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MOSCOW, ID – Disability Action Center NW received a $17,500.00 grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation for providing access to ramps in the Palouse region. This Quality of Life grant will help to support the Ramp Up WA-Idaho program in collaboration with ...
Woman makes most of being a chair user by raising awareness for those with disabilities By BRIAN WALKER/Staff Writer POST FALLS — To see the world through Jessica Workman’s eyes, you’d have to be in a wheelchair navigating broken-up sidewalks, dodging spray from ...
People are people, and when someone, like Sandpoint Police Chief Corey Coon and City Administrator Jennifer Stapleton, step up to ensure that is the case, they deserve to be recognized, said Mark Leeper, executive director of Disability Action Center NW. In recognition of ...
A local veteran is closer than ever to a positive outcome thanks to the help of Sandpoint resident and advocate, Cecelia Myers. She and Bill Yeager, a disabled vet in desperate need of a service dog, recently received confirmation from Leader Dogs for the Blind of Rochester ...
A new federal labor rule that was heralded as a victory for home health workers has aggravated a severe shortage of caregivers, disrupting care for our most vulnerable residents. Agencies that employ home care workers have to limit hours to avoid paying overtime, because ...
Virgil Edwards has labored to make his manufactured home comfortable and attractive. He put long hours into the landscaping and whimsical decor, and figured it was worth something – a few thousand dollars, at least – as he prepared to move on. But Edwards, 66, was ...
Although veteran Bill Yeager is still walking solo with the help of his white cane, he may have another chance for a guide dog if advocates Cecilia and Don Myers, and the City of Sandpoint have any say in the matter. In April, Yeager, who is legally blind after suffering a ...
Is your website accessible? This is a great question and a great end goal. Web accessibility is mandated in some areas of the world, and everyone should take the time to test their own website for accessibility. Disabilities vary, of course, so the set up for color ...
Coeur d’Alene Press Posted: Monday, March 28, 2016 12:00 am By DEVIN HEILMAN/Staff Writer COEUR d’ALENE — The east side of Tubbs Hill could be the future site of a kayak launch that is accessible to people with disabilities. According to Coeur d’Alene ...
Recently my housemate was on crutches after knee surgery. She had a temporary but clear disability, one that all the world could see. I live with major mental illness, a disability that has – at least for now – ended my working career. My disability is unseen but sometimes ...
