i asked and i heard they did to their own disability policy commission nor to disability rights washington nor to the art nor to open doors for multicultural families or to be a white it's people with disabilities and so we've got to go back to the lawmakers who are. people who are proposing these bills and make sure that they're reaching out that yes nobody can use well so i want to share this based on what you're saying there lawrence this is a tweet that's made the rounds from spoony warrior who says how the great straw debate should have gone banned straws disabled folks some of us depend on straws and can't use alternatives a ban could kill us able to ban balloons and instead we got you're just selfish don't you care about the planet takers try harder so we got a video comment from someone who thinks along those same lines and explains to us why some of these alternatives won't work this is andrea and doing all direct this to you. as a full time wheelchair user with significant muscle weakness in the plastics order to excess beverages the proposed alternatives are not viable options b

and i heard they did their own disability policy commission nor to disability rights washington nor to the yard nor to open doors for multicultural families or to be on it's people with disabilities and so we've got to go back to the lawmakers who are. proposing these bills and make sure that they're reaching out to nobody can use well so i want to share this based on what you're saying there lawrence this is a tweet that's made the rounds from spoony warrior who says how the great straw debate should have gone beyond straws disabled folks some of us depend on stars and can't use alternatives a band could kill us able to band balloons and instead we got you're just selfish don't you care about the planet takers try harder so we got a video comment from someone who thinks along those same lines and explains to us why some of these alternatives won't work this is and and do you know i'll direct this to you. as a full time wheelchair user with significant muscle weakness i need plastic strong order to access their bridges the proposed alternatives are not viable options because they pose

milos wheels won't make disability -- meals on wheels won't mace disability accommodations to deliverd i don't have a ramp because there's no law that requires my landlord to put one in. and i have asked meals on wheels to leave my groceries outside of the gate and they won't do it. i've had to talk with multiple supervisors and they still refuse, even if i sign a waiver to relin wish them of liability. and community living fund which is set up by the human services agency to support people in my situation and make sure that we stay out of institutions and off the streets are incredibly underfunded and understaffed. we only have one occupational therapist for over 50 clients and i have been waiting over six months to see them just to get wheelchair batteries. independent living resource center and senior disability action, likewise, they share the same deficits of services, very hard to get durable medical equipment. and also it's hard to get housing help from either of those organizations. and not only that but i can't even volunteer from my home to help other disabled people. which

finding jobs for the disabled. >>> d.c. celebrated the 28th anniversary -- is about to celebrate of the americans with disabilities act. the city is offering a host of services for residents with ua intelle and developmental disabilities. some of them are new. director on disability services, senior adviser with the d.c. department of human resources, and also joining us is alderin manson, a provider relations specialist with the department on disabilities services. welcome all ofyou. andrew and keena,there's a new thing going on, a new relationship between your departments. andrew, tell us about how this came together. >> actually it came together amo littl than a year ago. the mayor was speaking about her new initiative which is inclusive prosperity in the district of columbia, having thy prospe reach all residents including those with disabilities and at that time she turned to us and asked, i understand your work is helpingi people disabilities get employment, how well is the district government doing as ana employe wha

in terms of seniors and people with disabilities. i think what's important to point out is that it is something that touches almost everybody. as you can see, every single department within our agency is working on access for seniors and people with disabilities, and this just shows you a few pictures of some of the things that are going on. in terms of my department, i'm part of taxi and accessible services, the accessible services division, and we have a number of components. just to start with our paratransit program, we provide door to door services for people with disabilities who are unable to use the muni system. and what i think is interesting there is 77% of those clients or customers that are using paratransit are seniors 65 or older, and in the category the that can't use the fixed route system. you can see there's some of the things that they do, both the contracting, the customer service, the eligibility process. we completed almost 800,000 trips, both in 2017 and again in 2018. many seniors especially really enjoy being

