Posts Tagged disability
President Barack Obama Issues Executive Order — Increasing Federal Employment of Individuals with Disabilities
As of July 26, 2010 President Barack Obama announced that he ordered to establish the Federal Government as a model employer of individuals with disabilities. Click the White House website for more detailed information: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-increasing-federal-employment-individuals-with-disabilities
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Hurrah! ICED Formally Rejecting the Resolutions of the 1880 Milan Congress
NAD Elated with ICED Rejection of 1880 Milan Congress Resolutions On Monday, July 19, 2010 the International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED) opened its 21st Congress with a historic announcement that it formally rejects the resolutions passed at its 2nd Congress (commonly known as the 1880 Milan Congress) which discouraged the use [...]
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Annual Statistical Report of 2008 on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2008
From DeafDigest of July 19, 2010: William J. Bowman, a deaf employee of the Office of Communications in the United States Social Security Administration, said: Less deaf people today are drawing SSDI and SSI benefits than before. More deaf people are working. Check the statistics that should be of interest. The links are at: http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/di_asr/2008/table12.html [...]
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OPA Seeking Factual Stories About VRI in Hospitals!
The Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (OPA) has received several complaints about the hospitals in Connecticut using the VRS (video remote services) for any patients who are deaf. Some hospitals do not honor these patients’ requests or preference of using live interpreters instead of VRI (video remote interpreters). The OPA needs [...]
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One Two-Bedroom Apartment Available!
June 15, 2010… Karen Brown at Middletown Housing Authority announced that there is a two-bedroom apartment available for any elderly person with sensory impairment/disabled at Monarca Place, 1325 Randolph Road, Middletown, CT. Please contact Ms. Brown at 40 Broad Street, Middletown, Ct 06457 or call her at 860.346.8671 Voice or 860.347.0534 Fax. TTY: 1.800.643.1833 ext [...]
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Video Contest Campaign for Disability Employment
The Campaign for Disability Employment, a newly-formed collaborative of leading disability organizations funded by the Office of Disability Employment Policy of the U.S. Department of Labor, has announced an online video contest to promote the talent and skills that people with disabilities bring to America’s workforce and economy. Videos received by July 15, 2009 will [...]
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Disability Community Seminar Accessing the World through International Exchange
National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange Mobility International USA Disability Community Seminar Accessing the World through International Exchange New York May 1, 2009 People from the U.S. disability and Deaf community are invited for this one-day seminar and luncheon in New York City as we discuss the ‘Who, What, Where and Why’ of international exchange, [...]
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Disability Community Seminar Accessing the World through International Exchange
National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange Mobility International USA Disability Community Seminar Accessing the World through International Exchange New York May 1, 2009 People from the U.S. disability community are invited for this one-day seminar and luncheon in New York City as we discuss the ‘Who, What, Where and Why’ of international exchange, including overseas [...]
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