can be found at: http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S1055056.shtml?cat=566 July 30, 2009 Majority Leader Dan Quatro Monroe County Legislature…Read More

Yesterday, I was among 40 ADAPT activists that entered the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in Washington, DC. Despite ADAPT’s deep anger with…Read More

President Obama yesterday announced an initiative called Year of Community Living to assist people with disabilities. The initiative was announced on June 22, 2009, in…Read More

For three hours Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus led discussions on how to reform health care and how to pay for that reform. Single-payer…Read More

Today marks 98 days in office for President Barack Obama. Sadly, it also marks the day that nearly 100 activists (91 was the last semi-official…Read More

After a few days of trying to not watch Governor Paterson’s performance at the Legislative Correspondents Association (LCA) dinner, I finally got pulled into the…Read More

Hi Everyone! It’s that time of year again – time for ADAPT’s National FUN RUN for Disability Rights! On April 26th, I’ll be one of…Read More

I have spent five of the last seven working days in Washington, DC. It’s a nice place to visit, but that’s too much like living…Read More

It’s the month of March, but looking at our schedule this month, it’s more like time to MARCH! It’s not often I say this, but…Read More