Rights Here, Rights Now!

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Rights Here, Rights Now!

Rights Here, Rights Now! is a disAbility Law Center of Virginia podcast. The disAbility Law Center of Virginia is the protection and advocacy agency for people with disabilities in Virginia. This is the trailer episode where we discuss the purpose of the podcast and what is to come! Full episode transcription in episode details.

01/11/2022

Repost Episode: All About the State Budget

As we prepare for the 2022 Virginia General Assembly, we hope you all can learn about the Virginia State Budget budget in this repost episode, where we speak with dLCV staff member, Rhonda Thissen. It is a dense topic, but very important to learn how finances work within the state and how to best advocate for the services and funding that you need! If you enjoy this episode please subscribe and leave us a review! You can also follow us on Twitter @disAbilitylawVA and be sure to share this episode with your friends. Full transcript available at www.dlcv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Rights-Here-Rights-Now-Episode-5-All-About-The-State-Budget-Transcription.txt

33 min
09/28/2021

Interview with Ryann Mason Pt. 2 All About Sex and Disability

Ryann Mason, Ms. Wheelchair Virginia, is BACK today to talk all about Sex and Disability. Ryann is many things, one of them being a sex educator, and she is passionate about talking about sex and disability as it is rarely talked about. Ryann goes deep with us today on this topic. You can find Ryann on Instagram at Chronically Ry. Full transcript available on www.dlcv.org. Find us on Facebook and on Twitter!

23 min
09/21/2021

Interview with Ryann Mason: Ms. Wheelchair Virginia

Today's episode is one of the greatest! We got to interview Ms. Wheelchair Virginia, Ryann Mason. Ryann shares all about the Ms. Wheelchair Virginia Pageant, her nursing career, and some advocacy tips with us. You do NOT want to miss this episode. Ryann will also be back next week for a special BONUS episode. You can find Ryann on Instagram at Chronically Ry. Full transcript available on www.dlcv.org. Find us on Facebook and on Twitter!

47 min
09/07/2021

All About the CHRIS Database (and What We Do With It!)

Welcome back listeners! Today we are talking about all the CHRIS (Computerized Human Rights Information System) database and what we do with it. The CHRIS database is information we receive every day from the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services regarding serious injuries or incidents that occur across the state involving people with disabilities. We receive this data into a database and then have a team of reviewers and volunteers read each report and assess any need for follow up. Sometimes we use this data to inform projects for upcoming years, monitoring goals, or we open investigations based on the reports. We hope this episodes gives you a glimpse into the important work that we do and how you can get involved! We always need volunteers to help us read these important reports. You can learn more about becoming a volunteer at www.dlcv.org/volunteer. As always, full transcriptions are available online at www.dlcv.org and you can follow us on Twitter and on Facebook.

41 min
08/24/2021

Interview with the Department of Blind and Vision Impaired

Today on the podcast, we have Pam Cato & Dr. Rick Mitchell, from DBVI, Department of Blind and Vision Impaired, talking about the services they provide, inviting us, and providing us, with a ton of information about, school, employment, Assistive Technology, [AT]. You can find out more about DBVI here. Or call them, their toll-free number is 800-622-2155. As always, full transcriptions of our podcast are available at www.dlcv.org. Follow us on Twitter and on Facebook. If you liked this podcast please feel free to subscribe and leave a review!

35 min
08/10/2021

Interview with Dale Batton, DARS Deputy Director

Join us today for a delightful interview with Dale Batton, Deputy Director at DARS. DARS is the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services and they provide services to improve employment, quality of life, security, and independence of older adults and Virginians with disabilities and their families. Dale shares with us how to access DARS services, who is eligible, and how dLCV and DARS work together! You can find out more about DARS by visiting their website here. As always, this episode has a full transcript available at www.dlcv.org. You can find us on Twitter and also on Facebook. If you like this podcast please subscribe and leave us a review!

24 min
07/27/2021

Interview with Self Advocate Jay Crandell and father Joe

Today we interviewed former dLCV client and tremendous self-advocate, podcaster, and TBI survivor, Jay Crandell! Jay suffered a TBI on July 4, 2006 from a stray bullet while walking down the street. Since then he has been through much rehab to regain his independence. His parents are tremendous supports and have been there every step of the way. Jay has his own podcast, which you can listen to HERE. We hope you learn from Jay as he shares his wins and struggles and what he wishes the TBI system in Virginia has. If you want to learn more about the TBI resources in Virginia you can check out the Brain Injury Association of Virginia or season 2 episode 1 where we interviewed Anne McDonnell, the Executive Director of BIAV or episode 5 where we interview Chris Miller, the Director of the Brain Injury Services Coordination Unit at DARS! As always, full transcription available on our website, www.dlcv.org. Find us on Facebook or on Twitter!

27 min
07/13/2021

All About Advance Directives

Join us as we welcome back fan favorite, Dana Traynham, as she shares all about Advance Directives. In previous episodes we have spoken about Guardianship issues and supported decision making. Dana shares alternatives to guardianship and how to obtain an advance directive in this episode. You can find many more videos and resources about this topic at www.dlcv.org/advideos and www.dlcv.org/supported-decision-making. You may also hear a little about Dana's new pet chickens at the end, so stay tuned! As always, full transcription available online at www.dlcv.org. Find us on Facebook and on Twitter.

45 min

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Rights Here, Rights Now! Trailer Episode

Rights Here, Rights Now! is a disAbility Law Center of Virginia podcast. The disAbility Law Center of Virginia is the protection and advocacy agency for people with disabilities in Virginia. Episode Transcription: Hi everyone and welcome to Rights Here, Rights Now, we are a disAbility Law Center of Virginia podcast. This is our sneak peek teaser trailer episode about what we’re hoping to bring to you and what we’d like to do in the future. Yeah, we want to give you tasty little morsels of education and information about the rights of Virginians with disabilities, how you can advocate for yourself and how you can get help if you find yourself in a tough situation. Rights here, Rights now is going to be a podcast about advocacy, it's going to be about resources, it's going to be about what we as the disAbility Law Center are doing, big cases successes and ways to assist people with disabilities with all sorts of different issues.Yeah, We hope this is also a fun place for you to get your information. And we hope that you’ll join me Virginia Pharis, me Ren Faszewski every other week for a little run down of a disability topic. Some of those topics may include seclusion and restraint in schools,or special education or, abuse and neglect in nursing homes or how do I apply for social security, or other resources in the community. Most importantly maybe, we want to let you know that DLCV is hosting a super special contest around this podcast, we want you, yes you, dear listener, to submit your idea for a logo and/or a jingle for this podcast . You can find out more information on our website which is dlcv.org and our social media. Do it, show us your artwork, show us your music, we’re here for it, we’re excited for it. And absolutely if you have any ideas or any particular topics that you would love for us to talk about you can submit those at podcast@dlcv.org. we hope to talk to you very soon in your earbuds and in your hearts and souls so again, stay tuned for Rights Here, Rights Now.

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Rights Here, Rights Now! is a disAbility Law Center of Virginia podcast. The disAbility Law Center of Virginia is the protection and advocacy agency for people with disabilities in Virginia. This is the trailer episode where we discuss the purpose of the podcast and what is to come! Full episode transcription in episode details.

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disAbility Law Center of VA
Years Active

2019 - 2022
Episodes

52
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