Tennessee Disability Coalition News Blog

Presented by:
STEP, Inc. and Memphis City Schools Present

November 8, 2008 8:00 am- 12:30 pm
Board of Education Building, Memphis TN

High School Transition
•    Age Appropriate Evaluation
•    Writing Transition Goals
•    Self Advocacy
•    Wills/Trusts/Conservatorship
Adult Services

•    Vocational Rehabilitation
•    Medicaid Waiver
•    Supported Living Options
•    Tennessee Rehabilitation Center

Everyone is welcome to attend this FREE event!   Families—Teachers—Students—Service Providers
We encourage you to have transition-age [...]

Victory on Parity!
October 3, 2008
By a vote of 263-171, the House this afternoon gave final approval to the Paul Wellstone-Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (HR 1424). President Bush is expected to sign the legislation late [...]

REAL PEOPLE.  REAL VOICES.
Disability community and local advocacy organizations unite to stop the state from forcing people into nursing homes.
The Tennessee Health Care Campaign, the Memphis Center for Independent Living, ADAPT of Tennessee, Mid-South Paralyzed Veterans of America, and the ARC of the Mid-South are holding a joint press conference and rally to speak out [...]

For nearly two years, disability rights advocates have traveled the Nation in a modified bus educating citizens and policymakers alike of the pressing need to restore vital civil rights protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Today, President Bush signed the ADA Amendments Act into law and ADA Watch and the National [...]