Sentences with phrase «led by people with disabilities»

Disability Link is a grass roots, consumer driven, action oriented organization with decisions, actions, and control of services led by people with disabilities.

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Even though most of the response has been led by the UN and international organisations, persons with disabilities are still being overwhelmingly excluded from the most basic services.

Southern Tier CA$ H (Creating Assets, Savings and Hope) is an IRS sponsored Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, led by Arbor Housing and Development, offering free tax help for low - to - moderate income families and individuals, persons with disabilities, the elderly, and limited English speaking taxpayers who need assistance in preparing their own tax returns.

Under the new program led by AAAS, educational institutions commit to removing barriers to STEM achievement for women, minorities and people with disabilities through participating in a program of voluntary self - assessment.

The LCO Disabilities Report identifies the following barriers experienced by persons with disabilities because of the attitudes of those that implement the law, at 42 — 43: (1) heavy judgment and negative assumptions experienced by persons with mental health disabilities, particularly the homeless; (2) lack of support systems, stigma and fear experienced by persons with mental disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services aDisabilities Report identifies the following barriers experienced by persons with disabilities because of the attitudes of those that implement the law, at 42 — 43: (1) heavy judgment and negative assumptions experienced by persons with mental health disabilities, particularly the homeless; (2) lack of support systems, stigma and fear experienced by persons with mental disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities because of the attitudes of those that implement the law, at 42 — 43: (1) heavy judgment and negative assumptions experienced by persons with mental health disabilities, particularly the homeless; (2) lack of support systems, stigma and fear experienced by persons with mental disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities, particularly the homeless; (2) lack of support systems, stigma and fear experienced by persons with mental disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services and supports.

During the lead up to the Latimer's Supreme Court appeal, the Council of Canadians with Disabilities» (CCD) Human Rights Committee is working to ensure that the voice of people with disabilities is heard bDisabilities» (CCD) Human Rights Committee is working to ensure that the voice of people with disabilities is heard bdisabilities is heard by Canadians.

The trial judge dismissed the evidence of leading clinicians, researchers and palliative care experts about the situational and transitory nature of suicidal ideation amongst persons with disabilities approaching the ends of their lives, but overlooked comparable evidence which was relied upon by a key witness for the appellant.

CCD / CACL's members are fully aware and sensitive to the dangers of paternalism and to the profound losses endured by many persons with disabilities, including during the period leading up to the end of their lives.

Organized by the Cerebral Palsy Association of BC, Expressive Arts is an opportunity for people with disabilities to explore and express themselves through visual art, led by a qualified teacher and expressive arts therapist.

CID is a 60 - year - old organisation, led by people with intellectual disability — with the majority of Board Members being people with an intellectual disability.

She plays a key role in establishing and maintaining local, statewide and national connections on key policy issues, establishing strategic directions, and ensuring that CID is both responsive to the concerns of people with intellectual disability and led by them.

In the period 2012 - 2016 the NRHA was involved in a substantial stream of work relating to disability services, starting with a project led by Denis Ginnivan on care for rural people with acquired brain injury.

What is unique about FPDN is that it's not only a national peak body of the leading experts in the sector, but it's governed by Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander people with lived experience of disability.

She has been additionally certified by the Arthritis Foundation and the International Sports Medicine Association to help with positive management, and to lead support and information groups, for people living with arthritis, disabilities, and chronic illness.