first ever global disability conference often people with disabilities struggle to fulfill their education and to find a job and that applies to senegal as well in west africa where now the government is considering new laws to encourage companies to create. in an effort to root out social stigma. from the capital. it's in the water that crystal feels the most it. was born with a genetic disorder that caused a malformation of his hands and arms. despite others staring at him he completely forgets about his disability. if you. look what. i feel like a fish in the water or like a bird in the sky anything is possible. after earning a bachelor's in marketing works double shifts selling t.v. packages by day and chinese takeaway by night. disability is a state of mind we have so much to do to change public perception of people like me our society needs to stop seeing us as a burden and more like people you can depend on almost one in ten in senegal is handicapped and yet many still believe it is a curse like our gays parents who abandoned her as a child she's been living on the streets with othe

broader about disability programs, union disability programs, pension disability programs.hey on a similar track in terms of their commitment in the rising out of kind of people using those? guest: i looked at the trend of rising decline, but certainly all disability programs face a lot of the issues that ssdi faces, especially when it comes to defining who is going to get the benefit. it is a tricky problem to solve and something that the federal government needs to solve because it is operating this enormous disability program and pension plans and everything else. host: we go to our first caller, leo in the bronx on our democrat line for robert verbruggen. good morning, leo. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. my question for mr. verbruggen position ons your obamacare where insurance carriers were prohibited from discriminating against patients or customers that had pre-existing conditions? guest: it is a bit of a different issue, but it is something i have also written about. it is essentially a political nonstarter, i think, to do anything different at

and one of which are children with disabilities. and so our vision in establishing the request for proposal is to achieve these four big goals. number one, children and youth are supported by nurturing families and communities. number two, children and youth are physically and emotionally healthy. number three, children and youth are ready to learn and to succeed in school. and, number four, children and youth are ready for college, work and productive adulthood. through the request for proposal we ended up funding 300 -- yeah, 300 applications for the total amount of $76 million per year for up to five years. it is a significant amount of money and we believe that through these allocations and through this funding that we will be able to meet those needs and achieve those goals that i had previously mentioned. i want to take the next couple of slides to drill a little bit deeper into our c.b.o.s that we believe are serving our children with dis disabilities. this is not an inclusive list. this was gathered by our data team that wen

ever global disability conference often people with disabilities struggle to finish their education and to get a job and that's the case in senegal in west africa and the government there is now pursuing new laws to try to encourage companies to create more suitable opportunities in an effort to root out social stigma reports from the senegalese capital. it's in the water that christie feels the most at. least was born with a genetic disorder that caused a malformation of his hands and arms. despite others staring at him he completely forgets about his disability. i feel like a fish in the water or like a bird in the sky anything is possible. after earning a bachelor's in marketing works double shifts selling t.v. packages by day. and chinese takeaway by night. disability is a state of mind we have so much to do to change public perception of people like me our society needs to stop seeing us as a burden and more like people you can depend on. almost one in ten in senegal is handicapped and yet many still believe it is a curse. like our gaze parents who abandoned her as a child she'

and have one form of disability. [indiscernible] >> so please fund rental subsidies for people with disabilities and seniors. thank you very much. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning supervisors. i am the executive director of california lawrence for the arts. i am here to request you to support add back funding for our spotlight on the arts program which is the only workforce development program in san francisco providing training and immersion in all the arts disciplines for low income youth ages 14-17 throughout san francisco's disadvantaged neighbourhoods. established originally in connection with the school district, we have been doing this for 25 years, and we will request that you support $160,000 in adds back funding which will enable us to serve 30 youth at minimum wage. last year, we were funded a hundred and 13,000 but that did not allow us to pay minimum wage. we ask you to expand the program to serve 50 youth for 260,000, but we would very much appreciate your support. thank you

or disability service providers in a particular area. and all of these are considered when determining which neighborhood to look at first. and we would then do a process of data collection analysis. so combining the collision data that we have shared in the previous presentation but also collecting additional information. to nearby and approximate to these locations what are the speeds and the volumes looking like to capture a complete picture of what is going on in this neighborhood. and going into the community and working in direct communication with certain groups using workshops, using stakeholder interviews to really discuss with people as i have mentioned previously what they to see in the neighborhood. so maybe there's some things that we have missed and intersections that people avoid all together that are nonetheless important to look at. and we then have a draft proposal to bring back to the community and including the larger broader community bringing together open houses and just continuing to reach out to a lot of the same

