Colorado families with children on ventilators and using feeding tubes say they continue to receive denials from Medicaid
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Posted inSocial Services
Colorado is so short on workers for people with disabilities that it’s starting a marketing campaign to find more
Aging parents who care for adult children with intellectual and developmental disabilities are struggling to find room in day programs as a staffing crisis results in cut hours, long waitlists
Posted inHealth
Medicaid denials for Colorado children with severe disabilities set off “sheer panic” among parents
The state Medicaid division announced a 60-day temporary delay on the denials but families want permanent, immediate action
Posted inEquity, News
Denver will pay $48,000 to settle claim that people with disabilities were overcharged to see Red Rocks shows
Denver will pay $47,950.90 to settle a discrimination claim that alleged wheelchair-accessible seats at Red Rocks Amphitheatre were more expensive than non-accessible seats in the iconic city-owned venue. Amy Fink, a concertgoer who after six years of cancer treatment uses a wheelchair, first brought the complaint to the U.S. Department of Justice after the cost […]
Posted inSunLit, SunLit Interviews
SunLit Interview: KM Merritt sought humor with heart for her heroes with disabilities
Kendra Merritt has relied on books as an escape for as long as she can remember. She used to hide fantasy novels behind her government textbook in high school, and she wrote most of her first novel during a semester of college algebra. Older and wiser now (but just as nerdy) she writes comedic fantasy […]
Posted inBook Excerpts, SunLit
SunLit Excerpt: In “Magic and Misrule,” an impromptu job fair draws mostly inept hero candidates
Becky let Vola and Henri spend the night in front of the fire in the common room since she didn’t have any rooms to rent. In the morning, Vola set herself up at one of the tables at the back of Tea and Tap Room, and Becky kept her tea cup full throughout the day. […]
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Last year, a teen chose surgery that left him only half of his brain. Today he’s a national chess master.
GOLDEN – Griffin McConnell hunches over the laptop in his bedroom, surrounded by posters and artifacts of a teen’s favored cultural distractions, and peers at his singular obsession. A chess board fills the touchscreen, along with a Zoom image of a young student on the other end of the internet connection, soaking in strategic lessons […]
Posted inHealth, News, Politics and Government
Colorado plans to expand experimental adult guardianship program despite complaints, scrutiny
The 73 adults assigned a guardian through a new state agency have dementia, intellectual disabilities, brain injuries and mental illnesses severe enough that a court has deemed them unable to make their own decisions. None have family or friends to care for them, so they have become wards of the Colorado Office of Public Guardianship, […]
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Medicaid payment issues plague host of Colorado caregivers and therapists who see low-income and disabled patients
Payment issues in Colorado’s Medicaid system extend beyond mental health therapists who’ve been raising alarm for months that they aren’t receiving timely reimbursement for seeing patients who are low-income or have disabilities. As the state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing tries to tamp down a string of payment debacles with mental health professionals, […]
Posted inArts, Coloradans, News, Opinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: The Oscars took the collective breath away from people with disabilities. And not in a good way.
Perhaps you caught the Academy Awards on a Sunday last month, when glass ceilings crumbled amidst necessary and deserved representation of diverse artists. Nine of 20 acting nominees were BIPOC performers. The first female of color won an Oscar for directing. The first Black stylists won for best makeup and hairstyling. It’s no endpoint, but […]