Disability Rights – Voices for Civil Justice

‘They Just Dumped Him Like Trash’: Nursing Homes Evict Vulnerable Residents

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‘They Just Dumped Him Like Trash’: Nursing Homes Evict Vulnerable Residents

Issue Brief Argues for Federal Leadership in Reforming America’s Civil Justice System

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Issue Brief Argues for Federal Leadership in Reforming America’s Civil Justice System

September 20, 2019 11:08 am by Karen A. Lash
A new issue brief from the Center for American Progress argues that it is time to fix the nation’s civil justice system so that it works for everyone, not just the people and corporations that can afford to hire private lawyers.

‘We Were The Catalyst’: How Atlanta Legal Aid Launched a Landmark SCOTUS Ruling

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‘We Were The Catalyst’: How Atlanta Legal Aid Launched a Landmark SCOTUS Ruling

August 13, 2019 | R. Robin McDonald | Law.com
The U.S. Supreme Court's Olmstead opinion, which held that the “unjustified isolation” of people with disabilities in institutions is a form of discrimination, turns 20 years old this year.
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People With Disabilities Hit Hardest By Storms, Say Advocates

Feature (North Carolina)

People With Disabilities Hit Hardest By Storms, Say Advocates

April 30, 2019 | Jason Debruyn | WUNC (Chapel Hill)
In a disaster, children and adults with disabilities are two to four times more likely to be injured or die.
Tags: Disability Rights | Natural Disasters

Legal aid initiative enables those with disabilities

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Legal aid initiative enables those with disabilities

March 6, 2019 | Marilyn Odendahl | Indiana Lawyer
Launched in 2016 by Indiana Legal Services, the Providing Legal Assistance to Individuals with Disabilities initiative is partnering with agencies in Fort Wayne and central Indiana focused on serving individuals with disabilities.
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Possible gov’t shutdown: Elderly tenants fear eviction, subcontractors worry about finances

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Possible gov’t shutdown: Elderly tenants fear eviction, subcontractors worry about finances

February 11, 2019 | Renata Di Gregorio | WZDX-TV (Huntsville, AL)
People from all walks of life across the area are holding their breath, waiting to see if they'll be missing out on a paycheck or changing the way they live yet again.
Tags: Disability Rights | Housing: Eviction | Housing: Landlord-Tenant | Shutdown

Advocates: Uber won’t work to get disabled to New Haven health clinic

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Advocates: Uber won’t work to get disabled to New Haven health clinic

January 27, 2019 | Mary O’Leary | New Haven Register
One of the general objections raised early on to the plan was the longer and fewer bus rides on CT Transit to the new site in the Long Wharf area for patients who are transferred to what will be the New Haven Primary Care Consortium.
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