we also facilitate the senior disability work group. and we're working on making protected bike lanes more accessible for seniors and people with disabilities. walk s.f. is very eager that the department of public health is finally ending their research and developing the senior and people with disabilities kind of area map, the hot spots where they're hit in the city. we want to know how the city is going to use this map to really prioritize these areas. we have ideas but not a strategic plan for that, so walk san francisco wants to push the city to do that as soon as possible. especially with the death of dimitri stockkin this past week on 36th, we really need to push to make our streets safer for people who are seniors and people with disabilities as soon as possible. thank you. >> supervisor yee: thank you. >> i'm bob planthold. i have been working on this issue for over 30 years. so thanks again for the attention that you're paying. i worked for different agencies in the city, regional and state, and i still don't see enough of an

is booming economy and it starts here in the only school for disabled in the country. she wants to be a banker jennifer a doctor and city wants to write and i t company their teacher says nothing can stop them reaching their goals albeit they need to overcome other people's prejudice go beyond their disability to be their best self and contribute to humanity then people will stop seeing their disabilities as one hundred caps i mean he was christopher mrs teacher in school as much as it was that sort of attitude that cheap his outlook in life no longer handicapped by his disability but now equipped to overcome whatever challenges lie ahead. nicholas hawk algis iraq to car. tough as a take a look at the top stars. israel says it shot down a syrian jet that it claims simple straight infiltrated its airspace but the government in damascus says the sequoyah fighter jet was actually flying in syrian air space at least sixty people have been killed in forest fires that are burning in several areas near the greek capital athens the fires have destroyed homes and disrupted tran

hundreds of people with disabilities and join political leaders in london for the first ever global disability conference a woman of disabled people to be made a higher priority particularly in developing countries where many find it difficult to secure meaningful employment in senegal the government is pursuing new laws to encourage companies to create citable job opportunities because. it's in the water and crystal fields the most if you. gomez was born with a genetic disorder that caused a malformation of his hands and arms. despite others staring at him he completely forgets about his disability. and if you. will suffer what. i feel like a fish in the water or like a bird in the sky anything is possible. after earning about schuller's in marketing works double shifts selling t.v. packages by day. and chinese takeaway by night. for the. disability is a state of mind we have so much to do to change public perception of people like me our society needs to stop seeing us as a burden and more like people you can depend on almost one in ten in senegal is handicapped and yet many still believe it

let alone disabled pilots.t capable of living full, independent lives, and i hope that sometimes, by doing something like this, we help straighten that record a little bit. time for a look at the weather, here's alina jenkins. good afternoon. not looking bride spectating weather, in fact it is cool spectating weather, in fact it is cool, wet and windy, conditions we have not seen much this summer. this was sent in from romford, a very 5°99y was sent in from romford, a very soggy scene. but there has been some brightness around, some blue skies and a sunny spells, this was sent in from a weather watcher in moray. two areas of low pressure, one area clearing out towards the north—west, this area of low pressure bringing the bulk of the wet and windy weather across much of the uk. it does look like it has largely clear from much of england and wales, working north and east, pushing into scotland, and through this afternoon eastern parts of scotland seeing heavy bursts of rain, the odd rumble of thunder. across eng

the passage of the americans with disabilities act confirmed that people with disabilities are included in that guarantee of the 14th amendment. i think it's important to review the goals of the a.d. a. we've probably last track of those goals with the passage of time. they need to be repeated. the first goal is equal opportunity. the second goal is independent living. the third is full participation. and the fourth is economic self-sufficiency. that's what we want to achieve for people with disabilities. equal opportunity, independent living, full participation, and economic self-sufficiency. the goals are not achievable, of course, without great support. to achieve those goals, we need actions from governments, actions from businesses, actions from schools and universities, and indeed actions from every sector of our society. we need actions that promote and protect the dream that is at the core of the a.d.a. the a.d.a. affirmed rights outlined in the 14th amendment. despite those guarantees, this past year we've seen substantial, and i would argue in many instances very cruel efforts

