COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A non-profit group in the DMV offers young people with disabilities a chance to participate in recreational and athletic activities. With 54 monthly sessions across the greater DC area, the group serves 500 participants. It is…
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Maryland residents eligible for free medical equipment
The Maryland Durable Medical Equipment Re-Use Program provides Maryland residents with donated equipment — such as wheelchairs, walkers, hospital beds, scooters and even pediatric equipment that have been sanitized and repaired — at no cost.
Biased landlords ignore disability rights, uphold segregation, activists say
WASHINGTON — Disability, race, gender, mental illness, and criminal history are used by landlords against low-income renters to deny access to public housing. That’s according to Lydia Brown, a fellow with Washington’s Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health…
Ballet Class Offers Hope for Disabled Children
At the Maryland Youth Ballet there is a program called Music and Motion that provides therapeutic ballet classes to dancers with physical disabilities.
Paratransit Riders Frustrated, MTA Under Scrutiny
Maryland Transit Administration’s paratransit service Mobility is working to make changes to serve customers and national standards
Rockville Athletic Facility Uses Innovative Gaming Technology to Train Clients
Fitness for Health in Rockville is replacing the “work” in working out with “fun” with their “gamer-cising” equipment. The trainers work with all types of clients, from 3 to 95, and with professional athletes to people with autism and cerebral palsy.