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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont at a news conference on June 3, 2020. Photo: Michael Marciano / ALM A Connecticut statewide advocacy group filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health with the U.S. Department…

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When a child is Baker Acted, they are usually taken out of school by law enforcement and taken to one of the more than 100 mental health facilities designated for involuntary admission. There are…

AMES, Iowa - Missy Wierson couldn't do anything about her 48th birthday in December because she was infected with COVID-19."I had to stay in my room, basically bored in my room," said Wierson.Her roommate Amber…

The Cuomo government passed a policy last April requiring government-regulated group homes for people with disabilities to accept COVID-positive residents from hospitals and refused to publish data on COVID-19 infections and deaths in…

A Connecticut disability rights group says newly announced changes to the state's COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan are unfair and violate federal law. Governor Ned Lamont said this week that residents will be eligible for the vaccine primarily…

WEBSTER GROVES, Mon. - Maria Schroeder was worried and increasingly worried. It was weeks after coronavirus vaccine distribution began in Missouri, and it still had 11 residents with intellectual disabilities who…

Public health, vaccinations, and housing for the disabled are on the minds of readers this week. We need access to health care now more than ever As a key worker not meeting my employer's health care registration requirements, the…

ALBANY, NY - Thousands of people with disabilities living in group homes have had their vaccination rates for coronavirus decreased as the state shifted doses to mass vaccination sites and increased the number of people…

SYRACUSE - The Olinsky Law Group announced that they had Susan Allen, Esq., Alexander Hobaica, Esq. and Amy Ganetis, Esq. as a social security disability appeal lawyers of the federal court and social…