COVID-19
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Education
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Links
World Health Organization: Disability Considerations during COVID-19
Southeast ADA Center: The ADA and Face Mask Policies
Resources for People with Disabilities
COVID Resources for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community: Click Here
COVID Explained by and for People with Disabilities: Click Here
Opportunities for Public Input
You can send information regarding your thoughts or experiences with the PAIMI program and the work of DRMS. We base our yearly goals and priorities on issues we’ve been called about, and input we receive from the public, in addition…
DRMS Assists Client in Successful Complaint Against a Worldwide Franchise
DISABILITY RIGHTS MISSISSIPPI Announces Resolution Agreement in Local KFC Discrimination Issue Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS), the protection and advocacy agency for the state, releases the announcement that after representing the Mrs. Bobbie Cole family in their dispute with a…
Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act
Rooted in Rights and Disability Rights Washington generously created for us a new video about HR 4547, the Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act. This is the bill that would create a new P&A for the representative payee program….
DRMS Releases Team Action Plans for FY2018 for public input
DRMS has drafted its annual plan for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins October 1, 2017. The proposed Education and Community Integration priorities, projects, and case selection criteria have been developed based on the calls, comments, questions, and requests we…
Speaking Up About Saving Medicaid!
The House of Representatives has passed, and the Senate may soon take up, legislation that cuts hundreds of billions of dollars from the Medicaid program to pay for tax cuts for big businesses and wealthy individuals. We need your help…