What we gained, what remains

Editor’s note: Access Press asked several disability community leaders to comment on the 2012 session of the Minnesota Legislature. On […]

Greyhound settles complaint

Greyhound Lines, Inc. will make changes in the ways it trains employees to work with passengers with disabilities in Minnesota. […]

Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota, a leader in statewide workforce development, presented its Participant of the Year award to a longtime Willmar […]

There is a contemporary flavor to newspaper reports of the debate in the 1879 legislature about what to do about […]

On Wednesday, June 27, a public forum on disability disclosure in employment will be held at the Ramsey County Library […]

VSA Minnesota, which has served Minnesotans with disabilities since 1986, is making difficult cuts. Elimination of its newsletter, arts access […]

Standout wheelchair athlete Rose Hollerman has settled her legal dispute with the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL). The settlement […]

Minnesota Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (MN-CCD) is a public policy coalition that works to influence state policies to improve […]

We were pleased to see some of the cuts from 2011 reversed. We thank leaders from both parties who worked […]

Several laws were passed this year that impact children and adults with mental illnesses and their families. One of the […]

ApplyMN is single online application for help Minnesota residents can now apply for public assistance through one application. Minnesotans […]

There’s a gap in Chuck Ryan’s personal timeline. His last conscious memory is of walking across a parking lot one […]

Minneapolis resident Lance Hegland will use a $75,000 Bush Foundation fellowship to study and address independent-living challenges in the Twin […]

In the event of a natural disaster, nursing homes are woefully unprepared to protect frail residents in a according to […]

Nominations for the 2012 Charlie Smith Award are being taken by Access Press, Minnesota’s disability community newspaper. The newspaper’s Board […]