New ABC Sitcom Highlights Disability Issues
Set to premiere Wednesday at 8:30 pm on ABC, Speechless is the network’s newest family sitcom, and the only one of its kind on the air. It follows a family with a child who has a disability.
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Spotlight on Direct Support Professionals
Direct Support Professionals Week Spotlight on – Myra Fearon
Myra Fearon lives in Brooklyn and has been a direct support professional for CP of NYS Metro Services for 10 years.Read her story HERE.
NYS Closes Brooklyn-based Center That Provides Services for People with Disabilities
The Federation of Multicultural Programs (FMCP) is facing, according to court papers, a $9.1 million deficit and numerous six-figure bills.
Letter-writer Calls for Higher Pay for Caregivers
The weakness I see is the socially unjust salaries paid to caregivers working for nonprofit agencies.
New York City Training Collaborative Receives Award From National DSP Group
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Don’t Set the Bar Too Low
Our society should tell people with disabilities they can work and live equally
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Medicade Overhaul is Coming to Providers
“It’s time for the provider community, families, advocates, self- advocates and others to articulate the safeguards, options and choices that must be part of any system, regardless of who the payer is or who’s making policy.” – Ed Matthews, Chief Executive Officer of UCP of NYC
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