Detroit disability advocates on city's plan to cut paratransit: "They can't do that"
ID: A wheelchair user wearing a grey button down and jeans and is pictured looking a their phone. Dessa Cosma, executive director of...
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Council agrees with disability advocates to ‘slow down’ transit pilots
ID: An electric scooter is pictured on the curb on Michigan Avenue in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood. Representatives with Detroit...
Detroit City Council has 1 week to vote on paratransit contract
ID: Screenshot of headline in the Detroit Free Press, the title reads "Detroit City Council has 1 week to vote on paratransit contract."...
Proposed bills would address long-term elevator outages in apartment buildings
ID: Picture of an elevator with an "out of order" sign taped on it. Below the photo it reads "proposed bills would address long-term...
Michiganders with disabilities are living in poverty, struggling to afford basics
ID: Jamie Junior, a disability advocate, shares the transportation challenges she faces as a person using a wheelchair. Photo Credit:...
Shortage of accessible housing leaves disabled Detroiters with few options
ID: “Baba” Baxter Jones in the yard outside the Coronado Apartments, where he’s lived since 2013. Photo credit: Aaron Mondry. Jones is...
Barrier Free Futures: Dessa Cosma
Dessa Cosma, Executive Director of Detroit Disability Power, discusses the challenges and triumphs of facing persons with disabilities...
Promote the Vote ballot initiative gathers nearly 670,000 signatures for November election
Read Full Article Here Voting rights is one step closer to appearing on Michigan’s November ballot. Promote the Vote submitted 669,972...
Michigan Disability Group: Tips for more inclusive political campaigns, elections
Read Full Article Here With the 2022 elections nearing, groups in Michigan are working to educate political campaigns on how to become...
Detroit City Council approves 2023 fiscal year budget
Read full article here "Several attendees during public comment urged council members to allocate funding for disability needs. Kaci...
Final State Disability Assistance Program rules posted
"The change would let interviews conducted during the application process to take place over the phone instead of just in-person....
Experts: Michigan budget supplemental is the 1st step in addressing housing crisis
“Affordable housing is for those whose household income is at or below the median. In 2020, the median Michigan household income was...
Southwest Michigan advocate to participate on housing justice panel
“Senior Policy Analyst, Michigan League for Public Policy and the report's author, Julie Cassidy, were joined by: • Lisa Dedden Cooper,...
The housing gap for Michigan’s senior, disabled residents
“The report notes that Michigan is one of the fastest aging states in the nation, with one in four residents turning 65 by 2035. At the...
The difference between person-first and identity-first language; Why we say 'people with...'
To read the full story visit bit.ly/identity_first_pwd "Person-first and identity-first language: Ok, let’s talk about how to undo some...
Michigan health officials don't track COVID among people with disabilities despite high risk...
Watch the story at bit.ly/mi_coviddatacapture “People with disabilities are at higher risk of death. It depends on a person’s disability,...
Letter: Detroit must fund Office of Disability Affairs budget to expand access to services
“We need the ODA to be a success story. We want our community to be able to access what Detroit has to offer and to offer back our...
Opinion: What Biden's plan to boost home care services means for the disability community
12/5/21 “The Build Back Better plan could create 400,000 new jobs, including jobs for caretakers who are currently unpaid family members...
Detroit City Council call on Mayor to stop working with attorney who mocked activist with disability
11/10/21 “Detroit City Council members are set to vote Tuesday on a resolution that calls on Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration to stop...
How Detroit is addressing barriers faced by voters with disabilities
11/1/21 “Having a document on the website that is not accessible to screen readers harms people's access to voting, particularly the...
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