DISABILITY RIGHTS LEADER FATHER OF INDEPENDENT LIVING MACARTHUR FELLOWS (“GENIUS GRANT”) RECIPIENT GOOGLE DOODLE HONOREE “The greatest lesson of the civil rights movement is that the moment you let others speak for you, you lose.” – Ed Roberts Every field, every group has its hero. The exceptional person you can’t...
Sometimes our staff wants to share a personal story about someone who affected them. Magdalena, a healthcare program coordinator, does the first entry in what we hope is a series about a few of the many memorable people that our direct care staff have had the pleasure to serve. Today...
As Fall approaches I look back at the commemoration of the 28th anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act with a mixture of pride and jubilation at how far we’ve come and frustration and anger that we still have a ways to go. Putting things into perspective, I know that...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Melissa Lopez-Robles Tel. (914) 968-4717 Email: melissal@wdom.org Date: 8/10/2018 AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR VISION, HEARING, AND MOBILITY IMPAIRED IN NEW ROCHELLE & YORKTOWN We urge you to apply… If interested please call our office at: 914-968-4717 Ext. 0 This outreach is to find applicants looking for Affordable Housing, who...
New York law, as it currently stands, requires people that receive both Medicare and Medicaid and need long term care services (such as home care) enroll in a Managed Long Term Care Plan (“MLTC”). These MLTCs are supposed to assess the needs of their members and then provide the appropriate...
To what word am I referring? HANDICAPPED. What has triggered this reaction, one might ask? First let me say that I usually don’t walk around calling folks to task over their choice of language, even if I find it offensive. If it is not directed to me or those I...
Grassroots Organizing: A Critical Part of Systems Advocacy By Laura Case I have been the Systems Advocate at Westchester Disabled On The Move since mid-September of 2017. Most of my background has been in organizing around housing and homelessness. But I also have limited experience and training in the peer...
Remembering Anna Fay: Advocate, Role Model and a Person with Class By Mel Tanzman, Executive Director Sometimes I have to write about sad things that I wish I didn’t have to. I’ve met many people whose energy, life force and passion give the impression that they are immortal, even though...
Affordable Care Act/Obamacare Q and A updated 2/1/2018 By Rick Howie AFFORDABLE CARE ACT UPDATE –IS IT TOO LATE TO ENROLL? Q: Did I miss the open enrollment deadline? A: Yes, the deadline for 2018 coverage for all qualified health plans (metal level) was January 31, 2018 and...
–Gerry Hinson, Service Coordinator/Nursing Home Transition & Diversion Waiver Program As a Service Coordinator within a Medicaid Waiver program, I work for an Independent Living Center. Under this program’s rules, set by the DOH, each participating person with whom I work in this program must have a Plan for Protective...