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2006
December
Woman Gets
Positive New Labels After Rescuing Family
November
Measure Would
Reduce Wait Times
Fewer Older
Americans Use Nursing Homes, Study Reveals
Advocates Celebrate 'Institution-Free'
New Zealand
Advocates: Report
On Institutions Should Have Been Released Months Ago
British Report: Needs Of Families Are
Not Met
Apartment Manager
Can't Bar My Guide Dog, Says Woman
October
Settlement
Means Community Supports For Tens Of Thousands
'Choices For Care' Features Alternatives
To Nursing Homes
Advocates Call
For Community Services Official's Removal After Institution Comment
DOJ Settles Apartment Suit Against
Developers, Builders, Architects And Engineers
Pennsylvania Becomes More
"Visitable"
Community
Effort Creates Accessible Homes
September
New
Hampshire's Commitment To Community Warrants Tossing Lawsuit, Judge
Says
Ohio To Move 1,500 Into
Communities To Settle 17-Year-Old Suit
Independent Living Critics: Promises Got
Bound Up In Red Tape
More
Independence Through Web-Cam Monitoring?
ADAPT's Peaceful Actions Net
Community Support Meetings With Top Officials
Advocates Ask Province To Drop IQ
Cut-off Appeal
FEMA
Settles Inaccessible Trailers Case
August
Community Advocates Battle
Developers Over Mixed-Income Housing
Gutsy Good Samaritan Urges FEMA To
'Make Themselves Useful'
July
Advocates Pack
Meeting On Community Supports
Couple Removes Sign Targeting Teenage
Neighbor
Justice Department:
County Rejected Group Homes Because Of Residents' Disabilities
June
Citing Olmstead
Decision, Georgia Settles Long-Term Care Lawsuit
New Independent Living Initiative
Launched
Former Alabama Official
To Head Up Troubled D.C. Agency
Homeless Veteran Dies From
Burns
Prospective Law
Student Goes After University For Housing Mistake
May
Report: CMS
Broke Own Rules To Let Failing Nursing Homes Coast
Blagojevich Shows Signs Of Dropping LDC
Plan
Advocates Call For Reform
Of Residential Services
Freedom
Campaigner Turns Away From Media Attention
Advocates Claim State's Support Of
Special Nursing Homes Violates Residents Rights
Coastal Nursing Homes Not Yet
Ready For Katrina-Level Hurricane
April
Community
Advocates Resolve To Bring "Money Follows The Person" Back Next Year
Latest Housing Trend: Spiffed-Up
Psychiatric Institutions
Feds
Go After Apartment Complex For Refusing To Adjust Man's Rental Due Date
March
Judge Approves
Settlement To Reduce Community Waiting List, Despite Pro-Institution
Challenges
Judge Grants Class
Action Status To Illinois Community Living Lawsuit
Waiting List Does Not Violate Rights,
Judge Rules
Demonstrators
Deliver Demands To TennCare And HUD Offices
Measure Would Provide Tax Incentives
For "Visitable" Homes
February
Idaho
Lawmakers Consider Closing Residential School
Community Advocates Celebrate Passage
Of "Money Follows The Person Act"
Advocates To Utah Lawmakers: "End The
Waiting List"
Community
Protection Measure Will Not Protect Participants' Rights, Advocates
Argue
Federal Judge Gives State
Green Light To Close Institution
Olmstead Decision Leads Iowa Counties To
Close Institutions
Panel
Loosens Group Home Distance Restrictions
January
City To Loosen
Group Home Zoning Rules
Woman
Sues Housing Authority Over Too Tall Toilet
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2005
December
City
Officials Defend Group Home Approval
Blind Woman Victorious In Condo Dog
Walking Challenge
November
Commission Pooh-Poohs Condo
Restriction On Guide Dog
Council Fines Woman For Removing Heavy
Door From Her Cottage
Man
Launches Service To Match Accessible Homes With Needy Buyers
Battle Over Wheelchair Lift Leaves Woman
Stranded In Condo
October
Hundreds
Of Hurricane Wilma Survivors Still Wait For Housing
Canadian Teen To Be Transferred To U.S.
