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The History and Impact of the P&A Network
Important Terms and Acronyms P&A : Protection and Advocacy Agency Each of the 57 agencies within the National Disability Rights Network is a P&A. Disability Rights Florida is a P&A. The term ‘P&A’ comes from the original Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities program, established in 1975. NDRN…
DRF Submits Comments Opposing AHCA’s Language Changes to the iBudget Waiver
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) has proposed significant language changes to its Medicaid Developmental Disabilities (“iBudget”) Waiver. These proposed changes include: Changing the title of the iBudget Waiver from the “Developmental Disabilities Individual Budgeting Waiver” to the “Unique Abilities Individual Budgeting Waiver.” Changing the name of the…
DRF Commends the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Effort to Enhance Nursing Home Care Quality through Minimum Staffing Standards & Medicaid Payment Transparency
Disability Rights Florida submitted comments to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in November regarding their initiative to set minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities and bring transparency to institutions' Medicaid payment reporting. We support these measures to enhance nursing home care quality. For many years, experts…
Disability and LGBTQ+ History, Law, and Solidarity - Webinar Audio
In this bonus episode, we discuss the legal and medical precedents that have led to the division between the disability and LGBTQ+ communities.
Disability is Not a Bad Word: Why ‘Unique Abilities’ Isn’t as Nice as it Sounds
There is little doubt that language plays an important role in our society. As Dan Jurafsky, a Stanford University linguist puts it, “discovering what’s universal about languages can help us understand the core of our humanity.” This is a heavy but important reminder of the ways our words can either…