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 ...
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, 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Did you know … People with disabilities have a higher lifetime prevalence of experiencing abuse than people without disabilities. People with disabilities experience violent crime at twice the rate of people without disabilities. People with disabilities are three ...
BOISE – The Idaho Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ICDHH), Northwest ADA Center of Idaho and law enforcement partners have developed a new communication card to help individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing exchange information with law enforcement. The new ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...