by RIDDCouncil | Oct 8, 2014 | Community Living, Life is Good
Lori Sousa knew Peter Maxmean was her soul mate when they first met, and now they are showing how people with intellectual disabilities can live, work and thrive in a community… Video by Kassie Bracken on October 4, 2014. Story by Dan Barry. Photo by Ángel...
by RIDDCouncil | Jun 18, 2014 | Community Living, Federal Laws & Legislation, Laws & Legislation
About Olmstead The story of the Olmstead case begins with two women, Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson, who had mental illness and developmental disabilities, and were voluntarily admitted to the psychiatric unit in the State-run Georgia Regional Hospital. Following the...
by RIDDCouncil | Jun 10, 2014 | Community Living, Cross Disability Coalition, Emergency Preparedness, Safety
Show Me for Emergencies, an innovative, interactive app that will enhance communication between public health and emergency management personnel and volunteers and individuals with communication challenges across a variety of emergency settings. The MA Office of...
by RIDDCouncil | Jun 3, 2014 | Community Living, Self Directed Supports
Executive Summary In recent years, self-direction has emerged as a game-changing strategy in organizing and delivering Medicaid funded services, a means of affording people with disabilities enhanced opportunities to live fulfilling lives of their own choice in local...
by RIDDCouncil | May 29, 2014 | Employment, Federal Laws & Legislation, Laws & Legislation
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the result of months of negotiations, addresses everything from adult literacy and job training to preparing youths with disabilities for employment. The nation’s workforce development system would receive a long-awaited...
by RIDDCouncil | May 21, 2014 | Employment
JUNE SERIES June 19 & 20, 2014 Rhode Island College and the Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities, a federal University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, are hosting a series of public forums and workshops in 2014 focused on promoting a...
by RIDDCouncil | Apr 10, 2014 | Employment
Remarks by Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels at Press Conference Regarding Employment Services for Rhode Islanders with Disabilities Click here for copy of Settlement Agreement (“Consent Decree”)
by RIDDCouncil | Apr 10, 2014 | Employment
PROVIDENCE, R.I. –- The state and the federal government have reached a groundbreaking settlement that will move disabled Rhode Islanders from segregated settings that isolated them for decades into the work force and the community at large. The Department of Justice...
by RIDDCouncil | Mar 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
On Friday February 28th, Fedcap’s newly awarded Center for Excellence and Advocacy (CEA) celebrated its launch and ribbon cutting ceremony in the presence of over 140 state and local dignitaries, businesses, advocates, consumers and community partners. Among the...
by RIDDCouncil | Mar 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
I realize it was more than likely a problem of word count. Or of column width. (“Providers Agree System is Troubled,” Providence Journal. Jan. 16, 2014, A1-2) Nonetheless, when direct attribution is provided, the quote should be accurate. Although I had no problem...
