Jefferson resident Brianna James speaks on behalf of her 26-year-old sister, Callie Moore, at a press conference on March 30 about how Medicaid waiver services have allowed Moore to live on her own despite her disabilities.
by Riley Bunch
ATLANTA — Some Georgia families have waited more than a...
Gracie Joy Noblesby Riley Bunch
ATLANTA - A bill that would protect organ access for Georgians with disabilities is on its way to the governor’s desk.
Better known as “Gracie’s Law,” the bill sponsored by Milledgeville Republican Rep. Rick Williams would open up an immediate pathway through...
The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities joins entities in our state and across the country in horror and mourning at the recent murders of people of Asian descent in Atlanta. This heartbreaking loss of life has occurred during an ongoing, widespread uptick in hate crimes and...
March 4, 2021, Written by Trelani Michelle
Any good visual artist, writer, musician, or dancer will tell you that the process of creating is deeply spiritual. Artists are vessels for the ancestors to communicate. Like when they told Shimoda Donna Emanuel that she wants to learn how to make...
Click image above to view Channel Two Action News VideoATLANTA — There are new plans to vaccinate even more Georgians. Governor Brian Kemp announced five new mass vaccination sites that will open in the just a few weeks, The closest to the metro area is in Bartow County. The governor also...
Nick Papadopoulos, one of the people in the “6,000 Waiting” documentary, is seen in his room at a Georgia nursing facility. “Just keep at it; what else is there,” he says in the film about advocacy.By Phillip Modesitt and Deandra Mouzon, Posted on February 26, 2021
One Atlanta organization is...
February 17, 2021: Freezing temperatures and the threat of icy roads couldn’t keep legislators away from the Gold Dome as they kicked off yet another week of the Session. Both chambers OK’d a small slate of bills followed by a packed afternoon (and cafeteria). As the clock ticks closer toward...
There's a push to get vaccines by families of people with developmental disabilitiesand developmental disabilities were not included until 1C. That means he could get the vaccine sooner as a grocery store employee than those with Down syndrome, even though the disease puts someone at severe...
