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A Lewiston musician is using his album to help others afford wheelchair accessible vans, after experiencing first-hand how hard it is to finance the modifications.
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There is a push for New York to expand the range that paratransit travels, which is currently at the federal minimum, to three miles.
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The budget is done. Hochul has signed legislation that will change pay for home care workers. However, the legislation doesn’t include a major bill that much of the disability community had been advocating for. WBFO’s Emyle Watkins has more on Fair Pay for Home Care, which activists say isn’t over yet.
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When the Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Service hit the airwaves on March 19, 1987, Western New Yorkers with certain disabilities got to hear something previously inaccessible to them: the newspaper.
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In February, a local disability rights activist brought thousands of names and hundreds of stories to the desk of Governor Kathy Hochul. All in hopes that the new administration will hear the stories of people with disabilities impacted by a workforce crisis that threatens their quality of life. WBFO’s Emyle Watkins has the exclusive.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul created a new state Office of the Chief Disability Officer and named the first person to lead that office, something she said is long overdue.
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Without caregivers, some group homes are closing- and it raises fear of sending residents back to institutional care
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On Monday, a 10-year-old Buffalo Public Schools student returned to school for the first time in almost two years, just weeks after his family filed a federal lawsuit against the district, regarding reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
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Earlier this week, Buffalo Public Schools quietly agreed in federal court to begin reaching out to families who have requested reasonable alternatives to masking for kids with qualified disabilities, after previously having a policy in place that did not allow for any exemptions to masking during "red zones." WBFO’s Emyle Watkins spoke with the family and their 10-year-old son about the push for reasonable accommodations for kids who, like him, would be unable to mask in school.
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In its 2021 report, the Home Care Association of New York State reported that an average of 23% of home health and personal care aide positions are unfilled. As the New York State Senate and Assembly look at legislation that could increase wages significantly, WBFO’s Disability Reporter Emyle Watkins spoke with a local business owner and mother who says the shortage of home health aides has left her relying on friends and sleeping in her wheelchair.