More than 500,000 Minnesotans have some type of disability and the COVID-19 public health emergency has negatively impacted their rights and health. While some people with disabilities have significant health…
Tag: Social Security
Editor's Column - September 2010
Well, it’s September and, after that blast of Fall on Labor Day weekend, it feels like summer is over. Again, the state fair was great this year and we’ve got…
Social Security Administration - 75 yrs old!
Social Security is looking for your stories and reflections of how it has made a difference in your life (or your friends and families lives). We’d love to see some…
The Story of Us: 20 years of MN disability news coverage remembered, as covered by Access Press - Pt. 2
Minnesota, as told through the pages of Access Press, is one of victories and defeats, activism and accolades. Come with us on a trip back through the past two decades.…
Social Security Reform - Individual Accounts Would Reduce Disability Benefits
Four years ago, Access Press reported on the likely effects of “privatization”of Social Security on that program’s disability benefits (see “Social Security and Disability: What Privatization Means” August 1997). In…
November 1998 Issue
Articles/Contributors: Deaf Advocacy- New Services Planned, by Donna McNamara Department of Health to License PCA Services, by Ken Moses Editor’s Column, by Charlie Smith African American People with Disabilities –…