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Disability Transportation Advocacy: The United We Ride National Dialogue Final Report 2009 (CCAM)

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

SJCRG: 2009 Disability Transportation Advocates: This one’s for you!

Tags: 2009, advocacy, CCAM, Dialogue, disability, Final, report, transportation, United We Ride National
Posted in Disability Benefits, Transportation | No Comments »

2010 payment tables for the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) SGA threshold amounts

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

SJCRG: Social Security Disability Administration: CLICK HERE for link to important 2010 Disability Benefit Info.

Tags: 2010, benefits, careresourceguide, disability, SGA, SGCRG, SSDI, Substantial Gainful Activity
Posted in Disability Benefits, benefits, disability, disabled | No Comments »

“Presumptive” Disability Benefits for Certain Groups of Veterans (VA)

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

SJCRG: Please make veterans aware of this!

Tags: benefits, disability, Groups, Presumptive, SJCRG, VA, veterans, Veterans Administration
Posted in disability, disabled, veterans | No Comments »

Commissioner Astrue Asks Inspector General to Investigate California and Hawaii Disability Determination Services

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

SJCRG: California and Haway get creative to solve their budget crisis.. Ok, it stinks…

Tags: Asks, Astrue, California, Commissioner, Determination, disability, disability.gov, Hawaii, Inspector General, Investigate, Services, SJCRG
Posted in Health Care Law, Litigation, Uncategorized, california, disability, healthcare, politics, seniors | No Comments »

Veterans: VA and DoD Announce Disability Evaluation System Pilot Expansion

Friday, November 20th, 2009

SJCRG: Pass along…

Tags: Announce, disability, DoD, Evaluation, Expansion, Pilot, SJCRG, System, VA
Posted in disabled, veterans | No Comments »

55 millions Americans report some level of Disability (Disability.gov)

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

SJCRG:
The truth or the gravy train? Might devalue the meaning of the word….But let us be all inclusive…..

Tags: 55, Americans, disability, disability.gov, level, millions, report, SJCRG
Posted in Health Care reform, disability, disabled, seniors, societal trends | No Comments »

The Current State of Health Care for People with Disabilities (NCD)

Monday, October 5th, 2009

SJCRG:A very interesting report. How does this governement report from the National council on disability fit with the Obama governement health care reform?
Look at the Definitions in E.1. There is clearly a move to merge the medical impairment of function with socio economic considerations. SJCRG sees that as a dilution of the definition potentially depriving the functionally impaired ultimately to the benefit of the poor at large. We see this report as, at the same time full of data, but with a serious bias toward non-disability issues. If we understand the report to put in in simple paradox, a poor paraplegic is as disabled as a middle-class quadraplegic…..Sorry,this is disingenuous and flawed social engineering.

Tags: disability, Health Care reform, NDC, obama, report, SJCRG
Posted in Health Care Law, Health Care reform, Uncategorized, disability, disabled | No Comments »

The Current State of Health Care for People with Disabilities (ncd)

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

SJCRG: Quoting the ncd
“•The absence of professional training on disability competency issues for health care practitioners is one of the most significant barriers preventing people with disabilities from receiving appropriate and effective health care.
•The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has had limited impact on how health care is delivered for people with disabilities. Significant architectural and programmatic accessibility barriers still remain, and health care providers continue to lack awareness about steps they are required to take to ensure that patients with disabilities have access to appropriate, culturally competent care. ”

SJCRG: pretty bleak, but accurate. We do not know of a MD specialty following the impact of long term wheelchair “lifestyle”

Tags: disability, ncd, report, SJCRG, state of healthcare
Posted in Health Care reform, Uncategorized, disabled | No Comments »

Changes to ADA’s Definition of ‘Disability’ EEOC Document

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

SJCRG: RE: our previous comments of today (09/23/09) see for yourself

Tags: broadening, changes, definition, disability, eeoc, SJCRG
Posted in ADA, disabled | No Comments »

New Rule: Big Changes to ADA’s Definition of ‘Disability’ (EEOC,HR.BLR)

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

SJCRG: Making it easier to obtain the protection and benefits of the truly “Disabled” for people who need it is a good thing. But we should be concerned about watering down the definition of “disability” and putting a paraplegic in the same category as minor ailment:
Quoting HR.BLR:
“The proposed regulation includes a list of temporary, non-chronic impairments of short duration with little or no residual effects that are usually not disabilities. Those incloude including (but not limited to):

•The common cold,
•Seasonal or common influenza,
•A sprained joint,
•Minor and non-chronic gastrointestinal disorders, or
•A broken bone that is expected to heal completely. ”

Tags: ADA, changes, definition, disability, HR.BLR, SJCRG
Posted in ADA, Uncategorized, disabled | No Comments »

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