Disability Rights Mississippi
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Mississippi's Protection & Advocacy agency for people with disabilities.
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The organization’s leaders said they can see the available funds in the online portal and are resuming taking new cases.
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Disability rights group resumes services - Mississippi Today
The organization’s leaders said they can see the available funds in the online portal and are resuming taking new cases.
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May 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The organization’s leaders said they can see the available funds in the online portal and are resuming taking new cases.
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You may remember Michael Hickson, a Black disabled man who was denied life-saving care in early Covid.
His estate’s case is before the conservative Fifth Circuit of Appeals, where judges could gut disability rights in healthcare. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
His estate’s case is before the conservative Fifth Circuit of Appeals, where judges could gut disability rights in healthcare. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The case that could gut disabled people's right to equal health care
The notoriously conservative Fifth Circuit will rule on whether it's a civil rights violation to deny a quadriplegic man a ventilator.
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May 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
You may remember Michael Hickson, a Black disabled man who was denied life-saving care in early Covid.
His estate’s case is before the conservative Fifth Circuit of Appeals, where judges could gut disability rights in healthcare. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
His estate’s case is before the conservative Fifth Circuit of Appeals, where judges could gut disability rights in healthcare. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Disability Rights Mississippi pauses new cases due to funding delay
Disability Rights Mississippi pauses new cases due to funding delay
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) announced that it would have to stop taking new cases as of May 1, 2025. DRMS officials said promised federal funding for the 2025…
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May 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Disability Rights Mississippi pauses new cases due to funding delay
With deep regret, we must inform you that we will temporarily stop accepting new cases as of May 1, 2025. Due to delays in the release of our current-year funding from federal sources, DRMS must make difficult decisions to ensure we can continue serving our existing clients.
May 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
With deep regret, we must inform you that we will temporarily stop accepting new cases as of May 1, 2025. Due to delays in the release of our current-year funding from federal sources, DRMS must make difficult decisions to ensure we can continue serving our existing clients.
Today seems like a great time to remind everyone - and we mean everyone - that people on the autism spectrum are brilliant, vibrant, loving, and productive members of their communities and our society. They play baseball, write poems, date and get married, work, and, yes, even pay taxes.
April 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Today seems like a great time to remind everyone - and we mean everyone - that people on the autism spectrum are brilliant, vibrant, loving, and productive members of their communities and our society. They play baseball, write poems, date and get married, work, and, yes, even pay taxes.
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Holding unlicensed personal care homes accountable, Disability Rights Mississippi calls for new legislation
Holding unlicensed personal care homes accountable, Disability Rights Mississippi calls for new legislation
“Close loopholes in occupancy that allow operators to avoid regulation. Next, define personal care homes clearly in our state laws to ensure all facilities fall under regulatory oversight,” said Tribble.
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January 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Holding unlicensed personal care homes accountable, Disability Rights Mississippi calls for new legislation
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Supporters of sub minimum wage are flooding the government with comments to maintain the program that keeps people with disabilities in poverty! We need your help to fight back. Please tell the government to end the 14(c) program www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Employment of Workers With Disabilities Under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or Act) authorizes the Secretary of Labor to issue certificates allowing employers to pay productivity-based subminimum wages to workers with disabilities, but only ...
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January 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Supporters of sub minimum wage are flooding the government with comments to maintain the program that keeps people with disabilities in poverty! We need your help to fight back. Please tell the government to end the 14(c) program www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Disability Rights Mississippi has released a new public report, “Unlicensed Personal Care Homes in Mississippi: A Crisis of Neglect, Financial Exploitation, and Unsafe Living Conditions.”
Read the full press release here: www.drms.ms/news/press-r...
Read the full press release here: www.drms.ms/news/press-r...
January 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Disability Rights Mississippi has released a new public report, “Unlicensed Personal Care Homes in Mississippi: A Crisis of Neglect, Financial Exploitation, and Unsafe Living Conditions.”
