Companionship Exemption Rule Changes! Sources are telling us that at any moment the Obama Administration will be finalizing Companionship Exemption rule changes that CDR, ADAPT,…Read More

Governor Cuomo recently signed a bill (http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/190875/cuomo-signs-bills-for-lever-voting-safe-act-exemption/) that will allow the New York City Board of Elections (NYC BOE) to resurrect ancient lever voting machines…Read More

The big news is, of course, President Obama’s re-election. What does his victory mean to the Disability Community? We can safely say that for us,…Read More

It is almost over. Election Day is upon us. Please make sure you get out to vote tomorrow (Tuesday, November 6th). If you are not…Read More

Why You Should Vote This has been an ugly election season. It feels as if it has been going on forever. The amount of money…Read More

Support REAL Medicaid reform by ending the institutional bias The Super Committee, made up of 6 Senators and 6 Representatives, is looking at cuts in…Read More

On May 16th a number of disability rights advocates traveled to Albany to participate in the NYS Assembly’s Disability Awareness Day. We arrived at the…Read More

As an educator-by-training, I have had quite a number of experiences with the education bureaucracy in dealing with their constant need to label our children….Read More

Ari Ne’eman is coming to Rochester and he’s going to be giving a talk called “Neurodiversity, Autistic Self-Advocacy and New Constituencies in the Disability Rights…Read More

Hello! I’m Dave Atias. I’m the new Assistant Director of Advocacy at CDR. I was hired in late July. Before I tell you a little…Read More