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Programs are in high demand at the disability-led nonprofit institute, which plans to use the donation to expand.
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STL Metropolitan Alliance for Reliable Transit, a disability advocacy group, released its first of a series of report cards that assesses Metro Transit on Thursday. The report card gave near-failing scores in customer service and engagement with people with disabilities, and failed Metro for not being ADA compliant.
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A Missouri Foundation for Health report finds both planned and unexpected costs of medical care create financial, physical and emotional burdens for the state’s residents.
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A team of researchers led by St. Louis University professor Jenna Gorlewicz will put a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to work building software that will make visual materials more legible for people with visual impairments.
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Program organizers said it solves two problems — it gives students a chance to enter the workforce and provides employers the opportunity to find badly-needed help.
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David Semrau is about to become homeless — again. Since early June, he's been staying at a motel in Belleville. However, those funds have run out, and there's no clear answer to who will take care of the 78-year-old next.
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Riders have said Metro Transit's paratransit service is outdated and doesn’t meet their needs.
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Call-A-Ride customers and advocates want Metro Transit to better engage with the disability community and listen to their input.
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Missouri’s proposal to alter the way it sets rates for an at-home disability care program drew concern from the state’s federally-mandated disability-rights organization.
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The state is moving forward to change how it calculates payment rates for its Self-Directed Supports program — a situation families say took them by surprise and that they fear could mean rates for caretakers are frozen at low levels or become unpredictable.