Because Of Lacking Resources
Disability Advocates Criticize FEMA's
Slow Housing Response
Justice
Department Settles Huge Apartment Access Case In Seven States
September
Advocacy
Group Sues State To Switch Money From Institutions To Community
Supports
Group Home
Threatened With Violence, Arson
Judge Rejects Class-Action Status In
Discrimination Suit
ADAPT Advocates Get Commitments
From HUD And NGA
August
1,4000 Alabamans
Still Wait For Services
Helpline
Received A Half Million Disability Enquiries In First Five Years
Studies:
Nursing Homes Increased In Size And Decreased In Quality, As More Residents
Chose Community Options
Texas
Families Continue To Wait For Community Services
July
Advocates Sue
Illinois To Live In The Community
Village Votes To Allow Group Home
Residents Ask Town Board To Stop New Group
Home
Indiana To Ask Waiver Holders
To Make Room For Those On Waiting Lists
HUD: Renters With Disabilities Still Face
High Rates Of Discrimination
Reno Apartment Builders Settle Housing
Accessibility Suit
June
Huge
Apartment Accessibility Suit Settled
Chicago CIL Sues Condo Over Lack Of
Access
Feds Investigate County
For Violating Group Home Residents' Rights
Lee County Planners Require Accessible
Design In Affordable Housing
May
New Yorkers Keep
Waiting For Medicaid Waiver
April
Ohio Paper
Features Series On People With Mental Disabilities Living In The
Community
Advocates Accuse
Agency Of Discriminating Against Cohabitating Adults
Community Worked Together To Build
Accessible Home For Teen
March
Lawmakers
Call On Neighbor To Remove Posts
Chicago Mayor Names Advocate To Head
Up Disability Office
February
Couple
Helps Build Housing For Others With Disabilities
Researcher Releases List Of Simple Home
Modifications
Study: Rate Of
Homeless With Mental Illness Higher Than Expected
January
Kentucky
Proposal Would Shift Money From Nursing Homes To Communities
Individualized Budgets Are Cornerstone Of
Blair Disabilities Benefit Reform Plan
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2004
December
Huge Suit
Filed Over Apartment Access
Settlement Good News For Hundreds On
Connecticut Waiting List
November
Justice
Settles Housing Discrimination Suit With Six Architectural And Building Firms
Report: Move Medicaid Money To
Communities
Another Alabaman At
Risk Over Medicaid Bureaucracy
October
Attendant
Saves Lives Of 42 "Group Home" Residents
Teen Has Sights Set On Having His Own
Place
Community Coalition
Calls On Governor To End 'Emergency' Wait List
Low-Income Nursing Home Residents Can
Move To Community Under New Program
Fresh Paint Job Signals New Lease On
Life For Jimmy Gray And His House
State Risked Lives By Placing Patients
In Nursing Homes, Attorneys Say
Paralympian Takes On Politicians On
Accessible Housing
September
No
NIMBYs In This Neighborhood (Sept. 22, 2004)
Trujillos Get Condo's "Back Door"
Policy Tossed (Sept. 14, 2003)
Money From Fairview Sale To Go To
Individuals And Families (Sept. 14, 2004)
Project To Enhance Social Inclusion
Across Canada (Sept. 7, 2004)
August
Keeping
His Own Home Is Closer To Reality For Jimmy Gray (August 10, 2004)
"Those Who Are 'Not Normal' Need Not
Apply" (August 3, 2004)
July
N.O.D. Taking
Applications For Accessible America Contest (July 29, 2004)
World Bank Works To Reduce
Segregation And Poverty For People With Disabilities (July 27, 2004)
June
Neighbors Say Group
Homes Are Good For Their Neighborhoods (June 28, 2004)
Jimmy Gray Gives OK To Property Renovations
(June 1, 2004)
May
Housing Summit
Will Be Accessible This Time (May 25, 2004)
Justice Department Joins Trujillos In
Suit Against Condo Complex (May 14, 2004)
Fort Lewis Families Accuse Base Housing
Provider Of Discrimination (May 11, 2004)
Renters Stalled By Bureaucratic Red Tape
(May 10, 2004)
April
Commission
Goofs On Conference Accommodations, Again (April 29, 2004)
March
Condo
Association Told Boy To Use Back Door Only, Suit Claims (March 18,
2004)
February
Man Given
Hut As Accommodation (Feb. 19, 2004)
Neighborhood Association Faulted For
Discrimination (Feb. 13, 2004)
Real Estate Agents Miss Out By
Ignoring Accessibility Issues (Feb. 2, 2004)
January
Respite
House Still Not Accessible Or Safe For Children (Jan. 13, 2004)
State Appeals Court Upholds
Visitability Ordinance (Jan. 2, 2004)
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2003
December
More People
With Developmental Disabilities Celebrate At Home (Dec. 23, 2003)
With A Little Help From His Friends Man
Has New Home (Dec. 19, 2003)
Group's Solution To Post-Institution
Land-Use: Build "Community" On Fernald Site (Dec. 18, 2003)
November
Town Must Allow
Group Home, Commissioner Rules (Nov. 26, 2003)
October
County
Wants Group Homes To Be Less Clustered (Oct. 13, 2003)
Men Hold 'Meet And Greet' To Welcome
Their New Neighbors (Oct. 3, 2003)
September
Network
Recognizes "Fifth Freedom" (Sept. 4, 2003)
August
Illegal
Zoning Ordinance May Prove Costly To Township (August 14, 2003)
July
Township
Violated Residents' Constitutional Rights In Fight Over Home (July 14,
2003)
High School Students
Build Home Designed For Wheelchair Users (July 11, 2003)
June
Federal And State
Governments Present Barriers To Community Supports, Report Says (June 17,
2003)
May
Man To Claim
Habitat Home As His Own (May 27, 2003)
Group Home "Pros" Outnumbered "Cons" At
Board Meeting (May 19, 2003)
April
Group Home
Plan Opposed By Many Neighbors (April 17, 2003)
Agency Sues Neighborhood Association For
Rights Violations (April 14, 2003
Locals Petition Against Teen Group Home
(April 3, 2003)
March
Law Supports
Group Home Residents (March 19, 2003)
Neighbors Fear Group Home Residents
They Haven't Met (March 10, 2003)
Waiver Is Best Birthday Present For Nick
Dupree (March 3, 2003)
February
Neighbors Say
Fourth Group Home Is Too Many (Feb. 27, 2003)
Advocates Condemn Governor's Budget Plan
(Feb. 24, 2003)
Suit For
Community Services Gets Class Action Status (Feb. 19, 2003)
January
"Visitability" Measure To Be
Re-Introduced In Congress (Jan. 29, 2003)
Neighbors Don't Want New Apartment
Complex (Jan. 21, 2003)
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2002
December
City Faces
Lawsuits If Buildings Are Not Made Accessible (Dec. 18, 2002)
"Accessibility Is Key Part Of Building
Design" (Dec. 4, 2002)
November
Children And
Families With Disabilities Face Poorest Living Conditions, Survey Says (Nov.
22, 2002)
Pittsburgh Eyes
Visitability Proposal (Nov. 18, 2002)
DOJ Claims Apartment Complex
Discriminates Against People With Disabilities (Nov. 13, 2002)
October
City Sued For
Housing Discrimination (October 28, 2002)
Home Builders Are Smart To Think
"Visitability" (October 3, 2002)
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