William I. Cohen: Compassionate MD started DS Center
An excerpt from the obituary by Gary Rotstein in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Dr. William I. Cohen spent 19 years heading the Down Syndrome Center of Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, creating a...
View ArticleParents sue hospital for keeping daughter on life support
From the [Canadian] National Post, CBC, CTV.ca: A Quebec couple is suing Montreal Children’s Hospital for $3.5 million for putting their daughter back on life support without their permission. “The...
View ArticleAdvocates challenge Georgia mental health settlement
From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Georgia mental health advocates are challenging the settlement of a federal civil rights investigation of Georgia’s state psychiatric hospitals, although some...
View ArticleParents: Ontario hospital withheld treatment from disabled girl
From the Toronto [Ontario] Star, Global News Canada: The parents of Annie Farlow, an infant who died at an Toronto hospital in 2005, are pressing a claim before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal...
View ArticleCouple faces end of battle over death of baby with Trisomy 13
From the [Toronto, Canada] National Post: Barbara Farlow and her husband Timothy are facing what is expected to be the end of their legal challenge to Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children over the 2005...
View ArticleBoston hospitals agree to improve accessibility
From the Boston Globe: In the face of complaints about inadequate equipment and ill-prepared medical workers, two of the nation’s leading hospitals have agreed to spend millions of dollars to improve...
View ArticleDisability advocates rally at Georgia capitol
From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Some 200 disability advocates rallied at the Georgia state capitol Monday, dispersing only after securing a meeting with Gov. Sonny Perdue’s chief of staff. The...
View ArticleDisability protesters arrested in Atlanta
From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A handful of protesters were arrested in the courtyard of the Sam Nunn Federal Center in Atlanta Tuesday during a demonstration calling for better long-term care...
View ArticleProgram hones job skills for grads with developmental disabilities
Project SEARCH offers hope amid massive unemployment From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Project SEARCH, a national job training program for young adults with developmental disabilities, is...
View ArticleGeorgia settles ADA suit over confinement of people with disabilities
From the Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, AP/New York Times: In a decision that is being hailed as a historic step toward enforcing the rights of people with disabilities, the state of...
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