The Connecticut Department of Correction has agreed to end its longtime practice of in-cell restraints under a settlement announced Thursday, following years of criticism over the treatment of ...

Interim DOC Commissioner Sharonda Carlos signed an agreement on Monday, July 27 with Disability Rights Connecticut to provide ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mary-Ann Langton, foreground, with her aid Patty Ellis, speak to Governor Ned Lamont staffer Abigail Cotto after members of ADAPT ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Connecticut State Department of Education. A report released by Disability Rights Connecticut and the state Office of the ...

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 ...

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and members of the state’s congressional delegation joined disability rights advocates outside the state Capitol in Hartford on Tuesday to rally against anticipated federal ...

Rep. Anne Hughes speaks at a press conference in Hartford on April 10, 2025 to advocate for changes to the income limit for disabled people to qualify for Medicaid in Connecticut. Credit: Laura ...

“I'm expecting that the court will rule in our favor,” Sheldon Toubman of Disability Rights of Connecticut, counsel for the plaintiff, said. “However, it could take some time, and that's where, if the ...

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 ...

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 ...