Disability – Page 3 – CAHRO – California Association of Human Relations Organizations

Disabilities is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. An impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; while a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life situations.

Thus disability is a complex phenomenon, reflecting an interaction between features of a person’s body and features of the society in which he or she lives.

Disabled L.A. man’s desire to vote leads to probe of alleged state violations

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:23+00:00 May 22nd, 2015|Disability|

Stephen Lopate was just a boy when he first mentioned he wanted to vote someday in a presidential election.

It was 2008, and he told his mother he liked Hillary Clinton because she was a smart woman.

Years later, when he turned 18, Lopate’s mother sought a court guardianship of her severely autistic son so that she

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The nightmare outcome of a son’s mental illness

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:25+00:00 April 13th, 2015|Disability, Health, Police & Community|

Cynthia Hernandez was thinking about the missing dog when she awoke early that September morning in her family’s two-story tract home, tucked away in a residential enclave north of a busy commercial corridor in Chino.

‘How Did You Get Here?’

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:50:09+00:00 March 10th, 2015|Disability, Education|

The students profiled in How Did You Get Here? Students With Disabilities and Their Journeys to Harvard (Harvard Education Press) had much to overcome. They faced a range of disabilities and also attitudes of some who demeaned them and suggested that they wouldn’t amount to much. The book is based on interviews with the

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New York City Plans Focus on Mental Health in Justice System

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:50:14+00:00 December 2nd, 2014|Disability, Health, Police & Community|

In an effort to reduce the growing number of inmates with mental health and substance abuse problems in New York City’s jails, the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio announced plans on Monday to significantly expand public health services at almost every

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CSUN professor creates film for persons with disabilities on how to avoid getting shot by police

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:49+00:00 August 27th, 2014|Disability, Education, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

Stories of excessive force complaints, officer related shootings, and general police dickery are becoming more and more commonplace in the United States. The tragic events in Ferguson, Missouri, have cast new light on the disturbing trend of police officers responding to potential threats from citizens with deadly force. More

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LAPD chief faces tense crowd over shooting of mentally ill man

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:50+00:00 August 20th, 2014|Disability, Health, Police & Community|

The atmosphere in a South Los Angeles church was at times tense Tuesday night as residents and activists peppered Los Angeles police officials with questions about two officers’ fatal shooting of a mentally ill man.

http://www.latimes.com/local/crime/la-me-lapd-shooting-20140820-story.html

Los Angeles Times

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Shift in Law on Disability and Students Shows Lapses

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:11:09+00:00 June 25th, 2014|Disability|

Fewer than a third of states and territories now comply with federal disability law under a change announced Tuesday in the way the Department of Education evaluates how well public schools educate students with disabilities.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/25/us/shift-in-law-on-disability-and-students-shows-lapses.html?ref=education&_r=0

The New York Times

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Dropping the Ball on Disabilities

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:07:14+00:00 April 2nd, 2014|Disability|

INDIANAPOLIS — New college students with disabilities are often insecure. Navigating a complicated bureaucracy for the first time with far less institutional support than they had in high school, these students often must overcome stigma and ignorance surrounding their disabilities and advocate for themselves, which they’re often not used to doing. The alternative: risk not

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Disabled Athletes Eager for New Options After Federal Government Reminds Institutions of Their Obligations

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:07:15+00:00 March 18th, 2014|Disability, Education|

A little over a year ago, the U.S. Department of Education issued policy guidelines that sparked a renewed thrust to create and expand opportunities for disabled athletes.

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The ‘Boys’ in the Bunkhouse

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:07:16+00:00 March 10th, 2014|Disability, Employment & Housing|

WATERLOO, Iowa — A man stands at a bus stop. He wears bluejeans, cowboy boots, and a name tag pinned like a badge to his red shirt. It says: Clayton Berg, dishwasher, county sheriff’s office.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/09/us/the-boys-in-the-bunkhouse.html?ref=us&_r=0

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