Freedom Resource Center doesn’t take being the premier leader of disability rights in the region lightly. We offer five core services; each one providing individuals with the resources and skills…
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Congress took significant steps in its efforts to destroy the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 (HR 620), sponsored by Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX), if passed,…
“There are three tasks that matter in this lifetime,” according to Harry Roberts, a Yurok Indian-trained shaman, naturalist, cowboy, and Irish curmudgeon. “The first task, though not the most important task,…
Admiral Jim Stockdale, was the highest ranking United States military officer in the “Hanoi Hilton” prisoner-of-war camp during the height of the Vietnam War. Tortured over 20 times during his…
To all of you who are struggling with grief, sadness, despair or anxiety, it only takes a pinhole of light and change has the opportunity to present itself and you…
Many home health care provider are telling their patients that Medicare can’t be used for home health care but that is incorrect. Federal law requires Medicare to pay indefinitely for home…
[image description: a pathway to the entrance to an apartment building has not been cleared of snow. Footprints are in the snow showing that…
The Trump administration — reversing guidelines put in place under President Barack Obama — is scaling back the use of fines against nursing homes that harm residents or place them in…
“What if—regardless of the intensity of your anxiety (or depression, addiction, compulsions)—you are a healthy person simply experiencing anxious, depressed, and/or addictive thinking? What if anxiety doesn’t come from the…
“Being an advocate is about using your voice to make a difference.” Being an advocate doesn’t mean you have to quit your job, write big checks to politicians or rush…