Day two of the Albany action began with the cooperation of Mother Nature -a sunny day, not too hot or too cold, and none of…Read More

Forty-three or so (maybe I should get an exact count – just so we return with everyone?) staff and volunteers from the Center for Disability…Read More

I recently saw a movie called the The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, a memoir by Jean- Dominique Baudby. The film depicts Baudby’s life after…Read More

You might be asking yourself, “What is compassion fatigue?” It is a physical or emotional exhaustion that causes a decline in an individual’s ability to…Read More

Website accessibility is more often than not overlooked. I’m not going to pull punches here, even our own website lacks in this area – please…Read More

Many of you have been following CDR’s efforts to establish an Independent Living Center in Ontario County to serve Ontario, Wayne and Yates counties. We…Read More

Just the other day I had the opportunity to visit a person who had just started getting their services from CDR. At first, I was…Read More

Quality of life is the degree of well-being felt by an individual or group of people. Quality of life is not a tangible concept, and…Read More

As the Director of CDR’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP), I want to make sure that anyone using Medicaid funded programs for home care…Read More

Let’s face it: working in the human service field can become overwhelming at times. Yes, there is a reason each and every one of us…Read More

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to participate in my first advocacy trip with the Center for Disability Rights. The day began bright…Read More

As a child I enjoyed the friendship of Lee. In fact, I was flattered by his friendship, as were many of my first grade classmates….Read More

When I started my career in 2000, I worked for programs that believed that they had a duty to “protect” people with disabilities. These programs…Read More