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Mar 29, 2013 — Audie Cornish talks with Chana Joffe-Walt of the Planet Money team about her series on federal disability benefits.
Mar 28, 2013 — In a continuing exploration of the nation's disability system, Planet Money looks at one of the fastest growing categories of disability recipients: children. The number of children on the program for poor disabled families is five times what it was 25 years ago.
Mar 27, 2013 — Planet Money looks at company called PCG which state governments hire to move people off of welfare and onto disability. States hire PCG to do this because states pay part of the bill for welfare, but don't pay for people on disability.
Mar 26, 2013 — As part of our continuing series on the rapid rise in the number of people receiving federal disability payments, we explore the world of disability lawyers.
Mar 25, 2013 — As part of our continuing series on the rapid rise in the number of people receiving federal disability payments, we visit Hale County, Ala., where nearly one in four working-age people are on disability.
Special Series Disability Matters: Find disability resources and links on this special page created for a Sound Partners collaboration between North Country Public Radio and North Country centers for independent living.
Books: The Ha-Ha
Jan 03, 2007 — Dave King's debut novel The Ha-Ha is this year's selection for the "one community, one book" project "North Country Reads." The program's goal is to get people in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties reading and discussing one book. Todd Moe talks with Dave King about his award-wining novel that explores war, family, disability and love. Go to full article
Readers & Writers: Jonathan Lethem, Motherless Brooklyn
Nov 02, 2006 — Lionel Essrog, a detective with Tourette's Syndrome, is this novel's protagonist. His job is to track down the murderer of his boss. Nicknamed "Freakshow," Essrog's Brooklyn is shaped by his tics, and the compelling backstory that leads to his work at a detective agency and his devotion to his fallen employer. Lethem's novel allows us to see the world through the eyes of a man whose disability disturbs utterly the lives of every person he meets. Go to full article
Readers & Writers: A Whole New Life, Reynolds Price
Oct 05, 2006 — In the opening program of the new Readers & Writers season, "People First," literature by and about people with disabilities, author Reynolds Price joins hosts Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson to talk about his book A Whole New Life. In 1984, Price was diagnosed with a cancer of the spine that he thought of as an "alien and deadly eel," with a chilling and painful prognosis: In six months he would be a paraplegic, six months later a quadriplegic, and six months after that he would be dead. Modern medicine, religion, and hypnosis combined to save Price's life, control his pain, and permit him a rich and creative life. Go to full article
Counties demonstrate disability accessible voting machines
Sep 01, 2006 — New York State has lagged far behind the country in replacing its lever voting machines. Now New York's counties are scrambling to comply with their part of HAVA - the Help... Go to full article
NY Senators Pledge to Pass "Timothy's Law"
Jun 30, 2006 — Advocates for parity for mental health insurance scored a partial victory when the State Senate promised to act on the bill known as Timothy's Law when Senators return to... Go to full article
On Horseback, for Body and Spirit
Jun 23, 2006 — Therapeutic riding programs put children and adults who might otherwise never get their feet into stirrups on horseback. It's fun -- with a purpose. The skills needed to... Go to full article
A Day in Mental Health Court
Jun 18, 2006 — The Champlain Valley chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness gives its top award to Judge Penelope Clute in Plattsburgh tonight. It's an unusual partnership. The... Go to full article
Senate Overrides Pataki's Veto of Prescription Drug Bill
Feb 08, 2006 — The state Senate yesterday overrode the Governor's veto of a bill that extended prescription drug coverage to those affected by confusion over the new Medicaid part D drug... Go to full article
Disability on the Farm
Dec 29, 2005 — This week we're hearing audio diaries. Today's is a part of our year-long series Disability Matters, looking at the issues facing people with disabilities in the North... Go to full article
Public Weighs in on New Voting Machines
Dec 14, 2005 — New York State is under federal mandate to have new voting machines on line by next November's elections under the Federal Help America Vote Act. But the State Board of... Go to full article
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