Ginsburg Hints at Supreme Court Vacancy ‘Soon’

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, speaking to students in Boston, said that there could be an opening on the Supreme Court “soon,” but she did not indicate when it might come or who might be departing.

Harkin & Davis to Introduce Community Choice

With thousands of people across the country listening in by phone, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) will introduce the Community Choice Act (CCA) in both houses of Congress on March 24.
The CCA will allow people with disabilities and older people to choose to stay in their own homes and communities with [...]

President Barack Obama on Disability Rights

“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.”
“It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and [...]

NCDR Supports SAG, AFTRA and AEA at National Press Club

(Los Angeles, New York and Washington DC) - The Performers With Disabilities (PWD) Tri-Union Committee of Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) and Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), announced the launch of a major disability rights campaign to increase the visibility and equal employment opportunities for actors, broadcasters and [...]

Tennessee: On the Road for the ADA

http://support.tennessean.com/blogs/?p=5494 
By Michael Cass
(Nashville, Tennessee) The cross-country Road to Freedom tour stopped in Nashville on Wednesday to pitch the importance of preserving the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Mayor Karl Dean and Councilman Darren Jernigan were there to talk about the cause. Advocates for the ADA, which Congress passed in 1990, say its power to protect [...]

West Virginia: Exhibit Highlights Disability Rights

 
http://sundaygazettemail.com/section/News/200710295
By Eric Eyre
Staff writer

A national bus tour exhibit about the disability rights movement will make a stop this weekend at the South Charleston Wal-Mart on Corridor G. West Virginia leads the nation with more than 27 percent of residents reporting they are disabled, according to national health surveys. Nearly 10 percent of West Virginians have [...]

Indiana: Everybody Counts on the Freedom Bus

http://www.post-trib.com/news/619890,adabus.article
By Michelle L. Quinn
Post-Tribune correspondent
MERRILLVILLE — Life since the Americans with Disabilities Act has improved in a way that a road full of potholes spot-filled with asphalt is improved: It’s better but still fundamentally flawed.
People with disabilities have better access to buildings and have their own washrooms and parking spaces, said Jim Ward, president of [...]

Massachusetts: Bus on Journey for Disability Rights

http://www.masslive.com/metrowest/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-11/119269385953160.xml&coll=1
By Diane Lederman
AMHERST - About 50 people, some in wheelchairs, some on crutches or with service dogs, gathered yesterday to welcome the Road to Freedom bus to Stavros Center for Independent Living.
James Ward, president of the National Coalition for Disability Rights, has been traveling around the country in his red, white and blue bus since [...]

Public Radio: Freedom Bus in Amherst, MA

 
Campaign To Toughen ADA Visits Amherst, Massachusetts 
By Paul Tuthill, WAMC Public Radio Bureau Chief
http://publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1167730

AMHERST, MA (2007-10-17) A national campaign to strengthen the Americans with Disabilities Act , called The Road to Freedom, rolled into the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts this afternoon…WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill reports…..
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Connecticut: Youth Advocates and Freedom Bus

 
By Mark Zaretsky  
NEW HAVEN — If you’re someone without a disability, you may think that when Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, it took care of problems people with disabilities may have with accessibility and opportunity. But a traveling “freedom tour” landed on the New Haven Green Sunday, and dozens of Connecticut [...]

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The ADAPT Community wants you to Kick-Off the Introduction of the Community Choice Act on on March 24th!  We want YOU to celebrate the introduction of the most important health care reform for people with disabilities in this country — Community Choice Act!

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