Connecticut has long prided itself on protecting employees in ways that go beyond federal mandates. In 1991, for example, our state was one of the first to outlaw employment discrimination based on ...

Disability advocates gathered in front of Hartford’s Superior Court on Thursday to announce a lawsuit that contends that the lower income requirements for the disabled to qualify for Medicaid are ...

A group of disability rights activists is urging Gov. Ned Lamont to set COVID-19 vaccine guidelines to broaden access beyond a recent decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA. Lamont ...

The Office of the Child Advocate and Disability Rights Connecticut have jointly filed a complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs against the Connecticut Department of Education, ...

Laura DiErrico had a history with Connecticut's Medicaid program long before she joined a lawsuit against the department that administers it. Originally from Madison, she relied on Medicaid while ...

DiErrico is one of two plaintiffs represented by Disability Rights Connecticut and the Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic in a civil rights lawsuit against the state Department of Social Services. Filed ...

May 28— Laura DiErrico had a history with Connecticut's Medicaid program long before she joined a lawsuit against the department that administers it. DiErrico is one of two plaintiffs represented ...