The state of Minnesota has shut down many of its services due to the legislature’s failure to reach a budget deal by July 1, closing down programs that serve people with disabilities.
Agencies that have been impacted include the State Services for the Blind (SSB), which cancelled its Radio Talking Book show for the blind. According to a government website, “Locations will be closed and Radio Talking Book will not be on the air. Any services SSB provides or purchases on behalf of customers will be suspended. This includes all services from SSB such as training, equipment purchases and transportation payments.”
Two retired New York City police officers have filed a complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charging that they have been discriminated against over their use of hearing aids to perform their work.
Attorney Colleen Meenan of Meenan & Associates, LLC, who represents the officers, said the New York Police Department (NYPD) disclosed a policy in January 20009 that officers on the force should have the same hearing capacity they did when they were hired.
At the end of June, billions of dollars of Medicaid funds provided to states by the Obama Administration ran out. The money was provided for two years and totaled $90 billion.
Medicaid provides free or low-cost insurance to people with low incomes, including those with disabilities. The cessation of the funds comes as budget discussions in Washington include possible changes to the program, which is funded by the state and federal governments.
Angelo Binno, a law school applicant in Michigan, has charged the American Bar Association (ABA) with discriminating against people with visual impairments in its reliance on the Law School Admission Test (LSAT).
Binno’s complaint concerns a section of the test that instructs applicants to draw diagrams to solve problems. The LSAT is a required component of the law school admissions process.
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