By Lindsay Miller – Executive Director of the New York Association on Independent Living (NYAIL). NYAIL is a statewide, not-for-profit membership association created by and composed of Independent Living Centers (such as WDOMI) across New York State. The COVID-19 pandemic has,… Read More »COVID-19 did not create the problems in New York’s nursing home industry. It exposed them
By Maria Samuels [pullquote] “Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” – Rikki Rogers OVERCOME THE THINGS YOU ONCE THOUGHT YOU COULDN’T DO, BY DOING IT DIFFERENTLY. [/pullquote]By now,… Read More »OUR DISABILITY IS OUR STRENGTH
This is the first of 2020 tributes to the icons of the Disability Rights Movement. Here’s to the misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of… Read More »HELLO JUDY!
by Carole Conklin – WDOMI staff When was the last time you took a walk through a garden and stopped to appreciate the beautiful scenery of plants and colorful flowers and breathe in the aroma of their scents? Since losing… Read More »A Walk In The Garden
–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… Read More »OPINION: INDEPENDENT LIVING – Still a Feasible Concept?
Okay its two days before Thanksgiving, I’m leaving at 1PM for the holiday, and I have tons of critical work to do. But the muse has struck me and I must write. THE TIMES THEY ARE A’CHANGIN? Here in Westchester,… Read More »Ramblings From The Executive Director, Mel Tanzman
by, Mel Tanzman, Executive Director Recently, the Journal News the lower Hudson Valley’s newspaper of record had comprehensive coverage of the sexual offender civil confinement law for psychiatrically disabled individuals called “Connie’s Law”. It gave a quite balanced view of… Read More »Civil Confinement: A violation of Civil Rights