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Fw: Feds Fund Trackers For Kids With Autism, Wage Plan Leaves Out People With Disabilities and More News



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Workers With Disabilities Left Out Of Obama Wage Plan
Advocates are crying foul after learning that many individuals with disabilities will likely be left out of President Barack Obama's plan to hike the minimum wage for federal contractors.

Feds To Fund Tracking Devices For Kids With Autism
The Justice Department will make funding available immediately to provide free electronic tracking devices for kids with autism who are at risk of wandering.

Broadway Theaters Agree To Boost Accessibility
Some of Broadway's most iconic theaters are agreeing to make sweeping changes to improve accessibility for people with disabilities under a settlement with federal prosecutors.

In First, NCAA Coaches Using Basketball Court To Support Autism
Inspired by two college basketball coaches whose kids have autism, more than 80 NCAA coaches will join for a first-ever awareness day Saturday for the developmental disorder.

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Wheelchair facilities in Castlebar town park playground to become an issue

MAYO ADVERTISER, 

The playground in the new town park in Castlebar will come up for debate at next months meeting of Castlebar Town Council, with councillor Harry Barrett alleging that the playground was not up to standard in providing facilities for wheelchair users. Cllr Barrett said this week that he would be putting forward a motion to the meeting to see the level of wheelchair accessible facilities improved, even though some of his council colleagues and the council management believe the playground conforms to the needs of all users.

Cllr Barrett said: "Even if the council are satisfied with the playground, the public is not, and should have been consulted. Now the council are aware of what is wanted it is easy to rectify the problem with a few additions."

He went on to say: "The items are not specifically for the disabled, they are for children of all abilities, and as far as I am concerned, the playground in the new town park is a poor experience for the wheelchair users. I want to change this."

Barrett wants to see the inclusion of a wide embankment slide, an all ability trampoline, an all ability roundabout with a speed restrictor, two full support swing seats, one boat swing seat, and other wheelchair accessible seating

Fw: Justice Department Publishes Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Related to the ADA Amendments Act

 
 
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Subject: Justice Department Publishes Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Related to the ADA Amendments Act
 

The Justice Department has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) intended to revise the Department's Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) title II and title III regulations to implement the requirements of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. The comment period for the proposed rule closes on March 31, 2014. Congress passed the ADA Amendments Act in order to clarify the scope of the definition of disability under the ADA and to ensure that it would be easier for individuals seeking the protection of the ADA to establish that they have a disability that falls within the meaning of the statute.

To find out more about the ADA or this NPRM, call the Justice Department's toll-free ADA Information Line at 800-514-0301 or 800-514-0383 (TDD), or access its ADA.gov website.

 


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Olympic boxer Kenny Egan considers running for Fine Gael

Egan hopes to run for the party in this year's local elections to Dublin City Council

Kenneth Egan, who won a silver medal for Ireland at the 2008 Olympics, is 'in talks' with Fine Gael about representing the party in the local elections in May. Photograph: Lee Jae-Won/Reuters

Kenneth Egan, who won a silver medal for Ireland at the 2008 Olympics, is 'in talks' with Fine Gael about representing the party in the local elections in May. Photograph: Lee Jae-Won/Reuters

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Taoiseach Enda Kenny has welcomed the decision of Olympic silver medallist Kenny Egan to enter into talks to stand as a Fine Gael candidate in next May's local government elections.

Mr Kenny said it was "great news" for the party that potential candidates of the calibre of the Dublin-based boxer were interested in representing the party in this year's local elections .

"I think it is very positive. I think wherever we look around the country if we have one candidate who cannot stand for some reason next May we have six or eight people who want to step forward," he said.

"I can confirm that the Fine Gael party are having discussions with Kenny Egan, an outstanding athlete and a great ambassador for Ireland in the boxing ring in his Olympic days."

"It is not concluded yet but the party is talking to Ken. But I think it is a very positive development," said Mr Kenny.

Mr Egan, a Clondalkin native, is interested in running for Dublin City Council in the Blanchardstown area.

The 32-year-old won a silver medal in the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

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Trafficked woman 'was held as a slave in Belfast flat for five years by doctor'

A trafficked Asian woman was kept locked up as a slave for up to five years in a Belfast flat, a Stormont committee has been told.

The woman, originally from India, was held captive by a consultant paediatrician after being brought illegally to Northern Ireland.

She was not allowed out of the flat and spent her time cleaning and looking after five children – without any pay.

The horrific story emerged during a meeting of the Assembly's justicecommittee yesterday.

The committee was hearing evidence on the Human Trafficking and Exploitation Bill.

The Private Member's Bill, brought by DUP MLA Lord Morrow, aims to make it illegal to pay for sex in Northern Ireland while boosting support for victims of human trafficking.

Pamela Dooley from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions told the committee how she received aphone call from two members who were comforting the woman.

The woman explained that she had been brought to Northern Ireland illegally. She had lost track of time but believed she had been there for between three and five years.

She had not been allowed out of the flat and was not given any wages.

Ms Dooley told the committee: "She was locked into the place."

She added: "It wasn't about sex, it wasn't about prostitution, it was about using another woman as a slave. That is what I call trafficking."

It is not clear if the alleged captor was ever quizzed by police.

Asked if any charges were brought in the case, Ms Dooley replied: "He took himself off across the water very quickly."

The meeting also heard from Rachel Moran, a former prostitute who works with the Space International charity, which highlights the harm caused by prostitution.

Ms Moran told the committee how she was lured into the Republic's sex trade in her mid-teens, spending seven years as a prostitute.

Rejecting suggestions that some women enter prostitution through choice, Ms Moran said that in seven years in the sex industry she never met a woman who told her she was happy.

The law currently allows consenting adults to buy or sell sexual services in Northern Ireland, but many associated activities like organising prostitution, kerb crawling or soliciting in a public place are illegal.

Lord Morrow's Bill aims to combat human trafficking by outlawing the purchase – but not the sale – of sex.

BACKGROUND

Lord Morrow's proposed legislation, the Human Trafficking and Exploitation Bill, contains 19 clauses updating Northern Ireland's laws on prostitution and trafficking. The law could set a minimum two-year prison sentence for trafficking or slavery offences. It is based on a 15-year-old Swedish law which criminalises anyone who pays for sex.