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Victor Santiago Pineda was born in Caracas, Venezuela, to, Julio Cesar Pineda, a law professor, TV anchor of Globovision and former Venezuelan Ambassador to Kuwait, South Korea, and Libya [4] and Dubravka Purkarevic, a visiting professor at the US Naval Postgraduate School (NS) [5] and former Miss Venezuela.
The city of Los Angeles will pay nearly $40 million for misusing federal housing grants when it created affordable housing that was not accessible to people with disabilities, according to an ...
Wayfinder Family Services (WFS), Founded in 1953 [1] as the Foundation for the Junior Blind and previously known as Junior Blind, [2] is a United States–based nonprofit organization for services for the blind. The organization's mission is to help children and adults who are blind, visually impaired, or multi-disabled achieve independence.
American Foundation for the Blind (1921) – primarily serves the blind population and focuses on advocacy and services. The Arc of the United States – A national organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. ARC Association for Real Change (1976) – supports the providers of the individuals with learning ...
Instituted a new hiring program for people with severe disabilities at the University of California, Berkeley. Developed the first Operational Plan for the Department. Appointed Dr. Carolyn Vash as Chief Deputy Director. Dr. Vash was the first person with a severe disability and the first female to hold a top-level position in the Department.
Los Angeles Preschool Advocacy Initiative A multi-year effort since 2007 with the David and Lucille Packard Foundation to increase access to quality early care and education for underserved communities and to support efforts that address the child care and development needs of children, ages 0–5.
The authors recommend police adopt specific training to address people with disabilities, and they argue that public discussion of police brutality should consider the intersection of disability ...
According to state data on “Missing and Unidentified Persons” analyzed by NBC News and the Dock Ellis Foundation, a nonprofit that provides education and resources to families of missing ...