Read the full press release here: www.drms.ms/news/press-r...
Read the full press release here: www.drms.ms/news/press-r...
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Happy Birthday Judith Heumann!
Visit here to view a Ted Talk by the mother of Disability Rights:
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Visit here to view a Ted Talk by the mother of Disability Rights:
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Our fight for disability rights -- and why we're not done yet
Four decades ago, Judith Heumann helped to lead a groundbreaking protest called the Section 504 sit-in -- in which disabled-rights activists occupied a federal building for almost a month, demanding greater accessibility for all. In this personal, inspiring talk, Heumann tells the stories behind the protest -- and reminds us that, 40 years on, there's still work left to do.
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December 18, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Happy Birthday Judith Heumann!
Visit here to view a Ted Talk by the mother of Disability Rights:
www.ted.com/talks/ju...
Visit here to view a Ted Talk by the mother of Disability Rights:
www.ted.com/talks/ju...
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There's no reason to delay. We know there are better treatments than this terrible practice. It's time to #StopTheShock www.disabilityscoop.com/2024/12/09/f...
FDA Under Pressure To Finalize Ban On Shock Devices For People With Developmental Disabilities
With the White House set to change hands, advocates are calling on the FDA to finalize a ban on the use of devices that administer electric shocks to address behavior issues in those with disabilities...
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December 9, 2024 at 6:46 PM
There's no reason to delay. We know there are better treatments than this terrible practice. It's time to #StopTheShock www.disabilityscoop.com/2024/12/09/f...
There are enough barriers in the way for voters with disabilities in Mississippi, ones that we fight against every election cycle. Those are not acceptable, nor is this additional overstep.
Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson said the deadline for curing ballots and for circuit clerks to receive ballots from the state’s Nov. 26 runoffs would be Dec. 4, despite state offices being closed for two days for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Some Runoff Ballots Won’t Be Counted After Deadline Change
Some votes in Mississippi’s judicial runoffs will not be counted after the Secretary of State shortened a deadline, civil-rights groups say.
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December 6, 2024 at 6:42 PM
There are enough barriers in the way for voters with disabilities in Mississippi, ones that we fight against every election cycle. Those are not acceptable, nor is this additional overstep.
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Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson said the deadline for curing ballots and for circuit clerks to receive ballots from the state’s Nov. 26 runoffs would be Dec. 4, despite state offices being closed for two days for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Some Runoff Ballots Won’t Be Counted After Deadline Change
Some votes in Mississippi’s judicial runoffs will not be counted after the Secretary of State shortened a deadline, civil-rights groups say.
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December 6, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson said the deadline for curing ballots and for circuit clerks to receive ballots from the state’s Nov. 26 runoffs would be Dec. 4, despite state offices being closed for two days for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Mail-in absentee ballots are a crucial tool for many voters, especially voters with disabilities. To shorten the time for these legally cast ballots to be counted diminishes the voting rights of Mississippians with disabilities.
Groups question why Wednesday, instead of Thursday is the cutoff for counting absentee votes as a close court election hangs in the balance.
Civil rights organizations ask Secretary Watson to explain mail-in ballot 'confusion'
Groups question why Wednesday, instead of Thursday is the cutoff for counting absentee votes as a close court election hangs in the balance.
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December 5, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Mail-in absentee ballots are a crucial tool for many voters, especially voters with disabilities. To shorten the time for these legally cast ballots to be counted diminishes the voting rights of Mississippians with disabilities.
Hello, Blue Sky! We're DRMS, the protection and advocacy agency for people with disabilities in Mississippi. We are fighting for full inclusion for Mississippians with disabilities in home, community, education, and employment.
November 20, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Hello, Blue Sky! We're DRMS, the protection and advocacy agency for people with disabilities in Mississippi. We are fighting for full inclusion for Mississippians with disabilities in home, community, education, and employment.