[Nfbf-l] Fw: Recent Disability Updates

Fri Jan 25 22:37:33 UTC 2013

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> From: White House Disability Group <info at messages.whitehouse.gov>
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> Date: Friday, January 25, 2013 5:14 pm
> Subject: Recent Disability Updates
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>> The White House Friday, January 25, 2013
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>> Recent Disability Updates
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>> "Note:" If you received this email as a forward but would like to be 
>> added to the White House Disability Group email distribution list, please 
>> visit our website at http://www.whitehouse.gov/disability-issues-contact 
>> and fill out the "contact us" form in the disabilities section, or you 
>> can email us at disability at who.eop.gov and provide your full name, city, 
>> state, and organization.
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>> Recent disability announcements include the acknowledgement of Americans 
>> with disabilities in the President's inaugural address, the introduction 
>> of audio descriptions for public tours, the release of new guidance from 
>> the Department of Education on the obligation of schools to provide 
>> opportunities for students with disabilities to participate in 
>> extracurricular athletics, and that announcement of a new strategic plan 
>> regarding Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
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>> In addition, the Department of Justice has charged five individuals with 
>> 196 indictments, including the violation of the Matthew Shepard and James 
>> Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, for targeting individuals with 
>> disabilities in a Social Security fraud scheme. The Justice Department 
>> also recently filed comprehensive agreement resolving litigation 
>> concerning conditions of care at the former Arlington Developmental 
>> Center. Lastly, the Department of Housing and Urban Development recently 
>> announced that Bloomington, Minnesota-based U.S. Bank National 
>> Association will pay $12,000 to a loan applicant with disabilities under 
>> a Conciliation Agreement.. Read more about all of these stories below.
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>> Inaugural Address by President Barack Obama
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>> "We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic 
>> measure of security and dignity. We must make the hard choices to reduce 
>> the cost of health care and the size of our deficit. But we reject the 
>> belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that 
>> built this country and investing in the generation that will build its 
>> future. (Applause.) For we remember the lessons of our past, when 
>> twilight years were spent in poverty and parents of a child with a 
>> disability had nowhere to turn."
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>> Read the full inaugural address at the following link: 
>> http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/01/21/inaugural-address-president-barack-obama
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>> White House Announces Audio Descriptions for Public Tours
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>> President Obama and the First Lady have long been committed to ensuring 
>> that the White House is truly the People's House, and that Americans with 
>> disabilities are fully integrated into our society. Continuing on that 
>> commitment, the White House Visitor's Office is pleased to announce the 
>> availability of an audio description for those taking a White House tour. 
>> This will give blind and visually impaired Americans and persons with 
>> other print disabilities the opportunity to listen to an audio described 
>> tour as they visit the historic, public rooms of the White House.
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>> Read more about the audio descriptions at the following link: 
>> http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/01/24/white-house-announces-audio-descriptions-public-tours
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>> U.S. Department of Education Clarifies Schools' Obligation to Provide 
>> Equal Opportunity to Students with Disabilities to Participate in 
>> Extracurricular Athletics
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>> The Department's Office for Civil Rights issued guidance clarifying 
>> school districts' existing legal obligations to provide equal access to 
>> extracurricular athletic activities to students with disabilities. In 
>> addition to explaining those legal obligations, the guidance urges school 
>> districts to work with community organizations to increase athletic 
>> opportunities for students with disabilities, such as opportunities 
>> outside of the existing extracurricular athletic program.
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>> Read more about this story at the following link: 
>> http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-clarifies-schools-obligation-provide-equal-opportunity-s
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>> Strategic Plan for Improving Management of Section 508 of the 
>> Rehabilitation Act Announced
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>> The new strategic plan provides a more comprehensive and structured 
>> approach to further improve agencies' management of the requirements of 
>> Section 508. This approach includes actions agencies need to take to (1) 
>> increase transparency, (2) strengthen accountability, and (3) improve 
>> collaboration regarding accessible EIT.
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>> Read the memorandum on the strategic plan at the following link: 
>> http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/procurement/memo/strategic-plan-508-compliance.pdf
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>> Federal Charges Allege Captors Held Adults with Disabilities in Subhuman 
>> Conditions to Carry Out Social Security Fraud
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>> Linda Weston, her daughter and three co-defendants are charged in a 
>> 196-count indictment, unsealed today, with racketeering conspiracy, 
>> murder in aid of racketeering, hate crimes, sex trafficking, kidnapping, 
>> forced human labor, theft, fraud, and other violent crimes. The 
>> indictment alleges that Weston and her associates carried out a 
>> racketeering enterprise that targeted victims with mental disabilities 
>> and as part of a scheme to steal disability payments from the victims and 
>> the Social Security system.
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>> Read more about this story at the following link: 
>> http://www.justice..gov/usao/pae/News/2013/Jan/weston_release.htm
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>> Justice Department Obtains Comprehensive Agreement to Resolve Long 
>> Standing Litigation Regarding the Rights of People with Developmental 
>> Disabilities
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>> The Justice Department announced that it recently filed in federal court 
>> a comprehensive agreement that will resolve long running litigation with 
>> the state of Tennessee originally concerning conditions of care at the 
>> former Arlington Developmental Center (ADC).
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>> Read more at the following link: 
>> http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/January/13-crt-038.html
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>> HUD, US Bank Settle Disability Discrimination Claim
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>> The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently 
>> announced that Bloomington, Minnesota-based U.S. Bank National 
>> Association will pay $12,000 to a loan applicant with disabilities under 
>> a Conciliation Agreement settling allegations that the bank required him 
>> to provide unnecessary documentation to establish he would continue 
>> receiving disability income for three years before they would approve his 
>> mortgage loan.
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>> Read more about at the following link: 
>> http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2013/HUDNo.13-008
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