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
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
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… Read More »41 DIARY FROM THE FRONTLINES “Marco’s Story” by Magdalena Klodnicka
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… Read More »ADA at 28 years old – Victories and Continued Struggles By: Melvyn R. Tanzman
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Melissa Lopez-Robles Tel. (914) 968-4717 Email: [email protected] 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… Read More »AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR VISION, HEARING, AND MOBILITY IMPAIRED IN NEW ROCHELLE & YORKTOWN
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… Read More »BEHIND THE SCENES OF A FAIR HEARING By:Charles Italiano
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.… Read More »Please Don’t Use That Word
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… Read More »Grassroots Organizing: A Critical Part of Systems Advocacy