Friday, April 19, 2024

Tag: Medicaid

ADAPT Launches Campaign for Accessible, Affordable, Integrated Housing

Targets Alfonso Jackson, Secretary of HUD Nashville- Over 400 ADAPT members ended a day of non-violent civil disobedience at the Nashville Office of the Department...

ADAPT Kicks Off National Days of Action in Nashville, Tennessee

Hundreds of Disability Rights Activists Blockade Traffic Around the State Capital Nashville, TN: Nearly sixty people were cited and a half dozen were arrested in...

NEW Legal Defense Fund for Disability Activists

Dear Supporters of Disability Rights and Services: We are asking you today for your financial support for a Disability Activist Legal Defense and Education Fund...

Progress Report: the ADA and Employment

July 26th, 2005 marks the 15th anniversary of an important date in history – the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Since the...

Join “Access to Mobility Call-In Day” Thursday, October 6, 2005

Act Today: Join "Access to Mobility Call-In Day" Thursday, October 6, 2005 On Thursday, October 6, 2005, individuals can join "Access to Mobility Call-In Day"...

Threats to Ventilator Users

State governments in the US are currently under intense pressure to limit or reduce Medicaid expenditures. Unless we make our voices heard, there may...

Hurricane Katrina – Response/Recovery, message from NCD

Basic Info People with disabilities in the Gulf Coast areas of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana are experiencing tremendous loss of life and devastation caused by...

Switching to a Power Wheelchair

For many SCI survivors, recapturing independence is your single most significant achievement. You view any concessions to that independence ­ accepting more help, using...

The Medicare Maze

If you are newly injured and need information about Disability benefits, or if you're approaching age 65, and looking at retirement, then it might...

Incomplete SCIs: Down the Road

This is the second of two brochures about incomplete spinal cord injuries. The first, Incomplete SCIs: The Early Days, discusses some of the issues...