Healing Voices, a social action documentary that is changing the conversation about mental health, will screen in Little Rock and Fayetteville in August. The Little Rock screenings are August 8 at 2:30pm and 8:00pm at 3 Statehouse Plaza (Ouachita Room in the Conference Center) and August 9 at 1:00pm at the Mount Sequoyah-Martin Chapel, 150 […]
DRA’s comments on the proposed rulemaking regarding the ARChoices in Homecare and Home and Community-Based 2176 Waiver, Rule 21.100 were submitted July 25, 2018. To read DRA’s comments, see below:
Assistedliving.org is a website that provides information and resources about assisted living nationwide, and is set up so that you can obtain information on a state-by-state basis. To find out more, go to: Assisted Living For information specific to Arkansas, you can go to: Assisted Living- Arkansas
A series of inclusive job fairs will be taking place across Arkansas in July and August 2018. For more information, please see the flyer below (including contact information for the coordinator of the job fairs, at the bottom of the page):
DHS will be holding public hearings across the state in July to solicit input about the ARChoices program. Craig Cloud, Director of the Division of Provider Services and Quality Assurance, and Mark White, Deputy Director of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services, will be speaking at these events. For more information, including […]
Consumer Affairs published an article earlier this year that compared electric wheelchairs. This article also provided a lot of generalized information about electric wheelchairs. Disability Rights Arkansas does not make recommendations about the purchase of goods or services, but is providing this information as a resource. Click the link below to go to the article: […]
NOTE: the updates provided in this article are all links to articles published by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, as this story continues to evolve: UPDATE 6/1/18: DHS freezes home-based care sign-ups; order results in backlog of unprocessed applications UPDATE 5/24/18: State agency found in contempt of court over rule changes UPDATE 5/22/18: Arkansas judge orders state to end care-hours […]
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette published an article in Sunday’s paper (May 13, 2018) regarding the current state of employment for people with disabilities. The article explores the Arkansas Promise program, which helps students with disabilities in finding meaningful career paths, and the history of the sheltered workshop system in Arkansas. It explains the United States Department of […]
“A Purpose in Life: Why Employment First Matters to Self-Advocates” is the title of a publication by Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) and Green Mountain Self-Advocates. This publication defines and explains the concept of “employment first” and shares the perspectives of peer leaders in the Employment First movement about why employment is a critical component of […]
