Dozens of voucher schools have policies that allow them to exclude LGBTQ+ students or those with disabilities. In many cases, it’s legal.
Tag: Disabilities
Posted inJustice & Safety
Wisconsin’s population is trending older. Where will non-drivers find transportation?
Public transit systems and nonprofits face challenges in making transportation accessible to aging Wisconsinites and people with disabilities.
Posted inJustice & Safety
Wisconsin workers with disabilities face transportation barriers
‘Our state has really been built with the driver and the car in mind,’ an advocate says.
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Government, Narrow Margin
A Wisconsin man with visual impairment tried to vote. The coronavirus got in his way.
Don Natzke says he was stymied by a series of insurmountable barriers as Wisconsin held its April 7 election in the midst of the pandemic.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Welfare
Wisconsin cuts back on long-term institutional care for the disabled
It’s part of a national trend. But parents and guardians of patients at Central Wisconsin Center, one of the state’s facilities for the developmentally disabled, are worried that the state’s no-new-admissions policy could endanger people who could benefit from the centers’ services. Now a couple have gone to court to keep their child at the center.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Welfare
State’s move toward community care for disabled follows national trend
Wisconsin’s declining reliance on state-run centers for people with intellectual disabilities fits a national pattern.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Welfare, Scott Walker's Wisconsin
Gov. Scott Walker’s budget would shake up long-term care programs; disabilities advocates concerned
Gov. Scott Walker is proposing sweeping changes to the state’s long-term care programs for the elderly and disabled, but the lack of detail has advocates concerned.
Posted inEconomy, Government, Health & Welfare
Walker changes stance, signs bill for workers with disabilities
After reversing his original position, Gov. Scott Walker on Friday signed legislation to request more federal money to help unemployed people with disabilities find jobs faster.
Posted inEconomy, Government, Health & Welfare
Walker now backs funding for disabled workers
Gov. Scott Walker has announced plans to change course and seek full federal funding of a program that helps people with disabilities find jobs. Advocates at Disability Rights Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Rehabilitation Council credit a report by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism for new legislation aiming to fully fund the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, an arm of the state Department of Workforce Development.
Posted inEconomy, Government, Health & Welfare
State passes up federal disabilities aid for jobless, despite backlogs
Thousands of people with disabilities must wait for months to access state employment services, although the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation has not requested the full amount of federal funds available to it for the past three years, the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism has found.
Posted inEconomy, Government, Health & Welfare
Wait list long, caseloads high
Thousands of people with disabilities must wait for months to access state employment services, although the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation has not requested the full amount of federal funds available to it for the past three years, the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism has found.
Posted inA Frail System, Government, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety
Wisconsin nursing homes fail to report deaths, injuries
Attorneys for families of residents say that facilities’ failure to report serious injuries or deaths related to abuse or neglect is not uncommon. Far more often, they say, the state health department only learns about a case of alleged neglect or abuse after a family member files a complaint. Advocates for health care providers stress that incidents of neglect and abuse are extremely rare, and can come to regulators’ attention in a variety of ways.