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Informed Consent: Your Right to Know Thank You for Registering Keep your confirmation email in a safe place because it will contain the webinar link. If you cannot find your confirmation email please…

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Informed Consent: Your Right to Know Join us for a live webinar. This webinar will provide information about your right to know about your medical treatment, including medications your doctor may prescribe. We will talk about how…

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New California mental health court sees more than 100 petitions in first two months AP News An alternative mental health court to compel treatment for people with severe mental illness has received more than 100…

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Transition For Young Adults With Disabilities Is Complicated, But Some Steps Can Help Disability Scoop When Christopher McGeever was 22, he aged out of the educational services available to him and needed to…

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Census Bureau could redefine ‘disabilities’ amid controversy McKnights Senior Living The Census Bureau is planning to change how it collects disability data in the American Community Survey. Advocates say the…

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It’s January, 2023. I’m meeting a woman named Ileya Silva. We meet up at a library in Vacaville, about halfway between my home in the San Francisco Bay Area and hers in Sacramento

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California has seen a marked decline in the percentage of state employees with disabilities in recent years. According to the California Department of Human Resources website, the employment rate of disabled workers in the California state government dropped from 14.7% in December of 2017 to 8.8% in June of 2023 — a 40% decrease. Most of that decrease occurred during the administration of Gov. Gavin Newsom. 

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Su correo electrónico de confirmación contendrá su información de registro. Guarde este correo electrónico en un lugar seguro. Revise su carpeta de correo no deseado/basura para localizar el correo electrónico; si no recibe el correo electrónico, comuníquese con Elizabeth Campos a la dirección de correo electrónico o al número de teléfono que figuran a continuación. Si necesita alguna adaptación, comuníquese con la coordinadora de alcance Elizabeth Campos antes del 30 de octubre de 2023 al 916-504-5808 o Elizabeth.Campos@disabilityrightsca.org

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(Riverside, CA) - On October 13, 2023, Federal Court Judge Jesus Bernal ruled against Defendant Moreno Valley Unified School District (MVUSD), finding the district’s campus security program violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. This ruling is significant as it holds MVUSD accountable for its systemic discrimination against the over 4,000 students with disabilities in its care. The ruling affirms that MVUSD’s school police must comply with federal law and cannot discriminate against students with disabilities.

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Atención todos los clientes de centros regionales en el Valle Central: ¡Únase a la Oficina de Defensa de los Derechos de los Clientes en persona el miércoles 15 de noviembre para una conferencia y feria de recursos! Lo que aprenderás: La Oficina de Defensa de los Derechos de los Clientes, una unidad de Disability Rights California, invita a todos los clientes del centro regional, sus familias y otras personas en su círculo de apoyo a unirse a nosotros para cultivar poder y conocimiento sobre los derechos y servicios de las personas

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