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- Colorado bill would allow disabled company owners to keep working (2/21/2020) - The Colorado Senate Health and Human Services Committee will consider whether to give disabled business owners another option. By Ed Sealover – Reporter, Denver Business Journal, Feb 10, 2020, 10:33am EST DENVER — Josh Winkler became paralyzed below the waist at age 17, but that didn’t stop him from getting a mechanical engineering degree in college and working for a NASCAR team until… …
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- Senate committee hearing on RTD oversight bill shines a light on services for disabled riders (2/21/2020) - Customers with disabilities say RTD needs to do a better job serving those who most need transit By JOHN AGUILAR | jaguilar@denverpost.com | The Denver Post PUBLISHED: February 18, 2020 at 8:31 p.m. | UPDATED: February 18, 2020 at 8:42 p.m. Legislation that would tighten state oversight of the troubled Regional Transportation District got its first hearing in front of… …
- Groups supporting public option pen a letter to Colorado lawmakers (2/21/2020) - Joey Bunch, Colorado Politics, Feb 19, 2020, as published in coloradopolitics.com From the American Diabetes Association to the Young Invincibles, more than two dozen Colorado groups signed on to a letter urging state lawmakers to support a public option insurance program to increase competition and, ideally, lower premiums and other health care costs. The letter dated Jan. 22, provided to Colorado Politics… …
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- State Bill To Add RTD Board Members To Increase Oversight (2/3/2020) - DENVER (CBS4) – A transit system plagued with issues has caught the attention of state lawmakers. An ongoing driver shortage and hundreds of delayed and canceled routes within RTD prompted the introduction of a bill that would change how the agency operates. Continue reading this article and watch the video at https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/01/29/rtd-board-members-disabilities/ By Karen Morfitt, January 29, 2020 at 10:00 pm …
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- Medicaid law forcing caregivers to be tracked by GPS inspires privacy backlash from Colorado’s disabled community (12/23/2019) - The aim is to reduce Medicaid fraud by requiring therapists, respite workers and nurses to log in and verify their location when they visit someone’s home to provide care. But backlash, especially from the parents of children with disabilities, has been fierce. "We’re disabled, not criminals!” shouts one petition. In impassioned, monthly conversations over the last year, members of Colorado’s… …
- Icy sidewalks, lack of enforcement create obstacles during snowy week for disabled community (12/2/2019) - DENVER -- The worst of the storm may be over here in Colorado, but it’s leaving behind some icy obstacles for people who are disabled in the Denver metro. Jaime Lewis knew the storm would leave him stranded for a couple days. “You hope that you have your refrigerator full and have enough activities at home to keep you busy,”… …
- Hate Crime Reports in Colorado Increased While Reports Nationwide Slightly Decreased in 2018 (11/18/2019) - DENVER, CO, November 12, 2019 … The number of reported hate crimes in Colorado increased by 16 percent between 2017 and 2018 while the number of reported cases nationwide slightly decreased, according to the FBI’s annual hate crime report released today. In its annual Hate Crime Statistics Act (HCSA) report, the FBI found that total hate crimes decreased nationwide slightly in 2018 after three… …
- Colorado Springs, El Paso County Still Lagging 30 Years After ADA Passed (11/15/2019) - Nearly three decades after a landmark federal law mandated that public facilities be made equally accessible to those with disabilities, there are still thousands of public places in Colorado Springs and El Paso County that don’t comply and no clear plan to fix most of them. City and county officials have touted… …
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- Meet Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition Advocates Dawn and Shannon | Voices Of Everyday Leaders | Change Wire (11/6/2019) - When Dawn Howard was two years old, her parents were told that she would not likely have “any intelligible speech.” But Dawn, who was born with slight cerebral palsy, says “I had a pushy mother, who did find a speech therapist who would work with me.” She pauses. “And I am so thankful for that.” From preschool on, Dawn was fully included… …
- GATEHOUSE INVESTIGATION: Airlines Damage Thousands of Wheelchairs (10/28/2019) - Pueblo advocates among flyers who’ve experienced losing mobility far from homeAfter a United Airlines flight three years ago, Isabelle Briar ripped open her thumb as she pushed her wheelchair away from the gate. The airline had cracked the metal grip ring, leaving a sharp, protruding shard. The same airline ignored Cindy Otis’ complaints about damage to her power chair in… …
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