A conference program on Self-Esteem, Self-Awareness, and
Self-Empowerment for Women Living with Spinal Cord Injuries and Other Disabilities
presented by
&
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010 - 10am to 4:30pm
Independence Care System Brooklyn Center
25 Elm Place - 5th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(Btw. Fulton Mall and Livingston)
Free and Open to the Public
(lunch is provided)
Breast Health • Nutrition • Parenting
Abuse & Domestic Violence • Sexuality • Fashion & Make-Up
Relationships / Dating & Socializing • Fitness
Plus… A panel discussion on Self-Esteem & Empowerment
and “The Raw Beauty Project”
To register or for more information, visit
www.unitedspinal.org/from-within-conference/ or www.icsny.org
or call 1-800-404-2898 ext. 7203
Special accommodations provided upon request.
Space is limited, so please register in advance
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( 3 / 238 )From L Carter-Long
Greetings, all ...
Following the Network's testimony at the MTA Board meeting this morning
(nice placement I spoke immediately after Speaker Quinn), I was
interviewed by Dave Evans at Channel 7 re: the service cuts.
He is interested in doing more on the AAR aspect of the story and would
like to get some video footage of -- and possibly interview -- an AAR user
today to accompany the larger story on the service cuts/budget hearings,
etc.
If anyone has a trip scheduled today (the earlier the better) and is ready
for their 15 minutes of fame, please contact me and I'll make the
connection. Manhattan is preferred. Thank you. Much appreciated.
All best,
Lawrence Carter-Long
Executive Director, Disabilities Network of NYC
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( 3 / 242 )I unintentionally requested that members not of the Greater New York Spinal Cord Association vote for me for a member of the Board.
I apologize. I do now feel like a true politician.
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( 3 / 514 )Posted at AAPD
October 05, 2009
First National Study on Crime Against Persons with Disabilities
Press Release from the Department of Justice (10/1/09):
FIRST NATIONAL STUDY ON CRIME AGAINST PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Young and middle-age persons with disabilities experienced higher rates of violence than persons of similar ages without disabilities
WASHINGTON – The first national study on crime against persons with disabilities was released today by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), Office of Justice Programs. In 2007 persons age 12 or older with disabilities experienced about 716,000 nonfatal violent crimes, including rape or sexual assault (47,000), robbery (79,000), aggravated assaults (114,000) and simple assaults (476,000). They also experienced about 2.3 million property crimes during the year.
Based on interviews for the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), the study identified six types of disabilities among persons who experienced criminal victimization: sensory, physical, cognitive functioning, self-care, go-outside-the-home and employment. A disability was defined as a long-standing (six months or more) sensory, physical, mental or emotional condition that makes it difficult for a person to perform daily living activities.
To compare victimization of persons with and without disabilities, the study generated age-adjusted rates for persons with disabilities, who typically are older than persons without disabilities. The age-adjusted rate of nonfatal violent crimes against persons with disabilities was 1.5 times higher than the rate for those without disabilities (32 per 1,000 persons age 12 or older compared to 21 per 1,000).
Examining specific age groups, the risk of violence was higher for young and middle-age persons with a disability than those of similar age groups without disabilities. Persons age 12 to 19 and those age 35 to 49 with a disability experienced violence at nearly twice the rate as persons of the same age groups without a disability. The rate of violence did not differ by disability status for persons age 50 or older. Persons age 65 or older, with or without a disability, had the lowest rates of violent crime.
The age-adjusted rate of violent crime against females with a disability (35 per 1,000 persons age 12 or older) was almost twice the rate for females without a disability (19 per 1,000 persons age 12 or older). Males with a disability also experienced higher age-adjusted rates of violence than males without a disability (30 per 1,000 compared to 24 per 1,000).
Sixteen percent of violent crimes against females with a disability were committed by an intimate partner, defined as a current or former spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend. Five percent of violence against males with a disability was committed by an intimate partner. Among persons without disabilities, intimate partners were responsible for 27 percent of nonfatal violence against females and 3 percent of nonfatal violence against males.
More than half of violent crimes against people with disabilities were against those with more than one type of disability. Persons with cognitive disabilities had a rate of nonfatal violent crime higher than the rates for persons with other types of disabilities.
Nearly one in five violent crime victims with a disability believed that they became a victim because of their disability. Victims with disabilities perceived offenders to be under the influence of either alcohol or drugs in about a third of all violent crimes against them. Violent crime victims with or without a disability were equally as likely to face an armed offender, report the crime to the police or suffer an injury during the crime.
