Raising awareness about current in-home caregiver crisis in Idaho

On Saturday, February 4, 2023, the Disability Action Center NW will hosting a free letter writing event to help people with disabilities tell their story to state legislators. The event will be held in the Lewiston office located at 330 5th Street. This advocacy campaign ...

Help with writing letters to state legislators will be offered Feb. 4

Disability Action Center Northwest is hosting a free letter writing event to help people with disabilities tell their stories to state legislators. The event will be held at 1 p.m. Feb. 4 at 330 Fifth St. in Lewiston. All supplies and free refreshments will be available. It ...

Spokane County residents bring up sidewalk safety concerns

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. – Who is liable for keeping sidewalks clear and what happens when that is not done? “I fell down and I knew that I needed to get across the street because I was afraid of another vehicle possibly behind that car,” Greg Szabo said. Last ...

Homeless brought up at City Council meeting

Dec. 6—Concerns about homeless individuals in cold and snowy weather was again brought to the attention of the Lewiston City Council during public comment at Monday’s work session. Michelle King, a homelessness advocate; Jolene Cliffe, of the Disability Action Center ...

Students help design first ADA accessible garden in the area

WSU INSIDER – School of Design and Construction students helped to design and build one of the first fully accessible garden plots in the Inland Northwest. The plot that meets ADA requirements is located at the Pullman Community Garden at Koppel Farm in Pullman. “This ...

Joint Letter to Key US Government Leadership

July 2022 Samantha Power, USAID Administrator Uzra Zeya, Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights Sarah Minkara, Special Advisor on International Disability Rights Kara McDonald, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, ...

City gets new suggestion for overnight shelter

By Elaine Williams Of the Lewiston Tribune, Jun 29, 2022 Homeless individuals displaced by a closure of the LC Valley Adult Resource Center’s temporary overnight shelter should be allowed to use the Lewiston Community Center during its off hours, as recommended by one ...

Stop blaming acts of mass violence on mental illness

In the aftermath of such events as the Uvalde school shooting, come inevitable and inaccurate attempts to pin the blame solely on mental illness. At a press event following the shooting, a senior Texas official said “Anybody who shoots somebody else has a mental health ...