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Ensuring Access to Essential Items for Foster Care Beneficiaries
Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities living in foster care settings were going without clothes and shoes despite having adequate Social Security funds to obtain them. This was due to a breakdown in communication between the foster parents, case managers, and the Foster Community Based Care system 〈CBC〉. Foster parents’ requests…
DRF Investigation Demands Compliance and Transparency from The Florida Department of Corrections in Mental Health Care
DRF Investigation Demands Compliance and Transparency from The Florida Department of Corrections in Mental Health Care
International Disability Media and Advocacy - with Alan Herbert
An interview with Alan Herbert, a Kenyan journalist, social inclusion advocate, and disability communications professional.
Why Many Disabled People Still Don’t Have Marriage Equality this Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day from Disability Rights Florida to you. Love is in the air – romantic love, familial love, friendship love—all kinds of love! You may be planning to spend a day with your family members, celebrate a marriage or relationship milestone with your spouse or partner, or visit with…
Bringing Much-Needed Disability Representation to our Healthcare Settings
With aspirations to become an anesthesiologist, Christopher, an individual with a neurodevelopmental disorder, pursued an Individualized Plan for Employment with a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC). Unfortunately, he encountered barriers when his VRC would not agree to Christopher’s job goal or help him create a plan to become an anesthesiologist. Christopher…
Accessible Shower Renovation Made a Reality
Lorenzo is a wheelchair user with Cerebral Palsy who faced access barriers in his bathroom. For it to be accessible, he needed a roll-in shower, special door, and re-tiled floor. His mom reached out to the Association for People with Disabilities (APD) to get their bathroom modification covered. Lorenzo and…
2023 Disability Policies on Our Watch - with Caitlyn Clibbon
A conversation with Caitlyn Clibbon about our priorities in the upcoming Florida Legislative Session.
Black Disability Leaders You Should Know About
Each day this February, we will be celebrating Black History Month by highlighting impactful Black disability activists and advocates. Stay up to date all month by following our blog or social media! Keith Jones Keith Jones is a life-long disability activist with cerebral palsy. He is the President and CEO…
Disability Rights Florida calls on AHCA to revise Transition Plan to comply with new federally mandated Home and Community Based Services Settings Rule
Jan. 19, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tallahassee, FL —On December 28, 2022, Disability Rights Florida (DRF) provided detailed comments to the Agency for Healthcare Administration (AHCA) raising critical concerns and questions related to Florida's implementation of federally mandated reforms intended to improve dignity and community integration for people with developmental…