News / Opinion / OpEds Aid in living, not dying Annapolis, MD3/11/15At the Miller Senate Building, O. J. Brigance, a former Ravens football player who has ALS, a neurodegenerative disease, waits to testify against a bill to legalize physicianassisted suicide. Seated next to him is a supporter of the bill, Catherine Weber with Maryland Action Team for Compassion & Choices. Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun#9354. [...] ...
1 COMPOUNDED DISPARITIES: Health Equity at the Intersection of Disability, Race, and Ethnicity Silvia Yee, LL.B., M.A.1 Mary Lou Breslin, M.A.1 Tawara D. Goode, M.A.2,3 Susan M. Havercamp, Ph.D., FAAIDD 4 Willi Horner-Johnson, Ph.D.5 Lisa I. Iezzoni, M.D., M.Sc.6,7 Gloria Krahn, Ph.D., M.P.H.8 1Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund 2Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University Medical Center 3National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human [...] ...
COMPLAINT OF DISCRIMINATION California Department of Public Health Complainant: Sonya Gonzalez Complainants’ Representative: Claudia Center Legal Director Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Ed Roberts Campus 3075 Adeline Street, Suite 210 Berkeley, CA 94703 (415) 531-2874 (cell) ccenter@dredf.org Respondents: Chris Van Gorder, Chief Executive Officer Carl J. Etter, Regional Chief Executive – North Bradley S. Ellis, Assistant General Counsel Scripps Health [...] ...
Mark Rosenbaum (SBN 59940) PUBLIC COUNSEL 610 South Ardmore Avenue Los Angeles, California 90005 Telephone: (213) 385-2977 Facsimile: (213) 385-9089 mrosenbaum@publiccounsel.org Michael H. Steinberg (SBN 134179) SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP 1888 Century Park East Los Angeles, California 90067 Telephone: (310) 712-6600 Facsimile: (310) 712-8800 steinbergm@sullcrom.com Arlene B. Mayerson (SBN 79310) DISABILITY RIGHTS EDUCATION AND DEFENSE FUND, INC. 3075 Adeline Street, Suite [...] ...
o Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund September 30, 2013 Via online submission to www.regulations.gov U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights Attention: 1557 RFI (RIN 0945-AA02), Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 509F, 200 Independence Avenue SW. Washington, DC 20201 Re: Docket No. HHS-OCR-2013-0007 (Request for Information Regarding Nondiscrimination in Certain Health Programs or Activities) Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), Access Living, [...] ...
A Guide for Advocates J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 3 Identifying and Selecting Long-Term Services and Supports Outcome Measures Table of Contents Introduction 2 Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports, and Home and Community-Based Services: The Changing Landscape 3 Managed LTSS 3 State Advocates’ Role in Identifying Managed LTSS Outcome Measures 12 Core Managed LTSS/HCBS Outcome Measurement Principles 12 [...] ...
WASHINGTON STATE and NATIONAL DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS and INDIVIDUALS THAT OPPOSE THE LEGALIZATION OF ASSISTED SUICIDE WASHINGTON STATE DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS: ORGANIZATIONS: Not Dead Yet, Washington State Chapter (Duane French, spokesperson) PAS-Port for Change DISABILITY COMMUNITY LEADERS: Don Brandon, Director, Region X Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center*, Mountlake Terrace Joelle Brouner, Executive Director, Washington State Rehabilitation Council*, Olympia [...] ...
Summary: General Provisions Disability certification Health care Education Employment and vocational training Culture, physical education, Sports, Entertainment and Tourism Housing, public buildings, public transportation and information technology and communication Social Protection State responsibilities on disability work State Responsibilities on disability work THE LAW ON PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES Pursuant to the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1992 which has been amended [...] ...
Disability Discrimination in Health Care Presented at the Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium (April 2012) Jernigan Institute, Baltimore, MD Silvia Yee Staff Attorney Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund When I was growing up in Canada, there were those very rare occasions when my first generation Chinese father and I would butt heads about something or other. During these discussions, my father, who refined his fluent English by going to movie theaters a lot as a young [...] ...
September 23, 2015 The webinar covered the consumer protections provided under the CCI. The webinar also provided a detailed summary of what benefits will be provided by Cal MediConnect plans and a review of what long term services and supports are being integrated into managed care....