@blsdcrc

Disability & Civil Rights Clinic at Brooklyn Law School

 Brooklyn, NY
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Joined June 2017
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Do you conduct research related to people with #disabilities and public health? If so, please submit an abstract to @APHADisability by 3/31 (next week!)! #publichealth
Submit an abstract by March 31, 2023. Share your work in disability and public health text is written in white on a navy background. Beneath is the APHA Annual Meeting 2023 logo. To the right is an image of person standing and a person seated in a wheelchair in front of a bright green Disability Section booth. They are wearing face coverings.

ALT Submit an abstract by March 31, 2023. Share your work in disability and public health text is written in white on a navy background. Beneath is the APHA Annual Meeting 2023 logo. To the right is an image of person standing and a person seated in a wheelchair in front of a bright green Disability Section booth. They are wearing face coverings.

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Britney Wilson@labelleverite8 Mar 2023
On 3/31 & 4/1, my clinic, the Civil Rights & Disability Justice Clinic @NYLawSchool and Brooklyn Law School’s @blsdcrc are collaborating to bring you the Reclaiming Disability Justice Symposium in person & on Zoom. RSVP to attend nyls.wufoo.com/forms/m1vjek5…
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Are Managed Care Providers Wrongly Denying Services To People With Disabilities? disabilityscoop.com/2019/05/…

Are Managed Care Providers Wrongly Denying Services To People With Disabilities?

As more states turn to managed care to administer Medicaid, federal investigators are set to examine whether these companies are offering people with disabilities the care they're entitled.

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Couple With Down Syndrome Married 25 Years Together Before Husband Passed Away theepochtimes.com/couple-wit… via @epochtimes
Perspective | A man in a wheelchair couldn’t get to a wedding in a public park. This is what accessibility looks like 30 years after the ADA passed. wapo.st/2PTolHr?tid=ss_tw&ut…
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Georgia colleges make room for students with intellectual disabilities

A growing number of colleges in Georgia have developed special programs for young adults with intellectual disabilities.

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Offensive Language Struck From Disability Department oracle.newpaltz.edu/offensiv…
Awesome post by Lydia Brown Identity-First Language - go.shr.lc/2DpNqF6 via @shareaholic
Identity-First Language - go.shr.lc/2DpNqF6 via @shareaholic
Disability Hierarchy is Real and It's Holding Us Back meriahnichols.com/disability… via @meriahnichols

Disability Hierarchy is Real and It's Holding Us Back

This essay (available also in pdf and mp3) talks about what disability hierarchy is, how it is caused, why it destroys and what to do about it

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"Recent outcry over a proposal to end federal funding for Special Olympics is helping put the spotlight on other potentially devastating cuts to programs for people with disabilities, advocates say." disabilityscoop.com/2019/04/…

Special Olympics Uproar Draws Attention To Other Disability Program Cuts

Recent outcry over a proposal to defund Special Olympics is helping put the spotlight on other potentially devastating cuts to programs for people with disabilities, advocates say.

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Disabled Workers Sue Oscars Swag Bag Company for Wage Theft bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business
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.@WordMothers 's website has a helpful list of literary publications featuring fiction, poetry, and other writing by and curated for individuals with disabilities--check it out! bit.ly/2YnjEJL

Welcome!

Writer | Poet | Editor | Mentor

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#AbledsAreWeird: People With Disabilities Share Uncomfortable Encounters n.pr/2CrBstZ
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Bill Would Protect SSI Benefits For Couples Who Marry disabilityscoop.com/2019/03/…

Bill Would Protect SSI Benefits For Couples Who Marry

Under current rules, individuals with developmental disabilities receive less money each month in Supplemental Security Income if they marry. New legislation would change that.

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Mexico's Supreme Court finds guardianship of people with disabilities 'unconstitutional' conta.cc/2UIdMbO via #constantcontact
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How Seiichi Miyake's bumpy tiles impacted railway platforms and streets around the world @CNN cnn.it/2UGM9zV
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