just like it is for seniors and individuals with disabilities today. the american people expect and deserve nothing less. thank you to our witness for your system and thank you also to our members for being here. with that, the subcommittee stands adjourned. >> here on c-span this morning, "washington journal" is next live with your phone calls and a look at today's headlines followed by newsmakers with kerry severino who talks about the retirement of supreme court justice anthony kennedy and the options president trump has to fill the vacancy. later, attorney general jeff sessions and withming up on today "washington journal." an author and professor talks about his book on evangelical support for trimmed. after that, we get a preview of the upcoming nato summit in ,russels with heather conley who served as the assistant theetary of state for george w. bush administration. ♪ host: good morning. back to work week for congress. and trump announces his choice for the u.s. supreme court, we have that live at 9:00 p.m. tomorrow.me we begin with bit term po

>> yeah. >> and the disability is far better than we thought. we thought it was going to expire in what were the dates? >> 2028. in fact, just a few years ago, we were expecting 2016, until you enacted a payroll tax reallocation. >> but the recent change, the recent extension this year of four more years of life in the disability portion, wasn't the result of legislation, was it? it was just the factors were wrong, correct? >> it's just the experience we're seeing in the program -- >> i'm looking at here at a graph of the disability applications and then the number of people in payment status. it looks like the number of people, the application has peaked about 2010. but the number -- the number of payments have been dropping since 2014. so you had 9 million people in 2014, and now you're down around 8.5 million. if that continues to drop, this disability program is going to be able to continue on out further and further, correct? >> exactly. >> and a lot of this is driven by the labor participation rate, and it looks like to me, the labor parti

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despite other staring at him he completely forgets about his disability. if you. will suffer that was that. i feel like a fish in the water or like a bird in the sky anything is possible. after earning a bachelor's in marketing works double shifts selling t.v. packages by day and chinese takeaway by night. with. their disability is a state of mind we have so much to do to change public perception of people like me our society needs to stop seeing us as a burden and more like people you can depend on almost one in ten in senegal is handicapped and yet many still believe it is a curse. like our gaze parents who abandoned her as a child she's been living on the streets with others like her trying to survive. this is two weeks old mobile phone footage of a police officer reading our gate to the ground because she was begging next to government buildings the officer was arrested then later released and. they want us off the streets so do we what we need is work a job but no one will hire us members of parliament are debating a new law that will force private companies

working through stigma the new laws in senegal aimed at getting more people with disabilities into jobs. welcome to the program the fate of iran's presence in syria seems to be at the center of talks between its ally russia and its regional foe israel there are reports that moscow has offered to keep iranian and its allied forces one hundred kilometers away from the israeli occupied golan heights israel has reportedly rejected that and has demanded their complete long term withdrawal from syria instead now the deal was discussed during a surprise trip by russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov fund israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu on monday. while those diplomatic talks continue syrian russian jets continue to pound targets of i still affiliated armed groups in the southwest syria's president bashar assad has been recapturing key rebel strongholds there in the military offensive which started last month has displaced. hundreds of thousands of people caught between ass strikes on a closed israeli border fence. let's join stephanie decker who's live in israeli occupied the goal

people could fly, i i didn't know disabled people could fly, i did i didn't know disabled people could have thought in 1 million years i could have done formation flying, and who knows what's next? it's not going to be a case of we are the red arrows with propellers and no legs. i still can't believe that we're doing this, just learning to fly was a privilege. but learning to fly formation, that just a privilege. but learning to fly formation, thatjust doesn't happen, that something else, let alone to disabled pilots. i think there's a perception that disabled people just aren't capable of living full, independent lives andi of living full, independent lives and i hope that sometimes by doing something like this, you know, we help straighten that record a little bit. taking to the skies in style. great story. good luck to all of them. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. it isa it is a quarter to eight. the headlines: geraint thomas will cycle up the champs—elysees later today, as the first welsh winner of the tour de france. a state of emergency is declared in three more californi

