A longtime advocate for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities is the 2016 Access Press Charlie Smith Award winner. Clifford Poetz has been a disability rights activist since the early 1970s, with many remarkable accomplishments to his credit. He will…
Day: September 9, 2016
Metro Transit must allow data access
Metro Transit must provide a bus passenger with disabilities and his attorney with access to data from a 2013 incident, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled August 24. The ruling is a win for bus passenger Robert Burks and…
Minnesota sends 11 - 2016 Paralympics faced major challenges
As 11 Minnesotans prepared to attend the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, news reports indicated that the games faced major challenges, budget cuts and the unexpected closure of…
Editor's Column - September 2016
As I started writing this month’s editorial, I knew I wanted to avoid starting out with my continuing concerns about the critical shortage of direct support staff (DSP) personal care attendants (PCAs) in the…
Meet the 2016 Charlie Smith Award nominees
TRAIL blazes transportation path Accessible transportation is crucial to independence and life in the greater community. Eden Prairie-based Transportation Resource to Aid Independent Living, Inc. or TRAIL, has provided much-needed transportation…