10.18.2018 Understanding new service and support systems for people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in housing and services and understanding the relevance of Intentional Communities: Support systems for people with […]
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The EMPOWER Care Act Would Give People with Disabilities the Freedom They Deserve
9.6.2018 – On Wednesday, the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee will consider the EMPOWER Care Act, bipartisan legislation to re-authorize the Money Follows the Person program, which helps people with disabilities […]
2016 Class Action Lawsuit and SUNY Purchase Campus Access
8.9.18 – The recent refusal and later, accommodation, received by an incoming freshman student, with a disability, at SUNY Purchase highlights the issue on campus of accessibility and ADA access. […]
HHS Releases a New Resource to Help Individuals Access and Use Their Health Information
The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today released the ONC Guide to Getting and Using your Health Records, […]
The Housing Resource guide for People with ASD-I/DD
The Housing Resource guide for People with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Westchester County NY, was written to assist people with ASD-I/DD, their families and […]
New Resource to Help Individuals Access and Use Their Health Information
April 2018 – The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today released the ONC Guide to Getting and Using your […]
NYS draft Transition Plan
Public Comment open for draft NYS Transition Plan to better integrate services based on person-centered planning for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. Individuals with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) […]
WILC successful in Port Chester Train Station Elevator Project
Port Chester train station elevator now open The Journal News 12.1.2017 – After more than a year-and-a-half of pedestrian and traffic confusion downtown, construction on a new elevator and ramp […]
NYS of Health open enrollment for 2018 begins November 1
Enroll by December 15th for coverage starting January 1, 2018…
NY ABLE Program to Help Persons with a Disability Save
The NY ABLE Program allows New York State residents with disabilities to save money…
WILC Receives Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Quality of Life Grant
The Westchester Independent Living Center (WILC) has been awarded a Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation 2013 Quality of Life grant in the amount of $6,000 in the Adaptive Sports category […]
Medical Indemnity Fund Family Support
October 22, 2016 Amelia Brown Luke Skau Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Ava Fiacco Governor of New York State NYS State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 RE: S.7873-B / A.9835-B; NYS […]
NHTD TBI Support for Assembly Bill
SUPPORT S.5535/A.7598 Dear Senator Flanagan: I am writing to request that you support Assembly Bill 7598/Senate Bill 5535. This bill addresses the transition of the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and […]
Lack of Accessible Housing Op-Ed
Journal News Submission November 8, 2015 Are you looking for accessible housing in Westchester and Putnam Counties? Good luck. Fortunately, pending bills in the New York State Senate and Assembly […]
Voter Inclusion
Mr. Philip Zegarelli Village Manager Village of Briarcliff Manor 1111 Pleasantville Road Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510 April 26, 2014 Re: New Voting Machines Dear Mr. Zegarelli: As an advocate for […]
Letter to the Editor the Journal News
Re: “Woman born with dwarfism teaches life lesson in acceptance,” May 22, 2012 article: Unfortunately, Ms. Ramaswamy’s story did little to enlighten Journal News readers about the importance of embracing […]
Voters with disabilities still not being served
By Lisa Tarricone (Original Publication the Journal News: February 4, 2006) Last November, the state Board of Elections approved prelim inary regulations for the purchase of new voting machines in […]
Kendra’s Law: Fear, politics and mental illness
By LISA TARRICONE (Original Publication: Journal News June 12, 2005) We have a propensity to create feel-good acts of justice when things go wrong. In order to appease public unease […]