our disability correspondent, nikki fox, has the story.s on planes, for many disabled passengers, flying can bea for many disabled passengers, flying can be a difficult experience from beginning to end. these problems we re beginning to end. these problems were highlighted earlier this year when the bbc‘s security correspondence frank gardner tweeted about being left on a plane because heathrow airport had lost his wheelchair. today‘s report highlights the progress many airports have made including heathrow, which is this year been classified as good following last you‘s poor rating. report reveals that 16 uk airports have been relieved —— rated very good, up from six last year. along with heathrow, nine other airports have scored good. three major airports have been told they must improve the services they provide disabled passengers. and for the second year in a row, manchester has been ranked poor. the only airport to receive the rating. following our report on bbc brea kfast following our report on bbc breakfast earlier this year we ha

prio pritoriza tirn tool. >> -- disability prioritization tool. turning over to mark. >> good morning, i'm happy to be here this morning to discuss with you the natural extension of what megan just presented which is an infrastructure program that is largely the result of the transit analysis that was conducted to date and looking at collisions involving seniors and those with disabilities. so san francisco, we have several initiatives and we discussed a lot today about our vision zero program which is largely focused on this high injury network and has had tremendous success in recent years. it's a data driven process and it focuses on arterial and collector streets, the larger streets in san francisco. we have a very different program which is our residential traffic calming program. and you submit an application and you say that there's a feeding problem on your street and we take a look. if we find that there is indeed a speeding program we recommend a speed hump, but for many years we have looked to bridge the gap between vision zero and our

specifically seniors and people with disabilities. together with the vision zero coalition, we brought this accessibility issue to the livable streets division and we really appreciate their openness into working with us to find solutions to these issues. we organized a three hour charrette to explore new ways to design protective bike lanes that are safe and accessible for all pedestrians. we made it clear the issue was not about pedestrians versus cyclists. we were confident that safe bike lanes could work for people walking. we talked about universal design and how making a bike design that accommodate seniors and disabilities isn't about designing for a special interest group. is about building streets that work for everyone. it was a success. we had 50 attendees including oakland dot staff. some of the next steps that we will be working on is putting together a toolkit that outlines the design recommendations that came out of this charrette to provide any feedback to anyone interested all over the world. walk san francisco and th

ever global disability conference often people with disabilities struggle to find employment and fulfill their education now the government in senegal is pursuing new laws to encourage companies to create suitable job opportunities in an effort to root out social stigma nicolas sarkozy port's them from the uk. it's in the water that christie feels the most that he. was born with a genetic disorder that caused a malformation of his hands and arms. despite others staring at him he completely forgets about his disability. it is. so full of course. i feel like a fish in the water or like a bird in the sky anything is possible. after earning about in marketing works double shifts selling t.v. packages by day and chinese takeaway by night. the force of their lives only knew that disability is a state of mind we have so much to do to change public perception of people like me our society needs to stop seeing us as a burden and more like people you can depend on. almost one in ten in senegal is handicapped and yet many still believe it is a curse. like our gays parents who abandoned her as a chi

global disability conference often people with disabilities struggle to find employment and fulfill their education now the government in senegal is pursuing new laws to encourage companies to create suitable job opportunities in an effort to root out social stigma nicholas hack reports in the capital dhaka. it's in the water that christie feels the most at. least was born with a genetic disorder that caused a malformation of his hands and arms. despite other staring at him he completely forgets about his disability. and if you. will suffer what. i feel like a fish in the water or like a bird in the sky anything is possible. after earning a bachelor's in marketing works double shifts selling t.v. packages by day and chinese takeaway by night for the. disability is a state of mind we have so much to do to change public perception of people like me our society needs to stop seeing us as a burden and more like people you can depend on almost one in ten in senegal is handicapped and yet many still believe it is a curse like our gays parents who abandoned her as a child she's been living

single adults and people with mental disabilities. we are asking that you make this happen to better our city. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. good to see you. next speaker, please, come on down. >> hello i'm from just because. we support the recommendations around cutting police staffing levels. we urge you to consider the budget just as coalition ask to expand youth leadership funding by $300,000 for the san francisco department of children and youth and families. your support for san francisco youth leadership would be a true investment for future public safety. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning and thank you. i'm from hospitality house. i want to thank you for this opportunity for public comment again today, and i thank you for your recommendations. i am asking for the 2.84 workforce development for the most vulnerable populations in the city. approximately 250 folks without homes were affected last year. i also ask for 300 continued subsidies for those who are in need to keep peop

