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The American Disabilities Act in Action

Posted by Hawaii Helps Disabilities on July 22, 2010 at 6:02 PM Comments comments (0)

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'People' before disabilities

Posted by Hawaii Helps Disabilities on June 22, 2010 at 3:36 PM Comments comments (0)

New York will finally update the name of the state office charged with ensuring fair treatment and quality-of-life to people with various developmental disabilities, not just by taking the "r" word out of the title, but by adding "people" to it.


The Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities will now become the State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, after votes taken last week in the state Assembly and Senate. The name change...

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In Despart Need of a Leg

Posted by Hawaii Helps Disabilities on April 17, 2009 at 10:28 AM Comments comments (0)

Last year one of our Council of Advisors had lost his left leg from the knee down due to diabeates.  He has found that his insurance will not cover it.  There is a bill in Washington DC to support Eliminating the Medicare 24-Month Disability Waiting Period.  Please help us get this through because medicare would pay for his leg.