Today is the 21st anniversary of the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) into law, so you might say that the ADA has…Read More

Two things happened this week which show that voters are letting politicians know how they feel about the importance of protecting Medicare and Medicaid. On…Read More

This Saturday April 30, a busload of Rochester area disability rights activists will travel to Washington, D.C. to join hundreds from around the country for…Read More

On Valentine’s Day, one day before over 250 independent living advocates filled the corridors of the New York State Legislature on the annual NYAIL Legislative…Read More

Rochester ADAPT activists from the Center for Disability Rights took our message to Governor Cuomo’s Medicaid Redesign Team at a hearing held in Rochester on…Read More

This Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Monroe County Legislature saw consumer advocates from the Center for Disability Rights return to ask for relief from the…Read More

On Monday, October 19, 2010, the Center for Disability Rights (CDR) and Regional Center for Independent Living (RCIL) hosted a “Candidate Forum on Disability Issues”…Read More

I first became involved in advocacy for consumer directed services in 1982 in Los Angeles. Like many people with significant disabilities, I wanted to limit…Read More

It’s all over the news: Governor Paterson’s 2010-11 Executive Budget for New York State was released on Tuesday, January 19, 2010. There’s plenty of criticism…Read More

This is huge news! This past Friday, New York Senator Schumer introduced the Community First Choice amendment to the Senate Finance Committee’s health care reform!…Read More

I was one of nineteen Rochester ADAPT activists who went to Washington, D.C. last week to push for passage of the Community Choice Act. The…Read More

I’ve lived in five different states – Michigan, California, Tennessee, Illinois and New York – and no two are alike when it comes to long…Read More

I’m no Pollyanna. I was with ADAPT in Denver in July, 1990, when activists from all over the country who succeeded in getting lifts-on-buses decided…Read More

CDR is about solidarity. We’re part of the national Disability Rights Movement (aka DRM), and our brothers and sisters around the country know that we…Read More

Many people know that CDR is active in advocacy on the national level, and provides support and technical assistance in other states. That is also…Read More