The 2.3 million property crimes against households with a disabled person included 527,000 household burglaries, 107,000 motor vehicle thefts and 1.7 million thefts; however, these estimates are believed to be an undercount as information about a disability was obtained only for if the person interviewed reported a disability.
Data in this report represent the first estimates of victimization of people with disabilities produced in response to the Crime Victims with Disabilities Awareness Act. Disability was measured in the NCVS using procedures developed for the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
The report, Crime Against People with Disabilities, 2007 (NCJ 227814), was written by BJS statisticians Michael Rand and Erika Harrell. Following publication, the report can be found at
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/capd07.htm.
For additional information about the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ statistical reports and programs, please visit the BJS Web site at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs.
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The Office of Justice Programs (OJP), headed by Acting Assistant Attorney General Mary Lou Leary, provides federal leadership in developing the nation's capacity to prevent and control crime, administer justice, and assist victims. OJP has five component bureaus: the Bureau of Justice Assistance; the Bureau of Justice Statistics; the National Institute of Justice; the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; and the Office for Victims of Crime. In addition, OJP has two program offices: the Community Capacity Development Office, which incorporates the Weed and Seed strategy, and the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART). More information can be found at http://www.ojp.gov.
>>> For the Report
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( 3 / 1608 )FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
DBTAC National Network of ADA Centers
1-800-949-2432
PUBLIC COMMENT INVITED ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO ADA REGULATIONS
The public has been given 60 days to comment on proposed revisions to regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. The regulatory changes, contained in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking just announced by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), focuses on providing individuals seeking protection against employment discrimination under Title I of the ADA with a more expansive definition of “disability.”
The ADA is an antidiscrimination statute passed by Congress and signed into law by the President in July 1990. The EEOC is responsible for enforcing Title I of the ADA, which prohibits employment discrimination against individuals with disabilities. The ADA requires employers to make reasonable accommodations to employees and job applicants with disabilities.
“We encourage the public to contact us with suggestions, recommendations or comments, or submit them directly to the EEOC” said Susanne Bruyere, director of the Region II Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center, part of the National Network of ADA Centers. “People with disabilities will be the winners when the new regulations are fully implemented and extensive public comment will ensure they are the best that they can be.”
The ADA Amendments Act, which went into effect Jan. 1, 2009, and the regulatory revisions embedded in the proposed rule now available for public comment, make it easier for an individual alleging employment discrimination based on disability to establish that he or she meets the ADA’s definitions of “disability.” The ADA Amendments Act also modifies the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits employment discrimination in the federal workforce on the basis of disability.
The regulatory changes in the proposed rule emphasize that the definition of disability—an impairment that poses a substantial limitation in a major life activity—must be construed in favor of broad coverage of individuals to the maximum extent permitted by the terms of the ADA, and should not require extensive analysis.
The regulatory changes expand major life activities to include “major bodily functions, and clarify that mitigating measures, such as medications and devices that people use to reduce or eliminate the effects of impairment, are not to be considered when determining whether a person has a disability. They also clarify that impairments that are episodic or in remission, such as epilepsy, cancer, and many kinds of psychiatric impairments, are disabilities if they would “substantially limit” major life activities when active.
Finally, the regulation revisions provide a more straightforward way of demonstrating a substantial limitation in the major life activity of working, and implements the ADA Amendment Act’s new standard for determining whether someone is regarded as having a disability.
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking containing the regulatory changes is posted on the EEOC website, www.eeoc.gov, along with a question-and-answer guide about the proposal and instructions for submitting public comments to the Commission. Comments may also be provided to Larry Featherston at the Region II DBTAC – Northeast ADA Center, lwf27@cornell.edu.
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Erin M. Sember, M.A.
ADA Technical Assistance Specialist
Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center- Northeast
Employment and Disability Institute
203 Dolgen Hall/ILR Extension
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY. 14853
fax: 607-255-2763
ADA Technical Assistance: 1-800-949-4232 in NY,NJ,PR,VI
ADA Technical Assistance by e-mail: dbtacnortheast@cornell.edu
www.dbtacnortheast.org
"Disability is not a “brave struggle” or “courage in the face of adversity” …disability is an art. It’s an ingenious way to live."
-Neil Marcus
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