Read full article here "Several attendees during public comment urged council members to allocate funding for disability needs. Kaci...

"The change would let interviews conducted during the application process to take place over the phone instead of just in-person....

“Affordable housing is for those whose household income is at or below the median. In 2020, the median Michigan household income was...

“Senior Policy Analyst, Michigan League for Public Policy and the report's author, Julie Cassidy, were joined by: • Lisa Dedden Cooper,...

“The report notes that Michigan is one of the fastest aging states in the nation, with one in four residents turning 65 by 2035. At the...

To read the full story visit bit.ly/identity_first_pwd "Person-first and identity-first language: Ok, let’s talk about how to undo some...

Watch the story at bit.ly/mi_coviddatacapture “People with disabilities are at higher risk of death. It depends on a person’s disability,...

“We need the ODA to be a success story. We want our community to be able to access what Detroit has to offer and to offer back our...

12/5/21 “The Build Back Better plan could create 400,000 new jobs, including jobs for caretakers who are currently unpaid family members...

11/10/21 “Detroit City Council members are set to vote Tuesday on a resolution that calls on Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration to stop...

11/1/21 “Having a document on the website that is not accessible to screen readers harms people's access to voting, particularly the...

10/28/21 “The nonprofit advocacy group Detroit Disability Power has filed a complaint with the city, saying people with visual...

10/28/21 “‘We are five days out from Election Day and still the City of Detroit’s website does not have screenreader-useable information...

10/11/21 “More than 275,590 disabled people live in Wayne County. It’s unacceptable to spend public resources from the county and some of...

9/29/21 “There was such a divide in the community. Those of us who were for masks to protect the most vulnerable among us included...

8/19/21 DDP joined the Sierra Club and Common Cause for an educational event on voting rights and democracy reform! Secretary of State...

...we could all vote… So we must get the word out. It’s important that we continue to fight.” -Donna Miller, a Taylor resident

"I'd like to thank the Mayor, the Office of Disability Affairs, and the Civil Rights, Inclusion and Opportunity Department for this...

Advocates Push for Vaccine Accessibility for Disabled Residents in Detroit.

Mayor Mike Duggan on Monday announced a multi-year plan to improve access to housing, transportation and employment for the city's disabled.