May 162 minDetroit City Council approves 2023 fiscal year budgetRead full article here "Several attendees during public comment urged council members to allocate funding for disability needs. Kaci...
Apr 251 minFinal State Disability Assistance Program rules posted"The change would let interviews conducted during the application process to take place over the phone instead of just in-person....
Apr 111 minExperts: Michigan budget supplemental is the 1st step in addressing housing crisis“Affordable housing is for those whose household income is at or below the median. In 2020, the median Michigan household income was...
Apr 111 minSouthwest Michigan advocate to participate on housing justice panel“Senior Policy Analyst, Michigan League for Public Policy and the report's author, Julie Cassidy, were joined by: • Lisa Dedden Cooper,...
Apr 111 minThe housing gap for Michigan’s senior, disabled residents“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...
Apr 111 minThe difference between person-first and identity-first language; Why we say 'people with...'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...
Apr 111 minMichigan health officials don't track COVID among people with disabilities despite high risk...Watch the story at bit.ly/mi_coviddatacapture “People with disabilities are at higher risk of death. It depends on a person’s disability,...
Mar 101 minLetter: Detroit must fund Office of Disability Affairs budget to expand access to services“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...
Dec 7, 20211 minOpinion: What Biden's plan to boost home care services means for the disability community12/5/21 “The Build Back Better plan could create 400,000 new jobs, including jobs for caretakers who are currently unpaid family members...
Dec 7, 20211 minDetroit City Council call on Mayor to stop working with attorney who mocked activist with disability11/10/21 “Detroit City Council members are set to vote Tuesday on a resolution that calls on Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration to stop...
Dec 7, 20211 minHow Detroit is addressing barriers faced by voters with disabilities11/1/21 “Having a document on the website that is not accessible to screen readers harms people's access to voting, particularly the...
Dec 7, 20211 minPeople with visual impairments can’t access crucial voting info in Detroit, ADA complaint says10/28/21 “The nonprofit advocacy group Detroit Disability Power has filed a complaint with the city, saying people with visual...
Dec 7, 20211 minADA complaint: Detroit voters with disabilities barred from accessing election info on city website10/28/21 “‘We are five days out from Election Day and still the City of Detroit’s website does not have screenreader-useable information...
Dec 7, 20211 minOpinion: Hamtramck city attorney comments about disabled man is example of systemic ableism10/11/21 “More than 275,590 disabled people live in Wayne County. It’s unacceptable to spend public resources from the county and some of...
Dec 7, 20211 minStateside: Families of students with disabilities want stronger COVID policies in school9/29/21 “There was such a divide in the community. Those of us who were for masks to protect the most vulnerable among us included...
Aug 19, 20211 minVoting rights on Channel 7 WXYZ, MI Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson8/19/21 DDP joined the Sierra Club and Common Cause for an educational event on voting rights and democracy reform! Secretary of State...
Aug 11, 20211 minVoting rights activists in Detroit call out GOP ‘suppression’ efforts...we could all vote… So we must get the word out. It’s important that we continue to fight.” -Donna Miller, a Taylor resident
Jul 28, 20211 minCity Of Detroit: City Of Detroit Unveils First-Ever Strategic Plan To Significantly Improve Access A"I'd like to thank the Mayor, the Office of Disability Affairs, and the Civil Rights, Inclusion and Opportunity Department for this...
Jul 28, 20211 minAdvocates Push for Vaccine Accessibility for Disabled ResidentsAdvocates Push for Vaccine Accessibility for Disabled Residents in Detroit.
Jul 26, 20211 minDetroit launches plan to improve access to jobs, housing for disabled residentsMayor Mike Duggan on Monday announced a multi-year plan to improve access to housing, transportation and employment for the city's disabled.