by Charles Italiano, Assistant Director Independent living centers such as WDOMI endeavor to promote the independent living of people with disabilities. Independent living has a range of definitions depending upon the circumstances and demographics of the individual with a disability.… Read More »Working People with Disabilities
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
March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020 Westchester Disabled on the move, Inc. mourns the loss of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion for disability rights. She authored the majority opinion in the 1999 Olmstead v L.C. This… Read More »WDOMI Mourns the Passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg: A Champion for Disability Rights
By Maria Samuels – WDOMI Executive Director For the first time, there is an accessible absentee ballot option available to qualified people with disabilities. For Westchester County, this applies to the June 23rd Democratic Presidential Primary only. Due to a lawsuit by… Read More »HISTORY MAKING ACCESSIBLE ABSENTEE BALLOTS AVAILABLE – For June 23rd Primary Only
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… Read More »A Walk in the Garden
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
Emmanuel Segarra-Otero, Fair Housing Investigator from Westchester Human Rights Commission, talks about housing laws and protected classes at our May Monthly Housing Workshop. At a recent event, a person in the audience vented his frustration at me. He was angry… Read More »TACKLING WESTCHESTER’S HOUSING CRISIS – ONE APARTMENT AT A TIME By: Maria Samuels
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,… Read More »A HERO FOR THEN, NOW AND ALWAYS: ED ROBERTS