Disability Rights Florida

People with disabilities face a lot of barriers, and we know what we need and want better than anyone else. So it's important to let people know what our needs are. Watch this video to learn tips to be your own effective advocate: https://bit.ly/3N5NBsq

“A nearly 90-year-old federal law from the Fair Labor Standards Act that allows employers to pay Disabled people less than the minimum wage, sometimes just cents on the dollar. At last, Congress is seriously considering legislation that would end this relic of the New Deal, better known as Section 14(c), which confines Disabled people to a lifetime of poverty and segregation.” Learn more about this issue: https://bit.ly/3AxXpJ3

We see a future where employees with disabilities are paid fairly and equally. ?? A future where there is an end to sheltered work. Learn why people with disabilities can make only pennies per hour, and what advocates want to see changed: https://bit.ly/3YcHrMa

Upcoming Webinar - Hearing Preparation: Witnesses and Documents: https://bit.ly/4fVQUPk Webinar Summary: As a continuation of our series Navigating Medicaid Waivers and Fair Hearings, this webinar focuses on gathering witnesses and the necessary documents in preparation of your hearing. This webinar will teach self-advocates: - How to identify which witnesses to call to testify at your hearing. - How to craft questions for your witnesses. - How to identify which documents to use in your fair hearing. - How to cross examine witnesses from the other side. When: Wednesday, December 4, 2024 from 11 am – noon Register for the Zoom webinar: https://bit.ly/4fVQUPk Accessibility: - ASL interpreters - CART English and translated captioning Additional Information: The webinar will be recorded. The recording will be posted on our website and YouTube channel. No certificates or credits will be provided.

Disability Rights Florida is a special kind of organization called a Protection and Advocacy agency (or P&A for short). P&As like ours were created in response to the Willowbrook expose and fierce advocacy by institutionalized people with disabilities and their families. Learn more about this history on our podcast: https://bit.ly/3QGqVjL

Want to request an accommodation at work but don't know where to start? Check out our 'Know Your Rights Fact Sheet: How to Request a Work Accommodation' to learn more ? https://bit.ly/4epeiEa

Disability Rights Florida Podcast Encore Episode ??? The Intersection of Disability and Reproductive Justice - with Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, Rebecca Cokley, Keith Jones, and Heather Watkins Today we have another encore episode of You First. This is the second of four encore episodes as we’re taking a bit of a break from producing new episodes. Now this episode, "The Intersection of Disability and Reproductive Justice," is by far our most popular episode – and by a significant margin! But in case you missed it back in August of 2022, count your lucky stars because here it is again. Roe v Wade was overturned not long before we recorded this episode, and we wanted to take a deep dive into how the overturning affects the disability community. Maddie hosted this episode and led an incredible conversation with activists Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, Rebecca Cokley, Keith Jones, and Heather Watkins about how the ruling affects them, the disability community as a whole, and other marginalized groups, especially in ways that you may not have considered. And it’s all just as relevant today as it was when we recorded it. Please note that this conversation discusses heavy themes and references systems of oppression such as racism and ableism, infanticide, abortion, and forced sterilization. Listen or read the transcript on our website or wherever you get your podcasts: https://bit.ly/3CauCL9 Image Description: You First Podcast Episode Graphic. Morénike, Rebecca, Keith, and Heather all Smiling. Title and guest info from caption on graphic. Logo for You First Podcast, a Disability Rights Florida Podcast on graphic. #DisabilityPodcast

Disability Rights Florida has ways that we can help individuals who have a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Visit our website to learn more: https://bit.ly/3O6Ibyb

Did you know? ?? Florida Medicaid now covers incontinence supplies! After settling a case against Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration, Disability Rights Florida and the Florida Health Justice Project secured supplies coverage for those needing them on Medicaid, no matter how old you are or whether you are on a Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) waiver or not.? Learn more on our website: https://bit.ly/40rCulw

We've done so many great webinars this year ???? Visit our website to watch the recordings or view the PowerPoint slides! https://bit.ly/35JW1Q2