let alone disabled pilots. people just aren't capable of living full, independent lives and i hope that sometimes, by doing something like this, we help straighten that record a little bit. a woman in west london got the fright of her life on monday when she woke up to find she was sharing her bed with a three—foot snake. the royal python, which is thought to be an escaped pet, curled up next to her in her kensington flat while she was sleeping. the rspca caught the snake later on, by which time the python had got out of bed. rather more cuddly animal news now. a giant panda at the yuen—nan safari park in south west china has been celebrating his fourth birthday with a special cake and young tourists singing happy birthday. zoo keepers prepared mao zhu a four—layer iced cake, with each layer topped by different food, including bamboo, bamboo leaves, apples, honey and corn bread. mao zhu and his partner zhen duo moved to the park in 2016. it was the second birthday mao zhu has spent at the zoo. hgppy happy birth

i think when i look at housing subsidies, these are for seniors and people with disabilities. if i'm not mistaken, the rebalancing act was general housing subsidies for people in general, homeless people in general. >> supervisor cohen: all right. i see emily cohen in the chamber. i'm going to invite her to come up and speak about the rebalancing plan. yeah, you were talking emily, so i thought i'd bring you on up. supervisor fewer is talking about need-based subsidies for families. it's not exactly in the spending plan, and the reason why it's not, is because i was under the impression that the rebalancing plan was taking care of them, so could you come and talk to us about how it is taking care of it or if it isn't taken care of. >> emily cohen from the department of homelessness and supportive housing. the need-based subsidies for families was funded last year is funded -- the funding is carrying through this year, but it is not -- they funded it in an ongoing way through the rebalancing plan? we have the housing subsidy pool which is a little bit different, so it is not fu

let alone disabled pilots.living full, independent lives and i hope that sometimes, by doing something like this, we help straighten that record a little bit. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. they were turned blustery day for much of the country, strong winds, vertically southern and western coast —— a wet and blustery day. becoming more showery this afternoon, bright and sunny spells further west. the costs will be even higher, 40—15 miles an hour, especially for southern and western coast —— the gusts will be even higher, 40—50 miles an hour. showers will ease off overnight. another speu will ease off overnight. another spell of rain arriving in south—west and south—east england later. cool night for northern ireland and scotland.

so first, i'll start with the senior and disability work group. so this group forms in -- formed in 2016, and ad vocates from several departments came together and decided we needed to do something. it wasn't okay that two was killed. we knew that market was a high injury corridor. so we quickly formed this group, and we actually rallied together and made some changes. we were able to get leading pedestrian intervals on market street after we joined together. we got better turn restriction signage because we know on the safer market street project there are a lot of turn restrictions, and is it ae confusing -- and it's confusing, and we were also involved in the city driver training, so we've been getting a lot of good things accomplished together. the city has been putting in a lot of protected bike lanes, which is really good, but there are a lot of consequences, and so we got a group together to talk about this. basically, when you have protected bike lanes against the curb, you lose access to the curb, so folks who used to pull up to the curb

and then, the addition of that additional clause about the business and disability community. you're welcome. public comment. >> yes. we have one request for public comment, at this point, from lawrence carter long, disability rights education and defense fund. >> good evening. >> good evening. >> how are you? thank you for taking my comment. i hadn't actually planned to speak, but these issues seemed to be rising, so i appreciate the opportunity to give some insights. a month ago, i didn't think about straws. i don't use straws. i send them back every time they're offered to me, but as the communications director of a national disability rights organization, i started getting phone calls, both from consumers, from businesses, from news organizations about these proposed bans that are rolling out across the kroo and indeed internationally, and i think there's a lot that san francisco can learn from the mistakes that have been made in other cities. for example, seattle. first, it proposed the ban a year ago. they found that it was unworkable -- ten years ago. i'm sorry. ten yea