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- August 12, 2009
Disabled group ready to accept apology for “R-word” By: Berkeley Brean News 10 NBC Rochester, August 12, 2009 News 10NBC has learned that the Center…Read More
Disabled group ready to accept apology for “R-word” By: Berkeley Brean News 10 NBC Rochester, August 12, 2009 News 10NBC has learned that the Center…Read More
R-Word Focus of Debate Tuesday, August 11, 2009 From WHAM-TV, Rachel Barnhart ROCHESTER, N.Y. -– Members of Rochester’s disability rights community are demanding an apology…Read More
Mother demands apology from lawmaker who said “R-word” News 10 NBC, August 11, 2009 More anger Monday night over a story News 10NBC broke about…Read More
With the unemployment rate growing, the disabled community is experiencing ever-growing discrimination in the workforce. Only 20% of disabled individuals are active participants in the…Read More
Controversy Continues over use of “r-word” Carlet Cleare (2009-08-10) ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – The Center for Disability Rights is asking the entire community not to…Read More
“R”-Word Focus of Disability Rights’ Group (2009-08-09) ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – People with disabilities and their supporters plan to meet with reporters Monday morning at…Read More
My name is Tim Barbato. I am sixteen years old and I am a senior from Holley Junior Senior High School. I am starting an…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
Buffalo has a small deaf population. However they have a Deaf Adult Services (DAS) (wnydas.org) that provides advocacy, education, case management, counseling and interpreting services…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
So there we were in front to the Democratic National Committee headquarters after we’d been physically removed from the premises. I’m sure DNC staff thought…Read More
For Immediate release: July 7, 2009 For information contact: Bob Kafka 512-431-4085 Marsha Katz 406-544-9504 Obama Administration Continues Institutional Bias in Healthcare Reform Washington, D.C.—…Read More
The disability community had high expectations for President Obama. He said the right things. He had been a co-sponsor of the Community Choice Act, and…Read More
Many Deaf and Hard of hearing people, who are either born with no hearing or are late deafened, face barriers of communication in nursing homes….Read More