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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

BySteve 2021-03-252021-03-25

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (formerly called P.L. 94-142 or the Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975) requires public schools to make available to all eligible children with disabilities a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment appropriate to their individual needs. IDEA requires public school systems to develop…

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National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care

BySteve 2021-04-01

The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care was formed as NCCNHR (National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform) in 1975 because of public concern about substandard care in nursing homes. The Consumer Voice is the outgrowth of work ﬁrst achieved by advocates working for Ralph Nader and later for the National Gray Panthers. Elma…

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I donated a kidney… and you can too

ByDNW Contributors 2022-03-082022-03-08

I was sitting on the bed in our master bedroom reading the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle in December 2017, when I read about a woman in Ft. Lauderdale, FL who needed a kidney. I instantly thought: “I wonder if that could be me.” Fifteen years earlier my cousin Ann received a kidney from her best…

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