by RIDDCouncil | May 3, 2023 | Laws & Legislation
$30,000 in Compensation, Revised Practices and Training at Elmhurst Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Disability Rights Rhode Island (DRRI), the federally mandated Protection and Advocacy System (P&A) for Rhode Island, is pleased to announce that a complaint it...
by deb | Feb 17, 2021 | Laws & Legislation, News
Apart from the recognized challenges to voting – especially during the COVID-19 pandemic which requires extra health and safety precautions – our voices and opinions should and must be heard. People with disabilities have a lifetimes’ worth of experience...
by deb | Apr 29, 2020 | Employment, Laws & Legislation
On April 17, 2020 RIDDC and RIAPSE jointly sponsored Take Your Legislator to Work Event: Essential Employees and their Supports. This event brought the organizations’ members and legislators together via Zoom to feature employees’ and employer’s...
by deb | Mar 4, 2020 | Employment, Laws & Legislation, Policy
Last month the Rhode Island House of Representatives voted to repeal a bill that allowed disabled workers to be paid below minimum wage. At its core, the law allows for businesses to pay disabled workers pennies on the dollar while working in a segregated setting. The...
by RIDDCouncil | Jan 13, 2017 | Advocacy, Community Living, Cross Disability Coalition, Employment, Policy, RIDDC, Self Directed Supports, Supports Intensity Scale
The Department of BHDDH, Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), will be holding two open community forums in February 2017. The first forum is specifically for individuals and families involved with self-directed supports and the second one for all other...
by RIDDCouncil | Jan 12, 2017 | Education, Family Connections, Federal Laws & Legislation, Laws & Legislation, RIDDC
Supreme Court Considers How Schools Support Students With Disabilities The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a dispute that advocates describe as the most important case involving public school special education in three decades. At issue is whether...
