Today the U. S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division together with the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights and Administration for Children and Families issued joint technical assistance about the applicability of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act to the […]
Mom with a disability fights to keep her child – Aljazeera interview with Dr. Susan Yuan
Alice’s story is one of heartbreak. This video story told by Aljazeera highlights the lack of trained child protection staff working with parents with disabilities as well as the general lack of resources available to help parents. Dr. Susan Yuan speaks to the need of child protection to learn better ways to help parents build […]
IASSIDD 2015 Conference
15th World Congress of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Melbourne Conference and Exhibition Centre 15-19 August, 2016 – Melbourne, Australia Highlights and Key Events 24 Keynote Addresses and Master Lectures Past Presidents’ Forum Platform Presentations and Symposia Poster Sessions and Poster Symposia Exhibits and Video Theatre Pre-Congress IASSIDD […]
We Can Keep Her – Disabled Mom Wins Daughter Back
‘We can keep her’: Disabled mom wins daughter back after legal battle Susan Donaldson James TODAY contributor March 12, 2015 at 6:25 PM ET http://www.today.com/parents/disabled-mom-gets-daughter-back-after-legal-battle-2D80545265 A Massachusetts mom with a “mild intellectual disability” won a two-year historic legal battle Monday and was reunited with the baby who was taken from her at 2 days old […]
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National Council on Disability Twitter Chat March 27, 2015 3pm est
Twenty-five years after Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, the ‘ADA Generation’ is now entering adulthood and, as such, parenting is the natural next step in enforcing and ensuring the protections afforded by the ADA. On Friday, March 27 at 3pm EST join the National Council on Disability for a Twitter chat as we celebrate Women’s History […]
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Boston Globe Response to DOJ Recent Ruling
Disability does not prec…nion – The Boston Globe […]
Just as we are preparing to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, comes these findings–
US DeptofJustice 01292015 Justice Department and DHHS affirm […]
NCD Statement on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
Issued: July 14, 2014 Over a decade ago, the National Council on Disability (NCD) helped kick off U.S. disability community consideration of an international treaty by publishing a White Paper titled Understanding the Role of an International Convention on the Human Rights of People with Disabilities.[i] Since that time, NCD has published numerous documents and […]
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My Mother
My Mother – hard head, hard work and strong family John B. Susa, Ph.D. After only two years of school my mother’s parents were told to take her out of school because of her ‘Testa Dura” (hard head). In other words, she was unable to learn the basic reading, writing and arithmetic skills expected of her, […]
BEING A MOM IS SPECIAL
BEING A MOM IS SPECIAL By Molly Saunders, Frederick, MD My daughter Elizabeth was born on July 20th, 2004 at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, MD. I stayed in the hospital for three days to recover from a caesarean birth, while Elizabeth who weighed 5 lbs 8-1/2 ounces had to stay in the hospital for an […]
