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Floridian with Visual Impairment Seeks Adoption of Rules to Assist with Food Stamp Applications

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Kathryn Cosson, a 52-year old Food Stamp recipient with a visual disability from Walton County, has filed a formal petition with the Department of Children…

Medicaid Beneficiaries Sue Over Implementation of Medicaid Managed Care Program

Thursday, September 24, 2015

On August 27th, a lawsuit was filed against the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) on behalf of five individuals enrolled in Florida’s new Statewide…

Disability Advocates Resolve Litigation with Florida Department of Corrections

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Disability Rights Florida and the Florida Institutional Legal Services Project of Florida Legal Services announce that a settlement has been reached in their lawsuit against the…

Department of Corrections Sued over Inmate Abuse at the Dade Correctional Institution

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 9, 2014
TALLAHASSEE

Florida Institutional Legal Services Project, Disability Rights Florida, and Holland & Knight, LLP, have filed a federal…

The National Down Syndrome Society and Disability Rights Florida Say #LetGarrettFight

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Garrett Holeve, a 24-year-old man with Down syndrome, has been denied his right to an equal opportunity to compete in amateur Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)